Koung's in Geylang is touted as one of Singapore's top wanton mee. This was my first time tasting Koung's wan tan mee.
Established in 1964, Koung's wanton mee has built up a huge fan base across generations including millennials. They are well known for their house roasted char siew and spicy sauce. Queues are known to be long but we didn't have to wait much when we were there on a Thursday at 10am. Car parking was a challenge though (fortunately, Aljunied MRT station is a 5 minute walk away).
The mound of egg noodles come half buried in a thick lardy aromatic sauce and covered with choy sum greens, char siew slices and lard cracklings.
A good toss mixes the sauce and wraps every strand with a gummy greasy slick. The egg noodles were the thick and heavy type which I prefer (over the skinnier, lighter ones). They were done half a notch softer than al dente (or is it because I took too long to take photographs 😂 ). The sweet spicy savoury sauce had a pronounced lardy undertone and a fleeting sharp spicy edge. It's one of the old school taste profiles I remember and enjoy.
The thin char siew slices were tender and juicy. It tasted mainly sweet with a subtle toastiness which complemented the sweet - spicy - savoury - lardy taste of the noodles and sauce. If you like soft-tender, sweet char siew, Koung's signature BBQ pork is for you. I did enjoy it with Koung's noodle and signature chili sauce as they went well together. The blanched choy sum added crunch and slight green taste to the dish.
The lard cracklings are optional which means that the more of that lardy crispy crunch the better. The lard "croutons" were not greasy. Nice.
The quite robust savoury pork, dried scallop and dried sole fish soup is old school Cantonese - a winner in my books. The wantons were nice too - smooth skin, not too thin, and the knob of soft minced fat-lean pork inside was sweet and aromatic.
Koung's is a likeable wanton mee - it is good in every department - just right texture noodles, flavourful & aromatic sauce, good char siew, nice soup and wantons. One of Singapore's best wanton mee, that's for sure.
Kok Kee, the other Singapore wanton mee with a strong millennial following has a rather different style 👈 click Don't know why Koung's remind me of Yulek wan tan mee in Kuala Lumpur even though they are quite different 👈 click
Restaurant name: Koung's Wanton Mee 龚氏云吞面Address: 205 Sims Ave, Singapore 387506Nearest MRT station: Aljunied (East West Line)Tel: +65 6748 0305Hours: 8:00am - 8:30pm (close at 7:30pm on Mon) Non Halal
Date visited: 6 Aug 2020
Reviewed by amfy
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أغسطس 17, 2020
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