Lor Mee 178 - Shark Tale

i recently paid a long overdue visit to the tiong bahru market and food center. after its major revamp last year, the place appears to be much cleaner and more well-ventilated than before. there’s even an al fresco area where people dine under the shade of resort-style umbrellas.

this food center is most famous for its chwee kueh (steamed rice cakes with preserved radish) and lor mee (dark sauce noodles). i went there with the intention of having the latter. there were more than one lor mee stall and i didn’t know which was the good one. so i went for the stall with the longest queue — lor mee 178!

to my surprise, the stall even offers — get this right — shark meat fritters! that’s probably the way it differentiates itself from the other lor mee stalls.

Lor Mee (Dark Sauce Noodles) (??)
Price: $2, add $1 for shark meat fritters
Dish rating:

now, i am not a huge expert on lor mee, but i really liked what i had. from what i heard, the bits of fried fish and breaded stuff included are the way authentic lor mee is supposed to be. the shark meat fritters tasted surprisingly regular to me. i wouldn’t be able to tell this apart from regular fish.

the dark sauce was thick but not sticky. very nice, tasty and shiok! i would have licked my bowl clean if i wasn’t already stuffed with the generous serving of noodles and ingredients.

it’s a never-ending debate as to which stall sells better lor mee, this or the neighboring “tiong bahru lor mee” at the same food center. what do you think?

(note: all photos in this post had been captured using my LG shine.)

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