Just landed in Singapore after a whole month away and craving for something local. It was really early in the morning, so we drove down ECP to have our prawn mee fixed.
Beach Road Prawn Mee Eating House is a famous prawn mee (noodle) stall in East Coast, founded in the 1920s. It occupies 2 shophouses along East Coast Road near the East Coast-Telok Kurau Junction. This prawn mee starts at 7 am and is this a good spot for an early breakfast or brunch depending on the time you wake up.
The standard version comes only with prawns halved in the middle. My sister complained that the taste was a little watered down, not as robust as it used to be. According to another famous local blogger, it was explained by the owners the dilution was because of the bean sprouts. Just ask for no bean sprouts. What rubbish!
The soup that came with the dry version was equally watered down. So what went wrong now? I was quite disappointed that it had gone quite sparse with no sliced pork. They didn’t even bother to mix the sauce and noodles thoroughly anymore.
Every prawn noodle stall in Singapore worth their salt has specialty item, like jumbo prawns. They have the boiled pig tails and spare ribs, just like their cousins Jalan Besar Prawn Mee. The meat simply fell off the bones as you sucked through it.
This is my preferred choice of noodles, yellow noodles with that little bit of alkaline taste. The chilli paste was very traditional, not like those laden with belachan these days. Remember to ask for more chilli, as I find mine too dry.
Sharing the shop space with the prawn noodles is a small stall simply known as East Coast Ngoh Hiang. It has a steady flow of customers most of them are patrons of the prawn noodles. They mainly have some deep-fried items such as tofu, ngoh hiang and fishballs, which are refried prior to serving. The condiments (chilli sauce and the luminescence sweet sauce) are very old school. Do try them if you are having the prawn noodles.
There are many prawn noodles stores around the island these days, so we are spoiled for choices. They are above average but I wouldn’t bother to come specially for this. The standard has not be maintained, and I felt they are squandering away their founders’s goodwill.
美芝律大蝦麺 Beach Road Prawn Mee Eating House
370/372 E Coast Rd, Singapore 428981
Tel : +65 6345 7196
Visited Apr 2024
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