Heng Heng Fish Soup

Fish soup, nutritious, tasty, and well, just good for you.

I normally prefer the deep fried fish slices with deep fried eggs...but that's of course, not healthy...but this is. Sliced fish, boiled in a soup. But my friends Jason and Sherron highly recommended this stall, and went ahead to queue before I arrived, so we do not miss the fish head which tends to get sold out by 10am.

The fish is very fresh, smooth meat, clean tasting. Very nice. The bowl shown below is the fish head, which my friends love, but which I am too lazy to eat...lol...I prefer sliced fish.

The fish stock is wonderful, very light flavours. But very nice. The sambal chilli is also superb. Wonderful belachan flavours, and packs a punch.

The fish slices are nice thick chunks. Very nicely done, and testament to the freshness of the fish, is wonderfully firm but tender on the palate, and leaves a sweet aftertaste. Very nice. Definitely and positively so.

Definitely one of the better fish soups in town.

Heng Heng Cooked Food
Blk 505 Jurong West Street 52
#01-186 Jurong West Food Centre
S(640505)

Eat healthy: Fish soup at Sembawang Hills Food Centre

The haze is killing Singapore...we got some respite on Saturday, and has lasted till today...Tuesday...hopefully it will continue for longer. To help fight the ill effects, here is a recommendation for a clear, healthy fish soup.

The stall is inconspicuous...though the long queue almost all day long lets the cat out of the bag.

Very clear soup, almost no oil...very fresh fish. Cooked just right...beautifully. Sometimes the simplest are the best. Especially in times like these, where we need to nourish the body, and yet reserve resources to fight the ill effects of particulates and impurities in the air.

Very nice, and recommended. Light, refreshing meal. Eat healthy.

Fresh Fish Seafood Soup
Sembawang Hill Food Centre
590 Upper Thomson Road
#01-36 S574419
11am to 230pm Closed on Mondays

Best fish soup in Singapore? Perhaps...here is a contender.

Fish soup...one of my favourites. It is an interesting dish...good quality, fresh fish, deep fried as fritters in a beautiful broth made with anchovies, prawns and whatnot.

I spied this little store by the corner of the famous cze char Keng Eng Kee at Alexandra Village for many times. During lunchtimes, there are long queues.

Queue we did...and were rewarded with this mixed fish soup with rice dish

Fish fritters, deep fried, with a wonderful fragrance of a tinge of salted fish and belachan in the batter, swimming in this thick, rich, broth. I found the broth a touch too salty, but it was certainly very fragrant and delicious.

As we ordered the "with everything" version, it came with fresh sliced fish, and quick poached pig livers. This gave the soup some fortification, and the taste of freshly poached liver...done just so...not overcooked...is lovely. Also included in the bowl, crunchy vegetables, and two fish balls.

The chilli offers a kick. This stall is highly recommended. Excellent fish soup. And certainly a contender for the crown of best fish soup in town.

Fish Soup Stall (generic name)
124 Bukit Merah Lane 1

Hawker degustation: New Whampoa Hawker Centre

with office colleagues

Whampoa Hawker Center is a formidable foodie hangout. During the renovation works, the stalls existed as the Temporary Whampoa Hawker Center, and now the new fangled Hawker Center is complete. The new generation Hawker Centers are all high ceiling, which allows plenty of ventilation, and gone are the days of stuffy food centers.

ieatishootipost.sg has 3 entries on the Temporary Market, and we attempted to eat at 2 of them - Ah Hock Oyster Omelette and Ruby Popiah. When we arrived about 12:45pm, Ruby was not ready yet, so we settled with just Ah Hock's Ohr Neng - a variety of the famous Hokkien dish of Ohr Chien (fried oyster...typically an omlette with oysters held together with tapioca flour). The Ohr Neng (oyster egg) is fried without the gooey flour. And one gets to taste the original taste of the oysters, flavoured only with eggs.



The plate was a beautiful sight. Eggs and oysters...sometimes the simple things taste best. Omelette on its own, when fried well is intriguing and is a taste sensation by itself. Add succulent oysters, and the dish transforms itself to greater heights.



The oysters, imported from Korea, no less were not super huge, but they were very fresh, succulent, and had a marvellous flavour. I am sure my own family doctor would caution against this dish, though my good friend Dr. Mycroft may heartily recommend it, though I think he is not a big fan of oysters...delicious and shiok as it may be, as both eggs, lard used to fry and oysters are high in cholesterol.

The sharp, tart, tangy, and pungent chilli provides counterpoint to the rich dish. Lovely.

Instead of eating at the famous Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee, we decided to try out the less famous, but reportedly better tasting version dished out by Qin Li, just down the corridor.



This Fried Hokkien Mee was quite well done. The stock used to fry the noodles was quite rich, and provided some starchiness to the thick gravy. The prawns were ok in freshness - no crunch, and no sea fragrance. The chilli was also quite punchy but not extraordinary. For me, I will rate this below Kim's and the rather unique dry example fried by Golden Mile. But perhaps on par with the one in Beo Crescent.

We also ordered some fish soup from a rather famous store.



This came in a rather large steampot. We ordered the fish sliced version, though they also serve the fish head one. The same store also cooks up a mean cze char, but we did not try that on this occassion.



Rather large chunks of fish was cooked in the rich broth, along with vegetables. The stock for the broth was probably done with fish bones, deep fried ikan bilis, and seafood. The broth tasted very well..robust, seafood flavours permeate. The fish was reasonably fresh, and very tasty.







Ah Hock Oyster Omlette
Qin Li Fried Hokkien Mee
Whampoa Hawker Center
90 Whampoa Drive