Noo Cheng Adam Road Prawn Noodle (亚当路27大虾面)

Finally! Something comparable to the famous Beach Rd Prawn Mee.










Something different, yet equally good. One thing similar though - they're both expensive. One bowl of spare ribs prawn mee (medium prawns) costs $5. But the money is well spent, especially for the dry version at Adam Road.

The noodles (thick bee hoon, if you want the yellow noodles pls request) are soaked in savoury gravy and a mix of chilli, lard and pork oil. So oily, so good, so unhealthy. I love the generous serving of kang kong added to the mee, which gives the crunch to the noodles. The pig skin is a delight as well. Gorgeous flavour when marinated in the gravy and covered with chilli powder. The noodles are the kind you can't stop eating, although it's all carbs. And you almost forget about the prawns and spare ribs if you're not careful.

The prawns and spare ribs are put into a bowl of soup, which I found not salty enough. The beach road prawn soup is flavored with more essence of prawn heads and boiled longer, hence the better taste. It's the kind that will cause you to lose your hair and yet you don't care. The Noo Cheng one does not provide that kinda punch. It still packs a mean taste, just not mean enough. The prawns are generous (5 medium prawns) but not fresh enough. The thing about noo cheng for me (besides the mee and spare ribs) is that they're there but not there yet. Good but not good enough. Know what I mean? The spare ribs are really good but they only gave two pieces. I prefer generosity, ALWAYS. The meat is so tender, it falls right off the bone. Really soft.

For the price, I would say it's a good bowl of mee, and something worth traveling for. Not over-filling, so that's good. But prawns can be fresher, since it IS all about the prawns. But thumbs and toes up for the noodles. Yummy-licious!

Noo Cheng Adam Road Prawn Noodle
2 Adam Road #01-27
Singapore 298876
9.15am to 4pm
6.30pm to 2am