wantan mee @ blk 79 telok blangah drive

long queues are generally a good indication of the popularity of a food stall. but sometimes a queue is formed when it need not be. for example, at aston, there is usually a queue because you have to give your order to the receptionist before you can gain admission into the restaurant even if there are many vacant places available.

at hong ji mian shi jia at blk 76 telok blangah drive, you can always expect a queue. first, the food (wantan and soup) is good and so the stall is popular. secondly, the plates of noodles are prepared individually, so the queue moves very slowly. what normally takes five minutes may extend to fifteen minutes at this stall.

on a sunday afternoon, only 18 of the 30 stalls at the food centre were open for business. most of the other stalls had hardly any customer. it would seem that everyone at the food centre was there for the wantan mee. the only other stall that had reasonably good business was the stall next ot it, a drinks stall.

at $2.50 for a plate of wantan noodles and the same cost for a bowl of swee kau soup, it was well worth the money. the soup was sweet, with a hint of ikan bilis and soya beans. for $2.50, i got a generous amount of noodles with char siew, swee kau and chye sim. the noodles were soft and they did not break easily.

the stall is open from 6 a.m. to about 9.00 p.m. it is closed on fridays.