Hoe Heng Handmade Noodles - Red Wine Chicken Thread Noodles
Hoe Heng Handmade Noodles
Blk 269 Waterloo Street
(First hawker centre from the Guan Im Temple)
Ratings: 6.5/10
I’m feeling sheepish right now, simply because my last food review was in October. I haven’t blogged a food review for more than three months! When I started blogging this entry, I realised I have forgotten the "usual format" that I adopt for my food reviews. I had to keep referring back to my past entries. 
After being hounded by my friends who kept subtly reminding me for the past three months that I haven’t updated my food blog for so long, I’m finally back blogging about food.
I blogged about the mouth-watering red wine chicken thread noodles at Seow Choon Hua Restaurant many months back. Sadly, I haven’t found time to go back to visit the food stall since then as I seldom frequent that area.
Thus, when I found out that there’s also another stall selling lovely red wine chicken thread noodle at Waterloo Street, I immediately made a mental note to go try it as soon as possible, especially since I pass by that area regularly.
To do some recap, red wine chicken thread noodles or 红糟鸡面线 originates from Fuzhou, China. This dish is cooked in red vinasse (红糟) and shaoshing wine, hence giving the dish a very aromatic smell.
红糟鸡面线 - Red Wine Chicken Thread Noodles - $3
If my memory did not fail me, since the last time I had this dish was almost a year ago, I personally prefer the red wine chicken thread noodles at Seow Choon Hua restaurant more. This is not to say that this stall at Waterloo Street serves lousy noodles. In fact, the red wine chicken thread noodles was delicious. The chicken was tender and tasty and it was more appetising than the one I had at Seow Choon Hua restaurant.
In comparison, the characteristic red soup of the noodles at the Waterloo Street stall was thinner in consistency at this stall and I found it harder to detect the sweet and sour taste in the soup. Some of the thread noodles were also lumped together which means that the noodles were not well cooked.
Overall, I will have loved this dish better if not for the fact that I have tasted better ones previously. I may visit this stall again, as it is located at a more accessible location for me than the stall at Seow Choon Hua.
Besides eating the red wine chicken thread noodle, greedy me couldn’t resist ordering some of the crispy curry puff from another stall located in the same hawker centre.
The crispy curry puff tasted average. The skin of the crispy curry puff was not well made and wasn’t not sufficiently crispy. I didn’t like the fillings in the crispy curry puff too.
Hence, if you happen to be around the area, do pop by to give the red wine chicken noodle a try. Otherwise, walk further down slightly to another hawker centre along the row of shops and try the hainanese curry rice there. The hainanese curry rice tasted great the last time I had my meal there. Hmm, I shall make another mental note to review that delicious hainanese curry rice stall the next time I am there!
