Singapore Eat: Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee (欧南园炒粿条面) @ Hong Lim Food Centre

Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee (欧南园炒粿条面) is one very popular stall in Hong Lim Market & Food Centre (in Chinatown), selling just fried kway teow mee and nothing else. Recommended by the Singapore Michelin Guide since 2016, the little stall is seldom seen without a long queue — patience will be tested just to eat their delicious char kway teow.

Outram Park (the stall)'s char kway teow is cooked with dark soy sauce, beansprouts, eggs and fresh cockles — egg and cockles may be added with extra charges. The skilfully-cooked noodle dish is not oily, not too much sauce and not too dry either. The broad noodles are thoroughly coated with bits of cooked eggs, giving a consistent taste for every mouthful. This is my favourite char kway teow.

Note that the stall's business hours is from 6am till 3pm or when sold out. So, to avoid the long peak-hour queue around lunch time and before the food are sold out, the best time to go for the delicious char kway teow will be in the morning — before 10am.

The stall is also closed on public holidays. That leaves Saturday as the only non-work day that locals will turn up at the stall and form an ultra-long queue that snaked around the food centre and taking more than an hour or two to queue for the food. Thus, weekdays are the best days to avoid long waiting time — which is why I used to take day-off for Outram Park fried kway teow mee.

Address:

Hong Lim Market & Food Centre (芳林巴刹与熟食中心), #02-17

531A Upper Cross Street, Singapore 051531

Opening Hours:

6am to 3pm | Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays

Nearby: Singapore Eat: Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa (驰名结霜桥三轮车叻沙) @ Hong Lim Food Centre

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