Weekday yong tau foo lunch ($15.90)!
YTF lunch at a specialty stall — two plates with mee suah, fried fishcake, stuffed beancurd, sotong YTF and choy sum in sweet sauce. $15.90.
Weekday lunch upgrade — went to a YTF specialty stall with BB. $15.90 for two plates. Premium hawker-style YTF with proper variety. 😋
What was on the table ($15.90 for two plates):
- Two YTF noodle bowls with thin mee suah (wheat vermicelli) in dark sweet brown gravy — that signature glossy YTF dressing. Both bowls have small dishes of red chilli sauce and dark sweet soya sauce on the side.
- Two dry plates with the assorted YTF items — stuffed beancurd, fried fishcake, fried tau pok, sotong YTF (squid stuffed with fish paste), choy sum, all coated in the same sweet brown sauce.
- Floral porcelain plates with rooster + flower pattern — proper traditional Chinese hawker ware.
At $15.90 for two persons, this is the upper-end of hawker YTF pricing — most basic YTF runs $4-5 per bowl. The premium here comes from variety and quality of fried items (no skimping on the sotong YTF, which is more expensive than standard fish paste pieces).
The mee suah is the key noodle pick — different from bee hoon (thinner, stickier when sauced) and gives the YTF gravy more surface to coat. Stir thoroughly before eating.
Total: $15.90 for two persons.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. Premium YTF variety, sauce was the right thickness, mee suah held up. Slightly pricier than I’d usually pay for YTF but the sotong upgrade was worth it. 😍👍🏼
