It is an old establishment and I tried it when my previous workplace was at Gateway. That's a good many years ago.
There's two stalls in this coffeeshop. One that sells the fried fritters (ngoh hiang or wu xiang) and the other one that sells prawn noodles. It is a good pair, and I'd totally recommend to order both.
Stand at the front of the queue line and once the staff take notice of you, he'll quickly assign a table. Move on and take a seat. Remember the table number as you'll need that info when ordering from the prawn noodles stall.
Is it worth it to get the bigger prawns version at $12+? Am not sure, as the flavours are the same as the 'smaller' prawns so typically I'd just go for the $7 version. Save some $$ to buy the fritters. Hahaha!
Make payment and the prawn noodles will be delivered to your table when it is ready.
As for the wu xiang, take a plate, pick out your favourites and hand them over to the uncle. He'll quote you a price and make payment. Then he'll hand you the buzzer. Head back to your table and pick up your order when the buzzer buzzes.
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| prawn noodles @$7 |
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| wu xiang 五香 @$8+ |
I have selected 4 items for the deep fried; guan chang (灌肠), prawn fritters, liver roll and fish paste roll (I think it is this, but then I don't know).
The most expensive should be the pink coloured meat roll (guan chang), and my go to pick is the liver roll. Don't know why but I always get one of these. The prawn cracker/fritter is a must for that crunchy crunchy feels. And the version here, was superbly crunchy!
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| two sauces |
Anyone knows why the wu xiang is always eaten with the starchy pink/orange sweet sauce?
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| yums |
I asked my friend why not the stall just peel off all the shell from the prawns since the prawns were all pre-cooked anyway. She said, "for aesthetics". Probably true.
One need not choose the noodle type here. The default is this type of firm bee hoon (rice vermicelli) that's thicker than the normal thin type.
Broth was flavourful but it is not those deep umami type. Sufficient, I'd say. I felt that the noodles were on the smallish side, so the pairing with the extra fried stuffs was a good match.
Blanco Court Prawn Mee
Address: 243 Beach Rd, #01-01, Singapore 189754
Contact: +6563968464
Business Hours:
Closed on Tues.
Wed - Mon: Thursday, 7:30 AM–4 PM
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