Wanton mee ($3.50)!
Kallang hawker wanton mee takeaway at $3.50 — dry mee pok with char siew, wantons, and chilli sauce, packed in the classic banana-leaf style.
Tuesday lunch — Kallang hawker run for a takeaway plate of wanton mee. Sometimes the office calls and the food just has to come back with us in the bag.
We ordered:
- Wanton mee (dry, takeaway) — $3.50
The takeaway packaging was old-school — clear plastic bag for the noodles and a small separate bag for the soup-bowl wantons, knotted shut and dropped into another tote so nothing spills. The kind of stall setup that’s been done the same way for decades because there’s no reason to change it.
Mee pok was tossed in the classic mix — dark sweet-soy, chilli paste, a touch of vinegar, a bit of pork lard oil for body. Once you cut the bag open and turned it out on a plate at the desk, the noodles still had their bite. Slim, slightly curly, with that proper QQ chew.
Char siew slices were thinner than the dine-in version (you get what fits in the bag) but still had the caramelised edge and lean-fatty balance. A small handful of choy sum on top for green.
Wantons in the side bag were three plump prawn-and-pork bundles in clear chicken stock with a single piece of vegetable. Light, savoury, the right counterpoint to the dry noodles.
$3.50 for takeaway wanton mee is what I’d call honest hawker math.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid lunchbox version — would absolutely repeat.
