Thye Hong Hokkien Mee @ Newton…

A week ago (22 NOV 2008), wifey and I went down to a ‘BigEatOut‘… an event organised by HungryGoWhere.com in conjunction with the Singapore’s Peranakan Museum. Amongst the food we stuffed ourselves with… wifey was particularly impressed with Thye Hong Hokkien Mee. I later learnt that Thye Hong has a few branches and the main one is at Newton Food Centre.

Yesterday, we went down to Newton with mom, to have a taste of Thye Hong’s Hokkien Mee on location. It was actually not hard to find our target stall, but what’s irritating is the rather aggressive hard-selling from waiter/waitresses of a few Zi Char stalls.

Thye Hong Hokkien Mee @ Newton Food Centre

The stall offers Fried Hokkien Mee ($4/$6/$10), Fried Kway Teow ($4/$6/$10), Fried Oyster/Oyster Omelette ($5/$7/$10), Satay ($5 for 10 pieces/$9 for 18 pieces/$15 for 30 pieces), and something known as Crystal XO Sauce ($5/$8/$10). Of these, they also offer Set Meal A ($12) and Set Meal B ($20). From what I understand, Set Meal A allows you to choose small serving of any 3 items, whilst Set Meal B: any of the 5 items).

As we were not particularly starving, I ordered Fried Hokkien Mee and Fried Kway Teow (both medium) for the 3 of us to share.

It actually took awhile before we got our food. Their business is just too good! Plates after plates, and packets after packets of Hokkien Mee were constantly being dispatched!!

Soon, our orders came. Now.. I won’t say much about their Char Kway Teow, since they are known for their Hokkien Mee and not CKT. Anyway, their CKT was the dry type, and it was a tad too dry for my likings. But for $6 bucks, the size served was acceptable with enough of the mini-cockles and prawns. 

Char Kway Teow

Next, the Hokkien Mee… Hmmm… Nice… actually… EXCELLENT! For $6, the size served was good with at least 5 prawns and many slices of cuttlefish. Wifey isn’t really a Hokkien Mee person, and initially, I thought her reaction to Thye Hong’s Hokkien Mee last week (on the 22nd NOV) was a one off thing… but once again, Thye Hong’s Hokkien Mee won her over. How different is this Hokkien Mee to the next? Is it the use of the fresh prawn stock? Is it the chilli used? Is there a difference in frying technique? I don’t know. I am just glad wifey gets to enjoy something I liked since young.

Hokkien Mee

Here’s a little write up taken from here. Profiles of the other Heritage Hawkers can be seen there too (as long as the link remains active…

THYE HONG FRIED HOKKIEN MEE

Frying since 1970 at his original stall at Koek Road using a push cart, Mr Lau Thye Hong steadily built his name over the decades to become one of Singapore’s leading Fried Hokkien Mee exponent. In between, he moved to the famous Orchard Road carpark hawker centre (next to the former Specialist Centre) that many people still remember today, before settling in 1977 at his present location at Newton Hawker Centre. With his superior frying technique, the use of fresh prawn stock and chilli, his Fried Hokkien Mee has kept regulars coming back again and again over the years.