With every new stall at ABC Brickworks Food Centre, there is usually a line due to curious customers.
But this is longer than usual (long line of officer workers willing to wait in the heat).
Wah Leng Wanton Noodle offers a wide range of noodle choices, such as classic wanton mee, chicken cutlet ban mian, and dumplings noodles. (Based on their Google address, it seems like they used to sell Ban Mian at Ang Mo Kio?)
Choices here include Traditional Wanton Noodle ($4/$5), Wanton Soup ($3 for 8 pieces, $4 for 12 pieces), Dumplings Soup ($4/$6), Chicken Cutlet Ban Mian or You Mian ($4), Dumplings Noodle ($4/$5), and their Signature Wanton Noodle ($5.50).
You can also order sides such as Fried Dumplings ($3 for 5 pieces, $5 for 10 pieces), Fried Wanton ($3 for 8 pieces, $4 for 12 pieces), and top up with add-ons like vegetables ($1), wanton ($1.50 for 4 pieces), dumplings ($2 for 3 pieces), or chicken cutlet ($2.50).
For noodles, customers have a choice of Ban Mian, You Mian, Kway Teow, Mee Pok, or Mee Kia.
I went for the Traditional Wanton Noodle ($4), and the portion was generous for the price, with a neat pile of noodles, a row of char siew slices, bright greens, and a single crispy fried wanton placed like a crown.
Here’s where Wah Leng separates itself from the generic wanton mee stalls. The noodles were properly springy, thin and QQ.
They kept their bite, never soggy or limp, and the dark sauce clung to the strands without drowning them.
Char siew here was sliced thick, with a bit of caramelisation around the edges. It wasn’t the melt-in-your-mouth, ultra-fatty sort you might find at a specialised char siew shop, but it wasn’t dry or bland either.
A firm bite, a light roasted flavour, and just enough fat.
The fried wanton (a nice touch) was crisp even after sitting in the bowl for a while.
If you are feeling hungrier, the Chicken Cutlet Noodles was not bad too.
The cutlet was chunky enough, though the breading could have been more crisp. I would still pick the Wanton Mee over this.
There’s no “secret recipe” or viral gimmick at Wah Leng.
If you like Wanton Mee that is dependable and old-school, and the freedom to customise your bowl, Wah Leng is worth a try.
But you have to beat the unusually long lunchtime queue first.
Wah Leng Wanton Noodle
ABC Brickworks Food Centre #01-117, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 150006
Opening Hours: 6am – 2pm (Thurs – Sun), Closed Mon, Tue, Wed
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