Kopitiam (Novena Square)

This particular kopitiam has a very special store which I have not seen them in the other kopitiam outlets. Its signboard boosts the name of ‘Hong Kong Shao La’. Located somewhere in the middle of the Kopitiam, this particular store seems to have attracted the most number of customer during peak hour time.

I always think that the theory of ‘a lot of people queue means the food is good’ is true. Thus, here I am to try out their good food.

Thinking that Hong Kong is famous for their wanton noodles, so I decided to order just that. And since their char siew looks simply appetizing just hanging inside the ‘display window’, I decided to add them into my wanton noodles.

The first impression that the cooked wanton noodles gave me is that, it has real large wantons. These wantons basically have the size of a ping pong ball. Unbelievable? But, its true and this is my first time to have seen such a big dumpling.

Ok, please do not think that the big size of the wanton is due to its thick skin. There are really substantial amount of pork wrapped inside the wanton skin. The combination of the meat and skin is just nice that it will not give one a ‘enough’ taste.

Besides the ping pong size wanton, the noodle is the next big thing. Nice noodles tend to have a crispy crunch without having a kind of ‘raw’ taste. Their noodles give just this kind of texture. Lightly blended with some sauce, this noodles taste fabulous just eating them alone.

Not forgetting the Char Siew which is always the main character in any ‘Shao La’ store. Without being too dry to taste, this char siew taste as good as its wanton. With such a good combination, one will not need to fly over to Hong Kong is search for fabulous wanton noodles anymore.