I had initially planned for this Bak Chor Mee write-up to be a 8 parts series because I only know of 8 stalls(1 of which is out of Bedok) at first.

However I’ve been brought to the attention of another 3 stalls. 1 stall is also in Bedok while the other 2 stalls are out of Bedok. Therefore there will be an extension of 3 more posts and this 8 part series will be done with this post(which is the last stall in Bedok) and the other 3 stalls which is outside of Bedok will be resumed in another 3 parts series of an extension of Bak Chor Mee Challenge which will be titled “Which is the best Bedok’s Bak Chor Mee outside of Bedok?”

What surprised me in this Bak Chor Mee adventure so far is the fact that most of the stalls recognise each other as relatives but distance themselves from this Bak Chor Mee stall operating at Bedok Blk 538 market. If you’re thinking that some squabbles took place that caused all of them to stop having any relationship with the owner of this stall, then let me tell you that’s not the case.

It’s indeed true that the owner of the stall at Bedok Blk 538 has nothing to do with the Bak Chor Mee’s family. His Bak Chor Mee’s skills and recipes are self taught and he just happens to snap up a stall in one of the last markets in Bedok, without a Bak Chor Mee stall for a Bak Chor Mee business. As far I know, the other market in Bedok that has no Bak Chor Mee stall is at Blk 16, though I was told that not too long ago, there was also a stall there.

Dumplings with bak chor

Soon Heng Minced Pork Mee at Bedok Blk 538 market come across as something that is trying to fake off as one of those authentic Bak Chor Mee stall. Well if most of the other Bak Chor Mee stall owners were quick to say ” no no no ” when you asked whether the one at Blk 538 is related to their family, you can’t help but think this way. Furthermore when I was waiting for my noodles at this stall, the chatty aunty confessed to me ‘They all are related except us”. With that, I was half expecting my bowl of noodles to come in shocking taste and flavour. I was really expecting the worst. I mean some of the related ones are even bad, how good can this be right?

And coming from eating the shiokadodo outstanding ones at Bedok Blk 85, it made it even harder to believe there is a better Bak Chor Mee stall somewhere that has no relation to the original Bak Chor Mee family.

Dumplings

Bak chor mee

But you know what, my Bak Chor Mee came in style that almost left my jaw dropped. The sight of it was awesome. I’ve never seen so many bak chor(minced pork) on my Bak Chor Mee before. And the best part is this, the bak chor was not in a lump but really finely grinded and just spread on top of the noodles in the soup. It was outstanding in looks and the generous amount of chopped spring onions made it look like a bowl of Bak Chor Mee made for the King!

Ok the time has come for me to taste the bak chor and I took a spoonful of the bak chor together with some soup. Oh my goodness gracious, it smacks full of that giam her(salted fish) mix with ti poh(dried flat fish) taste! Marvellous! This is the kind of bak chor in a bowl of Bak Chor Mee that I was waiting for and at last I’ve found it! With that shiokadodo delicious flavour in the bak chor, it made the soup taste like the most ‘pang’ soup amongst all the Bak Chor Mees I’ve ate recently. The good thing is that it also had the right amount of sweetness in it so I didn’t really feel like drinking a salted fish soup. The noodles as usual had that QQness to behold.

What further made it more impressive is the fact that the dumplings are chock-full of that tik poh flavour in the fillings. It was huge, the skin wasn’t too thick too, by far the best I’ve eaten.

This is simply no horse run!

This Bak Chor Mee’s triumph was unexpected. The wonderful style it came with, was the precursor to this tremendous taste which has won my heart in ways that no other Bak Chor Mee had. This is the only bowl of Bak Chor Mee that came with 4 dumplings, and also they’re the biggest and the most delicious thus far.

I don’t know how does that sound for you but I’m in love with it!

This Bak Chor Mee has hit a new high for me. It demonstrated ultra full flavour from the soup to the minced pork to the dumplings. This is a great bowl of Bak Chor Mee producing ‘world class’ level of shiokness for me because the ingredients used were not giam siap(stingy)!

I’m wondering now how could this GREAT bowl of Bak Chor Mee ever be overtaken.

Price: $2.50

Recommendation: $3 version and ask for giaos version!

Conclusion: This is a perfect bowl of Bak Chor Mee for me. This is something like ‘big prawn noodles’. This is a ‘big minced pork cum big shiokadodo bak giaos’ Bak Chor Mee! The soup just also happens to be very shiok! The noodles went very well with all of it and the thing is it doesn’t really need a genius to produce something like this but yet the ecstasy it created for me by this ‘unrelated’ seller to the Bak Chor Mee’s family has beaten not only those ‘entry-level’ ones but superior ones at Bedok Blk 85 by many miles!

Likes: Terrific balance of flavour. Terrific bak chor. Terrific dumplings. Terrific soup. Everything is just terrific!

Dislikes: Soup no enough! They need to use a bigger bowl for it!

Next Up: 3 parts series of Bedok’s style of Bak Chor Mee OUTSIDE of Bedok!

Address		Overall Rating
Soon Heng Minced Pork Noodles Bedok North Blk 538 Food Centre Blk 538 01-40A Bedok North Street 3 530am to 12pm(or until sold out) Off every Wed		Soup: 8/10   Noodles: 8/10   Bak Chor: 9/10   Dumplings: 8.5/10   Value: 8/10   Overall: 8.25/10