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Sometimes, we all need a little break. This applies even for bak chor mee stalls like Guan’s Mee Pok, which has returned with its newest outlet at Boon Lay Place on 22 Oct 2022 after a nearly three-month break.
The brand has been operating since 1995. Chef Guan only mastered the art of noodle-making after his late father passed on, and was so determined to succeed that he even requested a noodles-making factory to be specially made to ensure the noodles, which were based on his formula, were up to expectations.
Through the years, it has had six outlets that includes Westgate, Capitol Piazza and even Jewel in Changi Airport, though currently, all of his former outlets are closed.
When we visited its Westgate outlet in April 2019, we claimed it as the best-kept secret of the west. We tried their classic Guan’s Mee Pok (priced at S$5.80 then, now S$4.50) which had a really light sauce containing vinegar, pork lard and soy sauce with chilli to your preference.
The pork lard added a certain crunch and a burst of umami flavour to the dish. The mee pok was also curlier and bouncier than normal, almost like ramen noodles. Unorthodoxly, it also came with an onsen egg which was beautifully cooked with the yolk oozing out.
Apart from your usual mee pok, there are also unique creations such as Guan’s Abalone Mee Pok (S$10.50) and Guan’s Big Prawn Mee Pok (S$8.50).
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