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Nasi Lemak at Sim Lim Square Food Court

Ratings: 3.0/5.0

This stall is owned by Chinese, so their Nasi Lemak is not as authentic and traditional as compared to those that are sold by the Malays, and they also sell a variety of other food besides the Nasi Lemak.

Basically, there’s nothing really fantastic about the Nasi Lemak at Sim Lim Square. However, it’s also another of my must-eat food when I’m around the area.

The first reason is because I love Nasi Lemak. However, Nasi Lemak is a really fattening food, especially since the rice is cooked with coconut milk, so I’ll try to avoid eating it as much as I can. However, for this Nasi Lemak stall, the food there is relatively not oily at all compared to most Nasi Lemak stalls out there. Another reason why I love eating at this stall is because of the huge variety and amount of ingredients that it served with the rice.

Nevertheless, there’s one thing that I don’t really like about the Nasi Lemak is that the chilli is a tat too sweet for my liking, and it’s not spicy enough for my palate.

Do try the Popiah that this stall also sells. I quite like the popiah there and occasionally, I’ll order it as my side-dish.

Link here for the previous recommendation on the minced pork noodles at Sim Lim Square.

Minced Pork Noodles at Sim Lim Square Food Court

Ratings: 4.5/5.0

Sim Lim Square is basically a place where you want to go if you want to look for cheap electronic products. But food?

If I ever list down the top 10 food that I love, minced pork noodles might make it to the top 10 (Haha, post inspiration here…). One of my favourite stalls for minced pork noodles is this stall at Sim Lim Square. I’ll usually pop by to have a bowl of noodles if I happened to be in that area. I used to love the minced pork noodles at Hong Lim Complex, but sadly, its quality has degenerated over the years.

A weird twisted reason why I love minced pork noodles so much is probably because it’s one of the “ta mee” (noodles without soup) in Singapore which contains the minimal number of fishballs. I do, for some weird twisted reason again, dislike fishballs, though I’ll usually “tolerate” them in the sense that I’ll still eat my fishballs provided they come in small numbers. I do love fish, and I do not have any phobia or dislike towards food that are round. I do love my sotong balls, meat balls etc. Thus it’s really hard to come out with a reason why I dislike fishballs. I guess it’s more of a psychological reason?

A bowl of minced pork noodles costs $3/$4, and an additional of $1 will be charged if you decided to have a bowl of dumpling (水饺) soup to go along with it. Personally, I don’t feel that there’s anything to rave about for the dumpling soup from that stall, so probably a dollar can be saved by not ordering the soup.

What I like most about this minced pork noodles is that the noodles is springy. I am pretty particular about noodles or “mee pok” as shown in the photo. With the proliferation of factory-made noodles in so many hawker stalls all over Singapore, most noodles have lost that “springy” feel in them, and they just don’t taste right or as good in comparison with the hand-made noodles. For some reason, there’s always a sweet, lovely taste lingering in my mouth every time I savour this bowl of noodles, and that’s the reason why I love this stall so much. =p

So, besides cheap electronic products, there are indeed still good food at Sim Lim Square.

Nasi Lemak at Sim Lim Square.