Xin Yuan Ji

Xin Yuan Ji

Address:  107 Hougang Avenue #01-00, 1, 530107
Phone: 6747 7713
Budget: $8 - $25 per person

Salted Egg Chicken ($16.80)

Fish Head Soup ($45)

Sambal Kang Kong ($10)

Cereal Prawn ($16.80)

Coffee Pork Ribs ($13.80)

Hidden in a small corner shop adjacent to a coffee shop in Lorong halus is this little Zi Ca stall called Xin Yuan Ji. 

If you find it very familiar, its because there's another outlet located in Bugis and they've been around for quite some time. They are famous for their sliced and fried fish soup bee hoon which is something i love quite a bit. Their sliced fish soup bee hoon ($5.80) is still my favorite after many years. The soup is salty, sweet with the taste of fish and tastes good whether you add milk to it or not. The serving size is generous and i like the thin bee hoon they use which does not souk up the soup too quickly yet manages to have enough flavor to tempt you back again. Like i said, i enjoy their fish soup a lot.

This post is about a recent visit to eat their full blown zi ca offerings and you can see what we ordered above.

The salted egg chicken tasted great although the serving size is a tad too little for the price. The cereal prawn is to die for because the way they mixed the cereal and possibly milk powder is done so well, it is the most fragrant cereal prawn i've had yet. That was the star of the day.

The most expensive dish was the fish head steamboat which is made using grouper and i have to say we were all quite disappointed as the soup itself, which is the most important factor to me, did not come across as good as the soup used in their smaller sliced fish bee hoon offerings. The kang kong is normal and the coffee pork ribs were pretty run of the mill.

As a conclusion, this meal was still decent and i would recommend ordering the cereal prawns and a good bowl of sliced fish bee hoon during your visit for the most enjoyment.