I was 5th time lucky. Meaning I only got to eat from this Singapore Michelin Bib Gourmand Shi Hui Yuan Hor Fun Specialty stall only on my 5th visit.
Why the persistence? I wanted to try out ALL the 17 Michelin Bib Gourmand Hawker Stalls from Singapore. No kidding. Fellow food blogger RubbishEatRubbishGrow said I was hardworking. I think I am a determined person.
Mei Ling Market & Food Centre at Mei Chin Road is not the easiest place to get to if you do not drive.
There is no MRT station nearby. Via public transport, you have to take a bus and walk a long way in. From the Commonwealth Avenue side, possibly a 15 minutes walk in the hot sun.
The good thing that happened out of this was I got to try some other hawker stalls (Sin Kee Chicken Rice, Lao Jie Fang Beef Brisket Noodles x 2 and an old-school Wanton Mee stall) which reminded me of my childhood days.
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Shi Hui Yuan Hor Fun Specialty opens for a couple of hours from Thursday to Sunday.
According to online sources, the stall opens from 8am to 2pm. HOWEVER, when I went about 1pm once, they were already SOLD OUT (then I noticed almost every other table was having THEIR horfun). And during my ‘successful’ visit, the stall wasn’t ready till 8:35am or so.
The best bet, if you are that keen to try, will be weekend mornings.
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Having been around since 1969, Shi Hui Yuan’s signature is slippery smooth Ipoh style Hor Fun (long and thin) with chicken, duck slices and mushrooms in gooey gravy.
Will recommend the Blissful Plate ($5) which contains a bit of everything, including pork ribs and duck slices.
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Before serving, the hawker drenched the rice noodles in three different types of sauces from the pots – I reckoned one was cooked with chicken feet, the other with ribs, and the last in mushroom.
The two ingredients that stood out were the tender roast duck without that usual gamey taste; and the soft braised mushrooms coated in dark sauce.
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”Take the chilli… It makes it more delicious”, I was reminded by the hawker.
After adding the sweet, quite diluted chilli which did add a different dimension to the plate, I thought this reminded me of the Ipoh Horfun at River Valley (near St Bernadette Church) which had since disappeared.
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I haven’t had this style of Hor Fun in a long while, at least not such a tasty one. An old-school taste, rustic, probably a family-handed recipe which stood the test of time.
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Shi Hui Yuan
Mei Ling Market & Food Centre #02-33, 159 Mei Chin Road, Singapore 140159
Opening Hours: 8am – 2pm (Thurs – Sun), Closed Mon – Wed
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