Sultan Prawn Mee — Prawn noodles ($10) & Ngoh hiang ($6)!
Sultan Prawn Mee — premium prawn noodles bowl $10 + ngoh hiang side $6. The classic Hokkien prawn mee + crispy five-spice pork roll combo, done well.
Sunday lunch with BB at Sultan Prawn Mee — one of the names in Singapore prawn mee that keeps showing up on best-of lists. The premium bowl is the order to make if you want to taste what they actually do.
We ordered:
- Premium prawn noodles bowl — $10
- Ngoh hiang side plate — $6
The premium bowl came loaded — three sizable de-shelled tiger prawns, a few thick slices of soft-stewed pork ribs, a generous portion of pork lard, blanched kang kong, and a mix of yellow noodles + bee hoon swimming in the prawn-and-pork stock that Sultan Prawn Mee is known for.
Broth is the test. This one was orange-amber, thick from hours of reducing prawn heads and pork bones together, finished with a sweet umami depth that’s almost dessert-like by the last spoonful. Each prawn tasted of the stock, and each spoonful of stock tasted of prawns. The whole thing felt circular in the best way.
Ngoh hiang plate on the side is the classic Hokkien-Teochew snack — five-spice minced pork wrapped in beancurd skin, deep-fried until crispy, sliced and served with a dipping sauce of pink sauce and chilli. Six dollars got us a generous spread of crispy rolls, prawn cake, fish cake, and a hard-boiled egg.
$16 for the combo at Sultan Prawn Mee is fair for the quality — full bowls of this caliber at hotel restaurants go for double.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Excellent prawn mee, satisfying side spread — would absolutely revisit.
