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Pontian Wanton Mee – Me Wants Wanton Mee

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By Veron Ang

I’m not exactly a fan of noodle dishes. But recently, a colleague introduced me to the famous Pontian Wanton Mee and I was sold! Since then, we’ve been having this colourful dish at least once a week! wanton mee is a type of Chinese dish with noodles (mee) and dumplings (wanton).

Pontian Wanton Mee, Singapore

The Pontian Wanton Mee stall has a long history dating back 60 years. They have a few branches all over Singapore at various hawker centres and food centres.

Pontian Wanton Mee, Singapore

At lunchtime, there would always be a long queue forming in front of the stall for their handmade wanton mee. Yes, the dumplings are handmade. Even the mee itself is handmade. Check it out!

Pontian Wanton Mee, Singapore

Wanton Mee (Noodle with Chinese Dumpling)
S$2.80 or $3.20
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Colourful! On the first taste, I was won over by the sweet and spicy sauce consisting of both chilli sauce and ketchup that lend it much flavour. The noodles are firm, springy and not the least bit soggy. In fact, the mee is so good, I think you can just have it alone! That might also explain why the other ingredients are always given in small portions…

Deep-fried wanton

…such as the deep-fried wanton. I do really like the wanton, but feel that they are really baby-sized. Bigger wanton would be far more satisfying!

Wanton in soup

There’s boiled wanton in the tasty soup too. Again, baby-sized, but yummy too.

The best way to eat this dish is to eat it really slowly, savouring the tasty sauce bit by bit. Heck, I’m gonna have it again tomorrow!

Pontian Wanton Mee
All outlets, including:
- Amoy Street Food Centre
- Bedok Central Hawker Centre
- Clementi Avenue 3 Food Centre
- Clementi West Market and Food Centre
- Ghim Moh Market and Food Centre
- Holland Village Food Centre
- Jurong Point Kopitiam
- Jurong West Food Centre
- Kang Kar Mall Kopitiam
- Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre
- Parkway Parade Treats Foodcourt
- Redhill Food Centre
- Tampines Round Market and Food Centre
- Tampines Mall Kopitiam

Tags: Amoy Street Food Centre, Bedok, Bukit Merah, Buona Vista, Chinese, Clementi, dinner, hawker centre, Holland Village, Hougang, Jurong Point, Jurong West, lunch, Marine Parade, noodle, Parkway Parade, Tampines

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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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py
183 comments

This stall is located outside HDB Hub, it seems?
I have been visiting Toa Payoh almost every Thu evening because of my music theory lessons, but I guess I should venture beyond HDB Hub….
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Posted October 4, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Daphne Maia
22 comments

coincidentally, i just had this for dinner last nite at bedok interchange hawker centre. haha…
it was alright only, to me. the noodles were good, i liked it that the fried wanton didnt soften too quickly. but i thought the sauce was too salty, masking the taste of everything else. the charsiew was too bland for my taste.
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Posted October 4, 2007 at 10:33 pm
pkchukiss
82 comments

There was one point in my life where I ate Wanton Mee for lunch every single day without getting tired of it. The stall that sold it was that good; too bad they somehow went out of business two years back, so I’m Wanton-free for 2 years now: the other stalls near where I live sold rip-offs!
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Posted October 4, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Veron
3439 comments

py: Yep, it’s at a kopi tiam. Out of the HDB Hub but still within Toa Payoh Central. It’s at the HDB Block 177!
Daphne Maia: I forgot all about the char siew! I do remember them being in very small petite slices though. Nothing too memorable. I’m not supposed to be eating pork anyway, so…
pkchukiss: Is there such a thing as authentic wanton mee? Tell us more!
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 12:24 am
Aristocrat
12 comments

thanks for the heads-up! i love wanton mee. have been trying a lot of stalls hurhur…too bad nus stalls suck.
there’s one stall in Amoy Food Centre, on the first floor. Very nice. another’s near queenstown mrt. it should be near stirling walk. heard that there’s another good one in geylang lorong 15 (i think) which i will try it out sooner or later.
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 3:16 am
Joyz
43 comments

I tried the Pontian wanton mee at Heeren, you know that now defunt Graffiti cafe? Unfortunately I didn’t like it as I found it a tad too sweet. I prefer my wanton mee to be a little spicy…the best that I have eaten so far was in school!
PS: do you realised that wanton mee is always serve in such small portions? I always take two bowls in one go!
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 9:07 am
Veron
3439 comments

Aristocrat: Wow, you sure are willing to travel for good wanton mee! Try Pontian, if you don’t mind the tiny wanton, that is.
Joyz: I wonder if the wanton mee tastes different at the various Pontian branches. There seem to be mixed sentiments about all of them.
Two bowls at one go? That’s hardcore!
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Joyz
14 comments

Cos its really very small portion *small voice*….oh gosh, now I feel like a glutton! Haha, trying out to see if the photo thing works or not…I finally know what you mean when you ask me about the email add. Sorry huh, abit slow..
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Valerie
14 comments

There is one at Redhmill hawker centre but wasnt that nice. I have tried Heeren’s too and its better. Wanton Mee is one of my favourite local dishes. If you do not mind travelling, there is one at Telok Blangah Heights and their wanton mee is really nice. However must wait till the uncle is cooking. hahaz!!
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Posted October 5, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Dennis
12 comments

The wanton mee at Jalan Ah Lor in KL is fantastic too! I realised how much I love wanton mee when I read your post *slurps* I usually take mine at the Amoy St Food Centre if I am free to make a trip down.
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Posted October 6, 2007 at 2:47 am
Aristocrat
9 comments

are there pontian franchisees? or it’s just one stall at amk? & how’s life?
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Posted October 6, 2007 at 3:05 am
daniel
2 comments

yishun central 925 has a branch too.
The chilli is kicking man !
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Posted October 7, 2007 at 12:37 am
walter
72 comments

I love wanton mee. Its one of my favourite kind of noodles. Must try to Pontian Wanton Mee of Sparklette fame. The one at Old Airport Road with the fancy computerised queue number isn’t too bad, as well as Kok Kee at Lavendar Food Square. Personally, I prefer the wantons to be boiled rather than fried.
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Posted October 7, 2007 at 9:49 am
Veron
3439 comments

Joyz: Looks like your avatar works :)
Valerie: Are these all Pontian branches?
Dennis: Wow, that’s 2 recommendations for the stall at Amoy Food Centre. It must be really good!
Aristocrat: Good! The one I feature here is in Toa Payoh Central. Looking at the other comments, it seems they have branches in a few other places too. But probably only the Toa Payoh branch is good.
daniel: Awesome! I love my dishes with good chilli in them.
walter: Haha not “Sparklette fame” la. Boiled or fried wanton, you get the best of both worlds here!
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Posted October 7, 2007 at 4:33 pm
dlgr
2 comments

they have a stall at hougang plaza too! i was so surprised when i saw that stall there as i recalled tt u’ve blogged abt it quite recently!! i’m so hungry i could easily wolf down 2 of their $3 bowls.
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Posted October 8, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Veron
3439 comments

Haha! I think it’s one of those places that you probably wouldn’t notice if someone hadn’t mentioned it already.
I love the sweet sauce used by Pontian. Just had wanton mee from another stall at ABC Market last night which was cooked differently. The sauce was salty instead. I wasn’t impressed, and found myself preferring the sweet sauce overall.
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 12:23 am
Valerie
14 comments

The one at Redhill hawker centre is one of Pontian branches.
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Posted October 9, 2007 at 8:40 pm
CJ CamPO™
5 comments

it’s amazing tt i’ve not tried the pontian wanton mee despite having lived in tp all my life, though the coffeeshop is considered relatively new compared to the years i’ve lived there. instead i had a rather unpleasant experience dining at the sarawak kolo mee shop at blk 190 inside the row of shops facing ya kun. it was dry n bland n i think i’d rather have maggi mee instead. definitely not value for money as well.
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Posted October 11, 2007 at 11:35 am
Veron
3439 comments

lol at the Maggi Mee reference. You’ve got to try Pontian especially since distance isn’t an issue for you. I’m consistently eating from them once a week and I’m still loving it!
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Posted October 12, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Glenn
4 comments

Heys,
There’s this Parklane Wantan Mee too. I believe it’s at IOI plaza, but the one at Parklane Shopping Mall isn’t too bad too.
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Posted October 19, 2007 at 10:18 am