Tremendous yummy mee siam with even nicer lontong at Chinatown

I’ve by no means been a fan of mee siam, I imply it actually tells you to go away.. ba dum tss. On a critical be aware, I can’t even bear in mind the final time I had one. I took that lengthy lapse of mee siam in my life as an indication to go over to Aziz Jaffar Muslim Meals, which is situated at Chinatown Advanced. They’re identified for his or her mee siam and have been round since 1968.

While Chinatown MRT station is the closest cease, Outram Park MRT station is an efficient various for these staying within the North-East facet of Singapore, requiring only some minutes of strolling earlier than reaching Chinatown Advanced. Aziz Jaffar Muslim Meals is without doubt one of the few Muslim-friendly meals out there there. Some good stalls embrace Mum Daughter Kitchen and Bamboo Nasi Rendang.

What I attempted at Aziz Jaffar Muslim Meals

The meals decisions at Aziz Jaffar Muslim Meals have been equal to a Malay meals starter pack. It had virtually each traditional Malay dish, like Nasi Lemak (S$3.50), Mee Rebus (S$3.50), Nasi Sambal Goreng (S$6) and naturally, Mee Siam (S$3.50). 

It even serves nasi padang with totally different lauk (facet dishes) resembling Asam Pedas (S$3.50), Sambal Fish (S$3.50) and Ayam Merah (S$3.50). However my thoughts was already set on the Mee Siam and received myself an extra order of Lontong.

The Mee Siam was served with bee hoon noodles coated in a watery reddish gravy. It was topped with cubes of fried tofu, chopped chives and naturally, a boiled egg. There was additionally sambal and lime on the facet. 

It solely took me one spoonful of Mee Siam to remind me why I’ve by no means been an enormous fan of it within the first place. It had this savoury and spicy style that I actually couldn’t put my finger on. A fast search on-line will inform you that it’s alleged to style bitter and spicy, however I believed there was extra sweetness than tanginess.

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Because the spoonfuls grew, I grew to become extra accustomed to its flavours. That, coupled with the well-cooked noodles and further chewy tofu bits, made it surprisingly straightforward to eat. The spiciness, regardless of being average at finest, was sufficient to offset the sweetness of the gravy. It by no means got here to the purpose the place I felt jelak.

Nevertheless, whilst I completed my plate, I nonetheless couldn’t pinpoint the precise flavours of what I ate, which bugged me.

Having eaten at Queenstown Lontong, my expectation for Aziz Jaffar Muslim Meals’s rendition of this fashionable dish was excessive. And I feel this was probably higher than what I had.

There was no subtlety to its creaminess and I appreciated it for that. You’ll be able to clearly style the coconut milk at work, full-time.

The cabbages have been additionally cooked to close melt-in-your-mouth perfection. Not like, Queenstown Lontong, there weren’t any candy undertones which made it an ideal dish to have after my Mee Siam. Sadly, I wasn’t an enormous fan of the sambal because it was a little bit too tangy for me and didn’t go effectively with the general creaminess of the dish. 

Remaining ideas

I feel it’s a fantastic injustice to suggest Aziz Jaffar Muslim Meals solely for its Mee Siam as their scrumptious Lontong means the opposite dishes are most likely good as effectively. I imply, they’ve been round for 55 years in spite of everything!

This a particular must-try particularly if you’re round Chinatown and have had one too many mee pok or roasted duck rice dishes.

I’m glad that I selected this spot to finish my decades-long of ghosting mee siam and admittedly, it would most likely be a couple of years’ time earlier than I’ve mee siam once more, however at the very least I do know the place to take action.

Anticipated injury: S$3.50 – S$7 per pax

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