Jing Xin Yuan Economic Bee Hoon & Herbal Soup (净心园经济米粉.老火煲汤) is a newly-opened food stall in Foodgle Hub (福哥) in Bukit Batok West. The stall offers economic bee hoon with a series of side dishes and also an array of 9 herbal soups, where 3 types of soup will be offered daily. There are several Chinese-style dishes on its menu, including Chinese “meat burger” / rou jia mo (肉夹馍), a popular Shaanxi (陕西) delicacy.
The White Pepper Pig Stomach Soup (白胡椒猪肚汤) is a large bowl of soup with wolf berries floating on the surface and a nice peppery aroma — stall owner recommends adding fried shallots for enhanced flavours. The whitish soup is rich, flavourful and savoury with strong white pepper flavour yet mildly spicy. Beneath the surface of the soup are quite a large amount of slow-cooked pig stomach cuts. The different cuts of pig stomach absorbed the soup’s flavours and are very soft, offering varying textures from tender to slight chewy. A simple dish but rich in flavours.
Aside from opting for white rice to go with herbal soup, pairing with fried bee hoon and couple of side dishes, especially vegetables, is another way to complete a meal. The fried rice vermicelli is well-fried, non-oily and with a mellow soy sauce flavour that is not overbearing. The long beans, stir-fried with black fungus, is a low-salt, crunchy dish and nice taste.
The Lotus Root & Peanuts Pork Ribs Soup (花生莲藕排骨汤) is another big bowl of hot soup with lotus root slices, pork ribs, big round peanuts and some dried cuttlefish. The long-stewed, savoury soup has a nice aroma with distinct flavours of peanut, lotus root and dried cuttlefish in every sip. The pork ribs are tender and the smaller, edible soft bones are crunchy. This is another flavourful soup.
The new-rollout Shaanxi Rou Jia Mo (肉夹馍) is known to be a meaty burger and best to go with some vegetable dishes — and I had long beans again, except that it was cooked differently this time. The long beans are stir-fried with dried chillies, small bits of shallots, ginger and whole white peppers. The dish has a peppery aroma with savoury, mild-spicy flavour. Biting the dried chillies will get a nasty, spicy punch — but it is good for adding spiciness to the meat burger.
Jing Xin Yuan’s Rou Jia Mo (肉夹馍) is made to order, so give them some time to prepare it good and proper. The “burger” has crispy flatbread, called “mo” (馍), that is split opened and fully stuffed with finely-cut slow-braised pork, green peppercorn and shallots. It gives off a nice aroma and is flavourful with crispy flatbread, savoury, tender pork, sweet shallots and crunchy peppercorn — and no excessive oil or sauce dripping down the flatbread. This is so nice and delicious and offers something different from our local comfort food. And, aside from pork stuffings, there is chicken too.
One more thing, eat the burger immediately after it is served in order to enjoy the crispiness of the flatbread till the last bite.
Jing Xin Yuan serves their herbal soup in big bowls, enough for 2 persons, and their prices are comparably cheaper. And the rou jia mo is really good. I can’t wait to try more of their other Chinese-style dishes.
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Foodgle Hub (福哥) @ Bukit Batok West
Blk 451 Bukit Batok West Ave 6, Singapore 650451
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