Parklane Zha Yun Tun Mee House (Bencoolen St)

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Featured in many magazines and TV shows as one of the best wanton mee in Singapore, "Parklane Zha Yun Tun Mee House" says everything from their name.

Ordered

Fried Wanton Mee



Score: 4.0/5.0

Couldn't quite decide what else to order besides the noodle with not much "references" around since business is quiet in the afternoon.

The fried wan ton was really crispy but the filling in it is quite pathetic (as you can see from the photo above). Charsiew was tender and sweet, nothing to complain about. The noodles were however a disappointment. Just imagine slurping maggie mee dipped in warm water. It was so bland I could hardly taste any soya sauce or flavour. Bad bad bad... The soup is salty and I amost forgot there was also wanton in it. But... however small the portion of the fried wan ton, it's undeniably tasty. Makes you want to have one after another like - potato chips.

Considering how many good reviews this place received, perhaps it was just our unlucky day to have not been able to enjoy a plate of good Wan Ton Mee.

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10 years ago I was eating here regularly as a mature student from NAFA.  10 years later I was back as a married woman trying to find back that old taste and glad to say I was giving a good treat.  This is one of the place where I believe later I will be bring my daughter back for lunch :)

This place has been around for a long long time. During that time, there were word of mouth that this is one of the best wanton mee in Singapore. And I must say to have survived for so long at such a ‘ulu’ place (Sunshine Plaza) is not an easy feat considering the options nearby are plentiful too. Ate it recently, standard is still on par with my last time which was years ago.

Oh yes, they have 2 outlets, 1 at Sunshine Plaza and the other at Bugis.  Will do an entry on that soon.

The Yun Tun Mee comes in either $3.50 or $4.50. As usual I go for the $4.50 (greedy me). Order the Home-made Barley $1.20, hot. Use to order cold last time, but since 3 years ago, have gradually changed to drinking hot drinks despite the weather. The home-made barley was thick and nice, strong flavour of barley.

The Yun Tun Mee. In terms of presentation looks messy. But well, its the taste that matters at the end of the day. For good food, I do not mind the presentation after all this is not fine dinning.

Mixing up the soya sauce and noodles, also for a better picture of the noodles.

The noodles here taste so different from those elsewhere. The noodles was QQ, springy, does not stick together. After mixing the noodles well with the dark soya sauce, its a deadly combination that wowed me away. The noodles taste so smooth, was well- cooked (Not too hard, not too soft)  and was not dry.

The char siew, an important part of a yun tun mee is frequently neglected by yun tun sellers, was a star of its own in this dish. The char siew was tender and flavourful. Surprising, it was not hard, but soft. I wish they gave more char siew as I found myself longing for more of it.

Fried wanton, thin crispy skin with little meat inside. Their friend wanton is quite famous, lots of people who frequent here always order a plate of fried wanton $2.00 to accompany their Yun Tun Mee. For me, I feel that its only soso. As the only and main thing I felt was lacking was more meat should have been added into the wanton.

Yun Tun Mee is accompanied by a small bowl of wanton soup. About 2 pieces of wanton. This time its not fried. The wantn skin seems different, is smoother and thinner than those you can buy outside. Again, I wish more meat was added.

Generally, the food arrives quite fast and turnover of patrons here is fast. There is always space which is a plus factor for diners. Price wise, its quite reasonable. And this is certainty one of the much better than average wanton mee around. I will certainty be back if i pass by here for a good meal of wanton mee.

Full review and photos: http://foodiefc.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/parklane-zha-yun-tun-mee-house-bencoolen-st/

Colleague and I checked out the brisk business that Parklane Zha Yun Tun Mee had when we were enjoying our bento sets at Ichi Tei.

 

So we did today with two more colleagues and we ordered dumplings with our hor funs and yummy fried wantons to share…

 

We found the hor funs as ok-only as we have tastied better ones else where and the dumplings are also not that great. I guess with the crowd, we expected more. The fried wantons are nice as the skin was nicely crispy tho the meat of each wanton is really quite little.

 

Not a makan place to return to as there are many options nearby.

The "Fried Chicken Rice" was not bad as the seasoning for the chicken was quite good. But I think the price difference of ordering the rice with and without egg was rather not value for money. (w/o Egg: 3.50, w/Egg: 4.50)

And the service was rather slow, and in fact very slow. As we waited for more than half an hour for the food (only 4 plates of "Fried Chicken Rice") to be serve. Therefore, office ppl with tight lunch duration can take note of this.

I didn't know this place is so bad only after reading the reviews from the two reviewers before me. However, I think it goes to show that taste does difer from person to person.

I have been here at least three times whenever I need to print something at Sunshine Plaza. Of all three, my Dad, mum and sis were all alright with the noodles including me as well.

When I first had the noodles, I noticed it is very different from the ones we usually had at the food courts or hawker centres. The texture is different. Another thing I like about the noodles here is that it doesn't stick and despite the looks of the sauce, it doesn't occur to me as oily. I find the notices alright. The char siew wasn't fantastic, the fried wantons provides a crispy crunch but it is quite small and don't expect alot of meat inside. The sauce is rather sweet and savoury. It is very fluid as well.

The accompanying wanton soup is slightly salty, but my mum finds it alright.

For $3.50 per plate of wanton noodles, I thought the food was average or slightly above average, the portion is not mega huge, I find it just nice.

The ambience is like those food courts or coffeshops you can find in Far East Plaza and service wise, I don't expect much, at least the aunties were friendly.

All in all, I don't find the place as bad as the previous reviews have described it, perhaps its just a matter of expectations or taste or the kind of dining experience you are looking for. I personally think it was okay. Perhaps before I even tried it 2 years ago, it was much better and it has fallen since? I won't know, for now, I am satisfied with it.

Heard from friend... that there is a stall selling tasty wanton mee @ Sunshina Plaza... So went there for dinner after work...

Ordered wanton mee & fried you tiao with salad cream. The fried you tiao taste alright but the salad cream is way too watery... maybe want to save cost so add water in it. haha.....

The char siew meat were finely sliced, the QQ noodles make the dish perfect and their Signature - crispy fried dumplings but the meat filling very pathetic.

It's a 'eat-and-go' place. Meant quick meal... Not suitable for gathering... Not value for money... Service there is REALLY OMG or CMI (cannot make it)... Staffs are not attentive at all...

thats it 1st and last ever visit there. only thing nice there is the fried wanton. rest not that nice. at least not up to my expectations. char siew was as dry as sandpaper. do NOT ever order the kway teow you will puke it all out and regret it later. it was suppose to be tasty but ended up too SWEET for my liking. who wants to eat sweet wanton kway teow. total disappointment.

Like one reviewer said, it's really a "eat and go" place. Not much ambience as it is a coffee shop setting with air-con.

We ordered fried chicken noodles and fried wanton char siew noodles with a side order of fried dumplings.

As for the noodles, we found the texture quite nice and chewy. However the chicken pieces, although flavourful, was over friend and therefore a bit dry. The deep fried wantons and dumplings were really crispy, but the fillings were very little. There was also not too generous on the char siew. value for money is therefore on the low side considering that we spent $14 for the meal.