TANGS Market

Someone out there is gonna notice that the posts are consecutive. Yes plenty of backlog but plenty of productivity at this time! So here's another!

TANGS. The shopping stalwart at Orchard Road. It could literally be the cornerstone of the whole place thanks to the prominent location. Not-so-recently, the eating place at the basement reopened, and boy were me and The Wife excited. Most of the food vendors looked they they walked right out of an 80's hawker street, and it can bring back a small slice of nostalgia to 80s babies and those even before that.

First stop : The laksa (based on the fact that I haven't had laksa for the longest time.)
Verdict : Hey hey! Pleasant surprise! The amount of coconut was just right, and the texture of the broth was spot on as well! The noodles are also cut to a manageable length, not as short as the famed Katong laksa, but still long enough to warrant chopsticks.

 One gripe I have is that the chilli doesn't have enough of a kick in it. I would have liked it to be punchier with a more fiery edge. But then again, they likely see many tourists, so maybe have to water down the spice level a little.

The Wife decided on a simple bowl of mee pok, as she figured she could try my laksa anyway. I'm not trying to put down PRCs in any way, but this bowl is infinitely better than the PRC-manned noodle stall at my local coffeeshop. And honestly, there is a multitude of these PRC-manned food stalls nowadays. Their cooking...just isn't suited to local tastebuds.

 

Ok back to the noodles here. QQ enough, flavourful enough, the heart of this bowl of noodles is comfort food personified. Local kids grew up with their favourite noodle, be it mee kia, mee pok, mee tai mak or whatever else there is. And this humble taste is what we want to go home to, to have for dinner, while watching our favourite TV serial.

I particularly liked the fishballs, which could are larger than the usual. I'm just greedy like that.

Funny how all the stalls seemed to originate from some part of Singapore. I'm assuming these places had their own following if they ever did exist.

Last thing we had before leaving was this crispy pancake, or what we call mee chiang kueh. So the sign says ban chang kuih but then again it's what Malaysia calls em...we are in Singapore!

Ok this was abysmal. It was tasteless, but what they did get right was the crispy texture of the skin. It made eating this somewhat fun. But I wouldn't want to play with my food, so I won't be having this again!

My recommendation : Do drop by and try the food at the TANGS basement, you will (most likely) be pleasantly surprised!

Price range - <$10 per person

Address : TANGS ORCHARD
310 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE 238864

Signing off,
The Lunatic