Fatty Aunt Yong Tau Foo

$ 7.10 for barley (3 stars) and a bowl of mixed brown and yam rice with 7 – 10 non-​meat yong tau foo ingredients was a bit too pricey given that the taste was nothing special. The only thing worth mentioning was the yam rice (4 stars) and the fact that they serve brown rice.

You know how it goes– a colleague tells you «hey I know a good place for lunch», you go there, tell someone else in your workplace the same, and the next thing you know — half of the people sitting in the shop when you visit are people you’re working with.
This place was a regular spot for lunch given its proximity to my workplace and a pretty safe option when you have too many people who aren’t very sure about what they’d like. How wrong can you go with Yong Tau Foo?
I like this place for their fried things — really nice and crisp, go especially for the Yong Tau Foo skin which retains its texture even in a bowl of hot noodles (so different from the one in the Kopitiam at my workplace). It’s not dirt cheap but you get a pretty good portion for what you’re paying (about $ 4 – 6) and it’s filling!
Another gem is the bak chor mee — nowhere near the quality of places like Tai Wah High Street but still pretty good on its own (unexpectedly so actually). Okay. I keep on alternating between the laksa (which is darn good) and the BCM which have never left me disappointed! (And I’ve visited this place close to 10 times I think, or maybe even more).

Stopped here for a quick lunch — and while it’s not the cheapest yong tau foo I’ve had, it’s well worth it. The soup is savoury and tastes (not sure if MSG) authentic and deeply flavoured, and the bits of yong tau foo you select are also relatively large pieces that are surprisingly filling (especially when compared to the sort you get at typical food court stores).
It’s crowded, and there’s a indoor and outdoor area — you pick your stuff, queue up to pay, and then the bowls get served to you. They have the usual noodle bits, as well as the more traditional yam rice. And while I usually eschew the sauces, the sweet sauce and the chilli here are both good.
And if you go for that sort of thing, they have the traditional drinks like barley and sour plum (bottled, not sure if fresh).