Hidangan Formosa Naruwan (那鲁湾台湾面馆), or “Naruwan Formosa Cuisine”, hails from the Taiwanese island of Penghu (澎湖), serving authentic Taiwan-inspired dishes. The noodle house is popular for its signature beef noodles, braised pork rice, and dumplings, offering Taiwanese food experience in a casual dining environment.
“Naruwan” (那鲁湾) is a greeting from the Taiwanese indigenous Amis language that roughly translates to “Welcome,” “How are you?” or “Hello”. And “Formosa” (福尔摩沙), in this context, is the old name for Taiwan. Hidangan is Malay for “dish”. Thus, “Hidangan Formosa Naruwan” roughly means “Welcome to Taiwanese cuisine”.
Formosa Naruwan serves a number of Taiwanese delights, including Taiwanese-style beef noodle with different flavours and also a premium noodle dish using stewed wagyu beef (和牛). There are also a variety of noodle and rice dishes, a wide range of meat dumplings with different flavours and cooked dishes, including sliced pork with garlic sauce (蒜泥白肉), three-cup chicken (三杯鸡), etc.
The Original Stewed Beef Noodle (原味牛肉面) is served with broad-flat noodle, braised beef shank, radish, carrot and greens in dark broth — typical of Taiwanese beef noodle — and garnished with scallions. Preserved mustard is served separately as a side dish — I added-on a braised egg. The beef broth is rich, flavourful and the chunky braised beef shanks, including the tendons, are very soft and tender. The preserved mustard is sweet-savoury, not salty and I added all of it into the broth to increase the flavours. This beef noodle is delicious!
The Seafood Yi Mee (锅烧意面), or nabeyaki egg noodle, is a popular southern Taiwan noodle soup cooked and served in a small metal pot — and on a wooden support to prevent scalding the hands. Sitting on top of the yi mee — a type of Tainan-produced duck / chicken egg noodle — is a big prawn, white clams, a meat ball, chikuwa fish cake, minced pork, greens, and a soft-cooked egg. The thick, udon-like egg noodles are fried till golden and slightly crispy and they absorb the flavourful, savoury broth made from chicken stock, shrimp and fish. It is a delicious, authentic-taste Tainan specialty noodle.
Aside from hot / cold beverages, traditional desserts are better options to quench thirst and reap some heath benefits at the same time. The Honey Glass Jelly (蜂蜜仙草) is a soothing dessert for the throat and its cooling effect takes the edge off a hot day. It has very low sweetness with nice honey flavour.
Should I go for the Stewed Wagyu Beef Noodle on the next trip to Hidangan Formosa Naruwan? It is an opportunity not to be missed consider how much the dish will cost in Singapore.
Address:
Paradigm Mall, Level UG, Lot 23A
K013, Skudai Highway, Taman Bukit Mewah, Skudai, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
10am to 10pm | Daily
How to Get There:
Take BAS.MY J30 / J31 / J32 / J34 from JB Sentral or BAS.MY J40 from Larkin Sentral and alight opposite Paradigm Mall. Read JB Bus: To Beletime Danga Bay / Angsana Mall / Paradigm Mall / Sutera Mall along Skudai Highway.
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