Michelin-starred chef sells S$10 prawn noodle with prawn paste ribs in Toa Payoh

Not your average prawn noodles.

Joshua Lee | November 19, 2019, 06:32 PM

Chef Kang’s is a Cantonese diner that won a Michelin Star in 2017 and retained that star in 2018 and 2019.

Its chef, Ang Song Kang, also opened Chef Kang’s Noodle House at Jackson Square, Toa Payoh, offering affordable wanton noodles in 2018.

Now, Ang has also opened a prawn noodle shop, Chef Kang’s Prawn Noodle House, at Toa Payoh.

If you're often incapacitated by the the wide variety of options offered by eateries, you'll be glad to know that Chef Kang’s Prawn Noodle House only has two main dishes on its menu.

King prawns

The King Prawn Noodle Soup with Prawn Paste Spare Ribs (S$10) comes with a bowl of prawn noodle, one deep sea king prawn, fried pork lard, and crispy prawn paste spare ribs.

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The other dish, the Hot Stone Prawn Paste Spare Ribs Rice (S$10) has rice, fried pork lard, raw egg yolk, dark soy sauce, and prawn paste prawn ribs.

When served in the hot stone pot, the bottom layer of rice will be slightly burnt to a crisp, just like claypot rice.

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Not like traditional prawn noodles

Before you rush down to Ang's shop, the prawn broth here is lighter than what you might be used to.

Instead of pork bones, Ang uses chicken feet to give the broth that smooth feel due to the collagen.

The broth, which is boiled for at least 16 hours, is made using 7.5kg of prawn shells and heads, hae bee (dried shrimp) from Hong Kong, and 5kg of chicken feet. Boiling it overnight extracts all the flavours. The soup does not have MSG.

The lighter broth might have its fans, but if you're looking for a robust soup closer to what traditional prawn noodles offer, this isn't it.

Some might also balk at paying S$10 for a bowl of prawn noodles and a fried pork rib. But according to 8 Days, Ang apparently only makes a S$1.50 profit on every bowl of prawn noodles.

Mixed reviews

Reviews online have been pretty divisive so far. In particular, they praised the prawn paste pork ribs, which is quite unconventional.

Some Google reviewers also opined that the pork rib made up for the S$10 price.

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Others weren't too happy with the quantity and quality of food they got for S$10.

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Where and when to go

Well, if you are still interested to try Ang's prawn noodles, here are the details.

Address: Block 85 Toa Payoh Lorong 4, #01-328 (map)

Opening hours: 10am until soup runs out (Tues - Sun). Closed on Mon.

You can also visit their Facebook page for updates. If you're looking for something cheap and good, Ang's wanton noodles at Chef Kang’s Noodle House has got good reviews.

Top images via Instagram users @gilabutbottoxic and @george.kooi.