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Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre: Lor Mee 178 – Shark Tale

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By Veron Ang

I recently paid a long overdue visit to the Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre. 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 centre is most famous for its chwee kueh (steamed rice cakes with preserved radish) and lor mee (dark sauce noodles). I pay a visit with the intention of having the latter. There is more than one lor mee stall and I don’t know what the best one is. So I decide to go for the stall with the longest queue — Lor Mee 178!

Lor Mee 178 at Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre

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)

Lor Mee (dark sauce noodles)
S$2, add S$1 for shark meat fritters
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Now, I am not a huge expert on lor mee, but I really like what I have here. The bits of fried fish and breaded items included are the way authentic lor mee is supposed to be. The shark meat fritters taste surprisingly regular to me. I wouldn’t be able to tell this apart from regular fish.

The dark sauce is thick but not sticky. Full of flavour and very shiok! I would have licked my bowl clean if I wasn’t already stuffed with the generous serving of noodles and ingredients.

It is a never-ending debate as to which stall sells the best lor mee — this, or the neighbouring Tiong Bahru Lor Mee at the same food centre. What do you think?

Lor Mee 178
Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre
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.)

Tags: Chinese, hawker centre, lunch, noodle, shark meat, Singaporean, Tiong Bahru, Tiong Bahru Market

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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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walter
72 comments

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Bianca
1 comment

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Veron
3438 comments

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Daphne Maia
22 comments

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Veron
3438 comments

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 11:03 pm
betshopboy
1 comment

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 11:25 pm
py
183 comments

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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Posted September 22, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Veron
3438 comments

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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Posted September 23, 2007 at 12:00 am
Jayson
44 comments

what is Lor Mee?
i never tasted lor mee before …
the sauce is it sour or sweet?
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Posted September 23, 2007 at 4:53 am
Veron
3438 comments

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 centre has it.
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Posted September 23, 2007 at 2:59 pm
malique
12 comments

lor mee is like mee rebus, yes?
and omg, shark??? does it taste like chickennn?
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Posted September 23, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Veron
3438 comments

The taste and colour are quite different from mee rebus!
lol everything tastes like chicken!
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Posted September 23, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Fenny
6 comments

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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Posted November 24, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Veron
3438 comments

Definitely! Do check out the rest of the Dine and Wine category :)
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Posted November 25, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Jeremiah Lee
1 comment

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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Posted February 8, 2009 at 11:35 pm