Ah Ken

Comfort food at a good price. Ordered the Bak Chor Mee with Fishball Noodles at $3.50 per bowl. Was surprised by the size of the portion; it was more than expected Good size for the prize. The good: Portion size was really generous with lots of noodles and minced pork. It came with 2 fairly large fish balls (likely machine-made). The side bowl of soup was peppery and nice. The chili was spicy with a slight kick, with a touch of sweetness to it, and went very well with the noodles. the bad: ran out of mee pok, ao the uncle used mee kia. however, the noodles weren't springy and Q, and were kinda soft and soggy. Hence, a 4-star rating. To be really fair, it's not much of an ambiance as it's in a hot, stuffy hawker center, but if you sit right outside the stall, there are fans to keep you cool. Uncle also does each bowl separately, so you need to wait a bit. But whether that's a dealbreaker is really up to whether you can tahan queueing or not. Wanted to try the laksa, but it was sold out. Uncle said to come earlier like lunch time to try it, because sometimes it finishes by lunch, while other times could be at dinner.

Ordered the Mini Wok noodles, with up sized noodle portion for $5. Pretty worth it as the up sized noodles was huge, although the soup was slightly lesser than other places with the smaller bowl, it was quite a good deal for the price! Taste wise was pretty nice as well, noodles were not overcooked. 👍

My food rating guide: 2.5/5 ‐-------> Average taste 5/5 ‐--------> Scrumptious! (My comfort food! 🤩) The ba chor mee sauce was on the light side and had a peppery taste. Thin slices of tender pork meat and liver. Liver well cooked. The soup was on the light side, as well. The beansprout, though refreshing, further lighten the taste of the dish. The dried ba chor kuay teow mee was a 2.8/5

This guy does $3.50 laksa. I was at first drawn by this as I just wanted a small serving. I’m really pleased with his service and his laksa was really good and flavourful too. I like to think he’s thoughtful to offer his food at this price for other options like fish all noodles and more. Very tasteful bowl of laksa which I haven’t had a for a long time. The serving wasn’t small at all and has everything. Well worth it and would recommend.

I do love the portion of the noodles, but the only downside I think it may be a bit overly spicy for me. It’s loaded generously with mushroom and minced meat. Noodles were slightly undercooked for me. Overall, I think it’s a high 3 score out of 5 for me. Hopefully will be slightly better when I try in the future. Do note to ask for slightly lesser chili if you can’t take too much spicy like me.