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The curtain fell on my favourite kway teow dry at Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 at the end of January 2012. Two weeks after the fateful day, we searched and sampled possible replacements for this void in our lives. You see, I am at a stage in life where calories cannot afford to be wasted :)
We tried fishball noodle and fried bee hoon at this food court but it does not bring the same sense of satisfaction. The yearn for a really good bowl of noodles is so strong that my wife and I have decided that we will no longer have breakfast at this Ang Mo Kio food court. Instead, we will proceed to another food court nearby (Jalan Leban Food Court) after our weekly marketing for the best (IMHO) fish ball noodle in Singapore.
This stall has fed 3 generations of my family :) It started out (probably in the 1960's) as a street hawker stall perched over a drain with wooden planks as a floor. Sometime in the early 70's, as the government relocated what they deemed "unhygienic" street hawker stalls to food courts, this stall moved to its present location at Jalan Leban and has been there ever since. The uncle who ran the stall retired last year and his children now run the stall. Just as he has seen me evolve (sideways), we have seen his children and grandchildren grow up as well. He is at his stall at 4:00 am every morning to start boiling the stock for his soup from scratch. By 6:30 am, when the stall is ready for business, the soup is tasty and flavourful. Truly to die for. He also prepares his special chilli for the dry noodles. Such dedication is admirable. It is all about quality and putting calories to good use.
It is more than a worthy replacement for the one we miss at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4. With this arrangement, and all is well with the world once again :)
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3 comments:
hahaha... on a roll eh? Must be the good calories. :p Two posts in one morning! :o
Whoever said, "Life is a box of chocolates" has obviously never tasted noodles before. Not from Jalan Leban. :p And not in your book at least; titled "Life is a good bowl of noodles". Ahhhhh...
The full bowl/empty bowl images are metaphorically brilliant (except I think you're wearing something grey??... :p hahaha... see full bowl image... I digress) ... The empty bowl speaks volumes.
Glad all's well for your world. Your wife, you and three-generational family will now continue to start Saturday with a bang! Happy calories! :)
Hahaha. Yes, Iw as wearing a grey T-shirt. Was so engrossed with the bowl of noodles that I did not realise that it was in the picture.
Hahaha....Ahhh ... the bowl of noodles served to attract the consumer but distract the photographer. Never mind it will make up part of the memory of your "noodle lost and found" saga. It's almost as if behind the grey, something is saying "Feed me! Feed me!" :p
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