Journey to the East for the Art of Mee Pok

On a Saturday Morning, this handsome boy wandered from the North and end up in the East to eat..."Mee Pok" which many considered to be truly a national dish that uniquely belongs to Singaporean.

First and foremost, I must say that I am not a big fan of Mee Pok in general, for I personally deem that most sellers have over complicated the dish with too much ingredient and definitely way too much vinegar, but coming to think about it, isn't our country is built very much like this now and getting way too complex for a commoner like me to understand their outstanding scholars intention anymore...

Anyhow back to the subject, I know some of my closest friend would differ, however my argument is that if you want your noodles to taste like vinegar, why waste good time, good money and even taking up the already limited space at your friendly or unfriendly stalls, whereas you can probably buy a bottle of vinegar from your nearby super/min/hyper mart or whatever they called it nowadays and drink it together while having a pack of instant noodles, the chances are that you will probably not notices much difference, and it will be much easier on the pocket too.  

This where the Art of Mee Pok does it different and is not your everyday Singapore "mee pok" style noodle, for the owner has kept it relatively simple with its fish ball & cake, minced & sliced meats + some "optional" prawns + vegs.

"No editing, what you see is what you get"

Let's talk about what I thought about this dish, the noodles has and hopefully always be Q to a "spring", that goes very well with the fish balls which I reckon is good enough to be used as ping pong balls for our "FT" national player to use for their competitions, and lastly the minced and sliced meat are fresh enough without tasting too frozen and dead, though I cannot say the same about their prawns, for starter it is small which is fine since it is not supposed to be an imitation of prawn noodle, but its texture is way too soft, unQ and tasted too jelly for my liking at least.

If you are wondering about the veg, it taste veg enough and if you like, the grass outside my house taste veg too... and it is for FREE

I have given some thoughts about what I don't like but simply cannot come out with anything majorly wrong about this dish, unless one considers that this stall is now primarily run by an army of FT mainly PRCs with very limited locals contribution, and their price ranges $3.50 for a small bowl to $5.50 for a large bowl but they do provide you with wet towel with any noodles purchased, which is rare to see.

If you are ever or still confused about the stall that I been talking about, see below for the name of the stall, located along Bedok Road.

The Art of Mee Pok Pte Ltd

Unlike some "famous" food critic, I will not simply tell you that everything is divine or die die must try, and further try to confuse you by giving a 3 bowls rating for almost everything with a different comments.

However, that's because these reviews are my personal views and unbiased, but if you can pay and provide free food, I am willing to comments as "fair" to the proportion of hangbao received with t&c.

Verdict Out of Five (5*):

1. Quality of Food: 5 (Comfort food that bring's one internal peace and happiness while eating during and after finishing it)
2. Ambiances: 4 (If you like the roadside kampong feel)
3. Audiences: 3 (Most likely to be crowded by locals, unless you have an unique diet timing from the rest of the world or simply can't stop eating till the cows come home)
4. Price: 3 (Although not the cheapest in town, but still very much affordable) 
5. Services: 3 to 4 (Depending on who is serving but don't expect hotel/restaurant quality)
6. Hygiene: 3 (No rats or dead bodies found...yet)

So my overall conclusion is 4*, and will "definitely" be back for some more quality Mee Pok.

Quote "To eat is to be happy"