Pontian Wanton Mee: You either love it or hate it! Bedok Interchange Food Centre Part 4 of 7
With smart, holydrummer and iwatch_ueat
One of the commonest feedback I get from readers is whether I ever blog overrated food, or food that is not a 4 or above. The simple answer is "Yes, but not too much!" (Reminds me of an old Ribena ad!). I try my best to scour the forums to find all the good stuff, 'cos I really don't need to waste my calories on untasty food and neither should you, especially when you are beginning to realise that your belt is starting to hold up your belly instead of your pants!
Now, I am very careful about saying that something is "bad" because, as they say, taste is very subjective. But when it comes to Pontian Wanton Mee, it seems to divide us all into those who love it and those who really think it is overrated. It like the "Durian Phenomenon", very few would really be found sitting on the fence.
The group of us were on the "don't really know what the fuss is about" side of the fence. I personally think that the only thing I do like about it is the noodles which are all made in house. The texture was very good and the noodles tasted quite good by itself. What really dissappointed us was the bright red, synthetic looking sauce, the dry and uninspiring Char Siew and the tiny wantons! One bowl shared among 4 persons and 3/4 bowl was left because we all did not want to waste our calories on it! 3/5
Hey if you really love it, please leave a comment and tell us why!
Pontian Wanton Noodles
Bedok Interchange Food Centre
#01-20
4pm 0 11pm daily
13 comments:
tried that before, i think other than the noodles are different, nothing much
i guess the noodles are springy, that make whole lot of difference as compared to other stalls. even thought the sauce looks too red for comfort, i like the spicy and sweet taste to it. i do agree that the wanton is nothing to boast about.
agree with you. I don't like it at all. But hubby loves it and would eat it everytime he is at Bedok Interchange!
The noodles remain QQ and firm to the bite even after i ta pau it home.
Credits to that only.
I must say it's much better than the other wanton noodle that are rated highly. At least I don't think it's overrated, although I don't think it's the best. The so call 'synthetic-looking' sauce actually taste nice in my opinion.
Wanton noodle can actually be served in many styles (Cantonese Style, Johor/Ipoh/KL Style, Singapore Style) so this might happens to be the style you don't like!
If I remember correctly, there are two stalls. One sells in the morning, the other in the evening. I try the evening stall and it cannot compare to the real Pontian version. Its not even 10% close.
The Pontian stall to eat is called 8383, its now run by the 3rd generation and they starts only at 2pm. My uncles have been eating it since they were kids. Funny thing is that if you tak pao, its 50 sens cheaper! My uncle jokingly said its because you don't get the soup.
don't ever take it with the chilli. eat it original. just the sauce. that's the typical malaysia style. i missed the taste. this is the typical wanton mee style u'll get in malaysia. w/o chilli tho!
happen to pass by today think they close dw liao
Tried it last Sunday. Fried wanton is nice.. think they added some type of fish. Abit too oily..
I find this wan ton noodles rather sweet(not what i would look for in wan ton noodles).I prefer the salty soya sauce based ones.
this wanton mee is not bad....eat 2 bowls .... Love the noodles wit the black sauce........... did not try the noodle with the red sauce.........
Liar...this is not the Pontian wanton noodles. I m from Pontian but our hometown wanton mee is not in this way i can assure with this. Frankly talk, i even saw a stall at Toa Payoh Central write with a banner in "PONTIAN WANTON MEE", but the taste did not even familiar at all, really quite disappointed with it. Singapore have too many pirated stall like IPOH HO FUN, KAJANG satay and etc. Feel like being cheated by the stall.
Hey do u know that there is another Pontian noodle stall at Redhill Market? That one to me is quite okay. I hope i will be able to try this particular pontian noodle stall at bedok interchange and then compare it to the one at Redhill market :)
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