Say Seng Authentic Teochew Mee Pok 生成乾面 @ Market Street Interim Hawker Centre

Say Seng Authentic Teochew Mee Pok (生成乾面) is one of the few stalls with a snaking queue that caught my attention during my first visit to the temporary hawker centre. I did not managed to have anything at that time because I do not want to join the lunch time queue.

I returned for a visit slightly earlier on another day and I headed straight for the stall only to find that there is no queue.

The mee pok here costs between $3 to $6 but the $3 portion is only available before 11am. I decided to go for the $4 bowl after a quick glance at the menu.

My mee pok was ready within a minute or two. Giving the mee pok a good toss, I took a bite and was instantly sold.

First of all, the taste is really old school. I believe the sauce included pork lard oil, light soy and their special home-made chili sauce which delivers a kick yet have a ketchup-ish sweetness to it.

And that crispy pork lard is to die for! Some stall's chu yau char are so off-putting with the stale oil smell but this is divine. Together with the sauce, the chu yau char actually complemented the taste of the noodles.

I like how everything is spelt out in black and white. Makes it easier for customers to know about their operating hours and prices.

Market Street Interim Hawker Centre - the temporary hawker centre housing the Golden Shoe hawkers for the next four years is situated at Cross Street, right next to Telok Ayer MRT Station Exit A.