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Lor Mee 178 – Shark Tale

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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 alfresco 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

Lor Mee (Dark Sauce Noodles)
SGD2, add $1 for shark meat fritters

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?

Lor Mee 178
Tiong Bahru Market & Food Center
30 Seng Poh Road
#02-58 Singapore 168898

Bus services: 5, 16, 33, 63, 123, 195, 851
Nearest MRT: Tiong Bahru

Opening hours: 6am – 9:30pm (Until 2:30pm on Wednesdays)

(Note: all photos in this post had been captured using my LG Shine.)

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walter
September 22, 2007

Hmmm… Lor Mee? Thought that the one at Bukit Purmei Block 110 is supposed to be pretty good too? That’s just like… err… 2 minutes walk away from my home! Agree that the shark’s meat lor mee is great too, and I enjoyed the oh so sinful fritters when i last ate there. SLURP!
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Bianca
September 22, 2007

I’ve been reading your blog for a while, looking for nice places to eat :-) I just wanted to thank you for linking your entries to maps – saves me the time of doing a search myself. Very user friendly! :-)
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Veron
September 22, 2007

walter: Slurp! You got me craving for the slurpilicious lor mee again!

Bianca: No problem. I swear by these maps too when checking out new and unfamiliar places, so I know how helpful these are.
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Daphne Maia
September 22, 2007

dont eat shark meat leh. u r killing them. where there is demand there will be supply.

i totally quit sharks’ fin soup like 3 yrs a go. haha.

go green, babe!
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Veron
September 22, 2007

Sure, no more shark meat lor mee for me. Actually I’ve been a half-vegetarian for more than a year. The only meat I eat are chicken and seafood. No other meat at all.
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betshopboy
September 22, 2007

Lor mee 178 at the Tiong Bahru market is my favourite. I never fail to order it whenever I’m there.

Just looking at the pic you posted makes me hungry!
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py
September 22, 2007

I haven’t not tried this before. I just have praises for you for sharing nice food with us, your readers.
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Veron
September 23, 2007

betshopboy: Looks like I went to the right stall after all!

py: Thanks! I love food and it’s a joy for me to share the good places.
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Jayson
September 23, 2007

what is Lor Mee?
i never tasted lor mee before …

the sauce is it sour or sweet?
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Veron
September 23, 2007

The sauce is sweet, not sour. I don’t think it would have been as good if it was sour.

Go try it some time! Every hawker center has it.
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malique
September 23, 2007

lor mee is like mee rebus, yes?

and omg, shark??? does it taste like chickennn?
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Veron
September 23, 2007

The taste and color are quite different from mee rebus!

lol everything tastes like chicken!
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Fenny
November 24, 2008

Hi!..

First time checked ur blog…got very delicious food hehehe…

but most area is nearby bukit merah ? got other place ?
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Veron
November 25, 2008

Definitely! Do check out the rest of the Food category :)
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Jeremiah Lee
February 8, 2009

Chanced upon a lor mee stall (Chia Bee Lor Mee) at Blk 10, #01-5101 last week….Just went there today again…hehehe. Yummy and great….!!
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