Weekday mee siam lunch set with fried chicken ($14.90++)!
Tanjong Pagar weekday set — mee siam goreng with fried chicken, sambal egg, cucumber, side karaage with chilli, fries, kopi + iced kopi. $14.90++.
Lunch with BB at a Tanjong Pagar SG-fusion cafe — twin weekday mee siam lunch sets for $14.90++ each. Mee siam + fried chicken + sides combo. 😋
What was on the table ($14.90++):
- Mee siam goreng plate (front) — orange-red fried bee hoon with sambal-coated fried chicken pieces, a sunny-side fried egg with runny yolk + sambal, cucumber + lime wedge, garnished with green chilli + basil leaves.
- Second mee siam plate (back) — similar mee siam base with fried chicken, fried egg, but fries added instead of cucumber.
- Side dish of karaage-style fried chicken with a small dish of sweet chilli sauce.
- A glass of iced kopi with foam top (top-left) — proper SG kopitiam iced milk coffee.
- A small cup of hot kopi with saucer.
This is the SG kopitiam-fusion weekday set format that’s been trending at Tanjong Pagar / CBD cafes — take a hawker noodle base (mee siam goreng), add fried chicken + egg + fries + kopi as the bundled upgrade, charge $14.90 for the full set. The format steals from Western set lunch structure but with SG-local noodles + drink.
Mee siam goreng is the dry stir-fried version of mee siam — bee hoon stir-fried with sambal + taucu (fermented bean) + lime + tamarind, giving the signature orange-red sweet-sour-spicy profile. Different from the assam mee siam (which is the wet soupy version with the sweet-savoury gravy).
The fried chicken + sambal pieces are SG fusion — Indian/Malay-style fried chicken (likely ayam goreng style) finished with sambal coating. The sambal sticks to the crispy chicken = sweet-spicy-savoury chicken bites that pair with the mee siam.
Sambal sunny-side egg = the SG signature — fried egg dressed with a dollop of sambal chilli paste on top. Break the runny yolk into the noodles for extra eggy richness.
Side karaage with sweet chilli = the second protein option / sharing dish.
Kopi + iced kopi = the SG kopitiam drinks. Hot kopi (kopi-o is black, kopi-c is condensed milk) vs iced kopi (kopi peng / cold version).
At $14.90++ per set = mid-tier SG cafe pricing. Mee siam at the hawker is $4-5 standalone — the set price adds value for the chicken + egg + drink bundle.
Total: $14.90++ per set, two sets ≈ $35 all-in for two.
Overall: 4.2 / 5. Mee siam had proper sambal-tamarind balance, fried chicken with sambal coating was the right SG-style addition, kopi pairing rounded the set. Tanjong Pagar fusion done well. 😋👍🏼
