Ever since March, I’ve been using my ‘food
blog’ as a perfect excuse to let myself indulge in all kinds of food without feeling guilty. The result is pretty obvious: I’ve put on almost 5
kilos within two months and yet I never write a single entry about the food
that caused this. Today I finally decide to start my first food review or else I
feel really sorry for my tummy which is getting increasingly bigger everyday.
Located on the top floor of Far East Plaza
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| New Station Snack Bar |
When you look around in this small eatery
house, you soon realize that 99% of the people here are having a serving of the
same dish: the Salted Egg Pork Ribs Rice ($6.00). No doubt this is their most
famous dish. However they give quite small amount of pork ribs when you order
it with the rice. So my suggestion is always go for the Salted Egg Pork Rib ($11.00/$17.00)
as a side dish, which can really satisfy your craving for it.
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| Salted Egg Pork Rib ($11.00) |
With generous salted egg yolk gravy, the
boneless ribs are really tender and absorbed with the sauce very well, giving it
a creamy and rich taste. It’s also slightly spicy due to the plenty of chopped
chilli padis and curry leaves added, which I really like. As a loyal salted egg
lover, I find everything with salted egg tastes heavenly good. But I have to
admit that I feel a little bit disappointed with this dish, as the sauce tends
to be watery and lacks the salted egg flavour. And although I enjoy the fluffy
and soggy taste of the fried pork ribs, my friend was not very happy with it coz
he expected it to be crispy.
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| Salted Egg Pork Rib ($17.00) Only slightly bigger than the $11.00 one. |
After ordering salted egg pork rib every
single time I eat here, I decided to try something slightly different, which is
the Butter Milk Pork Rib ($11.00/$17.00). The auntie was quite surprised when I
told her I want this dish instead of the salted egg one. When it’s served, at
first I thought they mixed up the orders, coz it looks exactly the same as the
salted egg pork rib. And this time, the look is actually not deceiving. It
tastes almost the same too. Maybe there is extremely slight difference in the
gravy, which is more buttery and creamy. But I really don’t think I can tell
the difference if not being told the name before.
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| Butter Milk Pork Rib ($17.00) |
Although not as famous as their pork rib, their Salted Egg with Deep Fried Fish Skin ($9.00/$13.00) is surprisingly good and really worth
trying. It’s perfectly crispy and yummy, and yet not too oily. But for me it
was way too salty and I had to order extra plain rice to eat with it.
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| Salted Egg with Deep Fried Fish Skin ($9.00) |
The Hotplate (Dou Foo
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The Seafood Crispy Noodles ($4.80) is one
of the dishes that I love the most here. It comes with very generous and tasty
gravy made from oyster sauce, and the crispy noodles is well-cooked and really
delicious.
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| Seafood Crispy Noodles ($4.80) |
Another pleasant surprise comes from the
Sliced Fish San Lou Hor Fun ($5.80). The fish inside is very fresh and soft,
which definitely worth my recommendation. But the bean sprout shells were not
removed properly, and my fussy friend got complained about it.
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| Sliced Fish San Lou Hor Fun ($5.80) |
Their Fried Rice with 3 Types of Eggs ($5.30)
seems quite normal to me. It smells nice indeed, but I expected greater amount
of eggs in it. I found it a little bit salty too.
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| Fried Rice with 3 Types of Eggs ($5.30) |
The claypot dishes here are quite nice
also. The signature Claypot Chicken Rice ($5.30) did not disappoint
me, but never wowed me either. I like the sizzling rice with charred flavour
and the lup cheong inside. The chicken tastes quite normal though.
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| Claypot Chicken Rice ($5.30) |
In comparison, the Claypot Beef Hor Fun ($5.80)
and Claypot Beef Bee Tai Mak ($6.00) seem to be better choices to me. The black
bean sauce is rich and thick, but again, a bit salty.
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| Claypot Beef Hor Fun ($5.80) |
I really love the bee tai
mak here. The texture is just nice, not too soft nor too hard, and is well
absorbed with the sauce.
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| Claypot Beef Bee Tai Mak ($6.00) |
Overall, the food at New Station Snack bar
is not bad, and there are quite a few dishes worth queuing for. However the
dishes generally tend to be a little bit too salty for me. And whether the
sauce in your salted egg pork rib is watery or rich sometimes depend on your
luck on that day also. But it’s definitely a nice place to eat and rest after
shopping at orchard, and the price here is indeed reasonable considering its
location. Take note that there is very limited space inside, and very often you
have to squeeze with strangers while eating, which I really hate. And since
there are many people queuing and waiting for seats during peak hours, there
may not be plenty of time for you to slowly enjoy the meal and it’s better to
leave fast as soon as you finish eating.
Food: 3.5/5
Value: 4.5/5
Ambiance: 2.5/5
Service: 4/5
Address: Far East
Plaza #05-95, 14 Scotts Road Singapore
Opening Hours: 10am to 10pm daily
Phone: 6734 2862
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