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Kim Keat Palm Market and Food Centre: 50s Wanton Mee – Quality Hong Kong Wanton Mee

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By Veron Ang

50s Wanton Mee at Kim Keat Palm Market and Food Centre has been enjoying a fair bit of business from my family lately. Well, let’s just say it’s hard not to like the food, or the endearing elderly couple running this Toa Payoh stall!

The portion they give for each plate of noodles is quite ample, so I would find myself having difficulty finishing all of it. The wanton mee comes covered in a generous heap of sliced char siew (barbecued sweetened pork) that would no doubt satisfy all you char siew fans!

Wanton Mee (Noodle with Chinese Dumpling)

Wanton Mee (noodle with Chinese dumpling)
S$2.50
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What makes the full-egg noodles taste so good is the savoury dark anchovy-based sauce. Yum! This same sauce can also be found in their other dish, the dumpling noodle. But personally, I still prefer the Pontian version where the sauce is sweet and spicy.

Wanton (Dumpling)

Not to forget, of course, is that you also get three delicious wantons in a bowl of tasty soup.

Dumpling noodle

Dumpling noodle
S$2.50
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Another recommendation is the dumpling noodle. The three dumplings, also served in a bowl of soup, are of substantial size and worth every cent. Each one is stuffed with a large amount of filling underneath a thin translucent flour skin. Very yummy!

Couple running 50s Wanton Mee

And this is the pleasant couple that run the stall. ieatishootipost confessed of his soft spot for them, and I can see why. When I mentioned that I was going to feature them in my blog, they were so happy and excited, and even insisted on giving my family a free meal! Of course, we had to decline their generous offer. Business is business right?

They said that they have been running their stall for more than two decades, and even used to have a canteen stall at Anderson Junior College before moving to ABC Market, and now Toa Payoh.

50s Wanton Mee

50s Wanton Mee
Kim Keat Palm Market and Food Centre
22 Lorong 7 Toa Payoh #01-41
Singapore 310022

Tags: Chinese, hawker centre, Hong Kong, lunch, noodle, Toa Payoh

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Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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neo
29 comments

Yummy… Look like I have to make a trip down to ABC market soon…
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Posted September 13, 2008 at 8:07 am
julian
1 comment

wow~
ramen!! it’s fantastic!!
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Posted September 16, 2008 at 12:24 am
AN
3 comments

Have you eaten Koka Wanton Mee at North Bridge Road Market next to ICA Building? 45 minutes wait…worth it!
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Posted September 16, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Veron
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neo: You should! The place misses you!
julian: Hehe not so much ramen as it is Chinese noodle. But I can see the resemblance.
AN: 45 minutes for… wanton mee? Wow, that must be something really, really good!
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Posted September 16, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Alwyn
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Hello,
On the topic of wanton mee, i had recently discovered this stall in China town hawker centre (the huge one on 2nd level). Don’t know the name, but the stall is located in the middle of the whole place, facing 2 lift openings. The char siew is quite good, noodles are nice and springly + the sauce they use to drench the noodles is v tasty. Give it a try if yr there. Run by old auntie and her husband.
Also the best char siew i have even tasted is in KL at Oversea Restaurant. Would send u a pict if i could attach. It’s along Jalan Imbi just behind bukit bintang.
Alwyn
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Posted December 3, 2008 at 10:14 am
Veron
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Thanks for sharing! I am of course not that familiar with KL but I would try to remember to look for this char siew place when I go there. Fatty Cheong’s one is so good it’d be hard to beat. I’m really curious to see if anyone else can do better.
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Posted December 3, 2008 at 9:33 pm
toapayoher
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hello people. the 50s wanton mee stall has recently moved to Toa Payoh Lorong 7 market! its the same aunty and uncle so i’m quite sure im not wrong!
just telling you guys in case you make a wasted trip down to their old location. (:
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Posted December 23, 2008 at 12:04 am
- Veron
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  Thanks! I saw the new stall at Toa Payoh and the business there seemed much better than when it was at ABC Market. But the stall itself is still at ABC Market, and I’m not exactly sure if they plan to close it for good.
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  Posted December 25, 2008 at 11:14 am
- dian
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  Can you help out? Where exactly is the stall located? Inside the market and stall no?
  Thank you.
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  Posted April 13, 2009 at 3:59 am
  - Veron
    3438 comments
    
    Last I heard, the stall is now at Toa Payoh hawker centre.
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    Posted April 15, 2009 at 9:12 pm