Original Simon Road Hokkien Mee – Anchorvale Village Hawker Centre

The tried and true Hokkien mee stall has five outlets islandwide and is touted as one of the more reliable joints to get a faultless plate of the dish. It’s been around since the 60s after all, serving hoards of regulars its famed wok-fried noodles. Over at Anchorvale Village, it runs a tight menu of two items – fried Hokkien mee in three sizes ($5, $8 and $10), and fried white carrot cake ($3). While there’s much discussion around whether the joint serves the dry or wet rendition of the dish, ours was definitely on the drier side. Yellow noodles and white bee hoon are first fried and then simmered in a rich seafood stock to absorb all the flavours. The noodles are well-separated, sufficiently flavourful, and retain some smokiness from the wok.