Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee (欧南园炒粿条面) is a legendary and very popular stall in Hong Lim Market & Food Centre, in Chinatown, serving its signature fried kway teow mee and nothing else. Recommended by the Singapore Michelin Guide since 2016, the hawker stall is seldom seen without a long queue — patience will be tested just to eat their delicious char kway teow.
The stall’s char kway teow is cooked with dark soy sauce, bean sprouts, eggs and fresh cockles — additional egg and cockles may be added with extra charges. The skilfully-cooked noodle dish has smoky aroma, non-oily, not too saucy nor overly dry — it is still considered wet-style though. The broad noodles are thoroughly coated with sauce and bits of cooked eggs, giving a consistent taste for every mouthful. This is my favourite char kway teow.
Note that the stall’s business hours is from 6am till 3pm or when sold out. So, to avoid the long peak-hour queue around lunch time and before the food are sold out, the best time to go for the delicious char kway teow will be in the morning — before 10am.
Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee is closed on Sunday and public holidays. That leaves Saturday as the only non-work day that many locals will turn up at the stall and form an ultra-long queue that snaked around the food centre, taking more than an hour or two to queue for the food. Thus, weekdays are the best days to avoid long waiting time — which is why I used to take day-offs to go for their fried kway teow mee.
Address:
Hong Lim Market & Food Centre (芳林巴刹与熟食中心), #02-17
531A Upper Cross Street, Singapore 051531
Opening Hours:
6am to 3pm | Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays
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