Sing HK Cafe Review: Hong Kong-styled Salt Baked Chicken Noodles

Sing HK Cafe used to be located at Everton Park. They offered “ cha chan teng ” delights like slow-cooked pork belly rice and Hong Kong Maggie noodles.

Even so, the menu has been scaled down, and they only kept their signature dishes like their salt baked chicken, braised pork belly, and dry noodles. Hong Kong-styled Salt Baked Chicken Noodles | Sing HK Cafe Review Food at Sing HK Cafe When I first laid eyes on their Signature Salt Baked Chicken Noodle ($6.50) , I was intrigued; it reminded me of paper-wrapped chicken I used to love when I was a kid. The size of the salt baked chicken was as wide as my fist and I could barely lift it up with just my chopsticks.

With my chopsticks, I poked through the chicken thigh and split it open. The chicken had a nice caramelised sweetness, and was so soft and well-marinated, it was as if it had been brined beforehand, like a turkey for Christmas.

The chicken thigh was accompanied by dry noodles garnished with fried ikan bilis and house-made pickled cucumbers. The noodles were already evenly coated with dark sauce, but I was not going to let the juice of the chicken go to waste.

As a whole, the dish was a combination of savoury and sweet nuances, with an intense depth of taste. The Classic Braised Pork Belly Rice ($5.80) was begging to be tasted.

It featured a bed of white rice covered with huge chunks of braised pork belly, pickled cucumbers, corn, and a soft-boiled egg. The braised pork were thickly cut, with a fat-to-meat ratio that was on point. The succulent chunks didn’t jiggle as much as I thought it would, but the fatty parts were still a melt-in-your-mouth kind of soft.

An umami-rich taste was apparent with each bite; it reminded me of a homemade soya sauce braised meat dish. Similar to the classic braised pork belly rice, the Dry Mixed Noodle With Soft Boiled Egg ($3.80) came with pickled cucumbers, corn, and soft-boiled egg.

The noodles were initially a tad dry, but after mixing it up with the soft-boiled egg, the noodles began to glisten and my mouth got under way to water. The noodles had the same chewy texture as the one served with the salt baked chicken noodles, even if with a creamier coating thanks to the egg.

Even though there are plenty of good food options at Jem, Westgate, and Jcube, Sing HK Cafe makes for a great place to have a meal without having to elbow your way through the maddening mall crowd. The verdict The food served at Sing HK Cafe is different and unlike many noodles or rice dishes sold at our hawker centres and kopitiam. They also provide free chicken soup and have their ingredients such as the ikan bilis and pickled cucumbers made in-house.