Chef Kang's is a Cantonese diner that won a Michelin Star in 2017 and retained that star in 2018.

Its chef, Ang Song Kang, recently opened Chef Kang's Noodle House at Jackson Square, Toa Payoh, offering wanton noodles.

Uses imported bamboo pole noodles

These are the only three items on the menu:

1. Noodle with Char Siew and Wanton (S$5)
2. Noodle with Shredded Abalone, Char Siew, and Wanton (S$10)
3. Pork Belly Char Siew (S$10)

Food critics have praised Ang's imported noodles for being springy and al-dente. These are bamboo pole noodles - created by kneading and flattening dough with a bamboo pole so as to produce an elastic band-like bounce.

These kinds of noodles also doesn't have much alkalinity from lye water (the taste you get in yellow noodles) because they don't need lye water to give the noodles a chewy "bite".

These noodles are tossed in a very aromatic soy sauce which coats every strand.

The shop also uses pork belly to make their own char siew. Also of note are the wantons which are very plump, and filled with meat and a whole prawn.

Here are some photos we found on Instagram:

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Chef Kang’s wanton noodles at Jackson Sq in Toa Payoh

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30 mins #queue #brunch #chefKang #noodle was #qq #good but the sauce mix, #charsiew and #wanton I found just average , #charsiew did have a good ratio of fats though ?! Try once can already 😬

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Spotted on social media, we went down to check this place out, much like the many others that joined the long queue even before they opened today. There before they started and we already had to wait almost an hour. So was this bowl of Wanton Mee really worth the wait? One distinct part was the noodles that was springy like that of egg noodles. We liked the fatty Char Siew that was pretty succulent; while there wasn’t much to shout about the Wanton. Observed that they were really short-handed to handle the crowd. And the queue moved slowly also b’cos there were many who dined in that would return to collect their take-away orders. It was crazy looking at the remaining people in the queue when we got to eat ours, thinking those towards the end would probably have to wait 2 hours or so? Overall, this was definitely better than the average Wanton Mee we’d get around SG. However, to join a queue that moved like snail, we would reconsider. Just too much from the media hype now.

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And people have already taken note of the new Jackson Square resident.

I went down on a Sunday at 11am and the queue didn't move for a good 20 minutes because someone in front ordered a large quantity to go - be prepared to wait if you're heading down.

Chef Kang's Noodle House

Where: Block A, Jackson Square, 11 Toa Payoh Lorong 3 (map).

Opening hours: 8am to 4pm (weekdays), 10am to 2pm (weekends).

[Update: Article updated with photos from Instagram.]

Cover image taken by Joshua Lee. 

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