Soi 19 (Singapore Review)

Soi 19 Thai Wanton Noodles (Singapore Review)

Address: Blk 151 ANG MO KIO AVE 5,Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
Budget: $3.50 - 5 per head
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Soi-19-Thai-Wanton-Mee-511834992185973

Was craving for a bowl of Thai Wanton noodles and decided to try the Soi 19 wanton noodles i've heard good things about in Ang Mo Kio. It was a Sunday and we arrived at around 11am to be greeted with this long queue which extended to the outer vicinity of the coffee shop they were housed in.

The price of the noodles ranged from $3.50 to $6 per bowl depending on your preference. You'll have lots of time to reflect and decide in the queue so there's no need to worry prior to queuing.

We ordered 3 bowls for each one of us after queuing for about 1 hour. I  got large bowls for 2 and 1 with black sauce which added to a total damage of $15.

You can see that the large bowl gave more ingredients which is the fried pork belly char siew, additional fried wantons, chinese sausage (lup cheong), vegetables and wantons. Unless you're a big eater, the noodles are enough as it is.

From the 2 variations, i found the black sauce noodles tasted better. The noodles used seems to be a variation of the Kolo Mee found in Sarawak Malaysia albeit slightly thinner. This is a love it or hate it kind of thing for patrons and judging by the queue, many people loved it. 

Since our bowl had additional ingredients, its nice to note that the stall uses their interpretation of "Bu Jian Tian" char siew which we fell in love with in the Tiong Bahru market stall that you can read here. This version, though using the same part, is sliced thinner and the char siew sauce is less fragrant when compared to Zhong Yu Yuan Wei. It still has its charm i believe. The lup cheong however, did not sit well with my wife and was left largely untouched. The vegetables and fried wanton are very serviceable as long as you do not expect anything special about them.

The wanton broth is salty and peppery which some people like and the wantons are nice despite their small size. We did find the wanton skin a tad thicker then usual.

Overall, the wanton noodles here are well made and with the queue, many people loved it enough to queue 1 hour for it.

Verdict: Good if there's no queue