Hong Guo ( Serangoon Nex )

We were desperate to find dinner for ourselves as most restaurants at Nex shopping centre were packed with long queue. It left us wondering whether there were weekend food promotions that we are not aware of. We passed by and noticed that this restaurant has the shortest queue.

HongGuo is a Chinese restaurant that seem to be managed by a group of young staff and majority of them seem to be from China. We read from their menu write up that they specialised in Si Chuan and Yunan cuisine.

We saw many diners ordering one of their popular items called “ Cross Bridge Vermicelli ( 过桥米线 ) consisting of 7 to 15 items ( depending on price ) to be put into a huge red bowl. We could smell the aroma from the hot milky broth together with small plates of fresh prawns, squid, chicken, quail eggs and vegetables among the items laid on each tray.

As the restaurant is near closing time, we ordered simple dishes :

Bean Minced Pork ( $7.50 ) - Similar to minced pork lettuce wrap dish except this is fried with long beans. The beans are not soggy and has a little crunchiness to it.

Lotus XO Seafood Fried Rice ( $9.50 ) - Well fried with wok hei and tasted delicious. Each grain was fluffy and not oily with the subtle taste of the lotus leaf laid below the rice.

Minced Pork Lettuce Wrap ( $7.50 ) - Good combination of sweet-spicy flavours. The minced meat was mixed with chopped vegetables like capsicum, long beans, corns, etc which give the whole dish a crunchy bite. Wrapped with fresh chilled and crispy lettuce, it was fantastic.

We ordered additional white rice to go with the minced meat and it tasted equally delicious.

We will definitely come back again to try other popular dishes on their menu.