i came here to eat the char hokkien mee only + 1 other dish. Try not to spend more than $12 per meal for 2 person here. I like the dark black sauce, not too salty. Taste just nice and no pork lard. Just lack of vege in it, but prawn is fresh and tangy. Dont like the slice fish beehoon soup, tasteless. I will go back for the hokkien mee as long as the standard doesn't drop.

I have walk pass this place numerous times, decided to give it a try this evening with mummy(Yes, I still call mum that 8D). I was convinced to give it a try by Pman review.

We ordered the soupy steam egg with bitter veg and eggs(century, n normal)10bucks, crispy chicken 15bucks and hotplate bean curd with mince pork 10bucks. Total damage 41.50 bucks with whatever taxes..haiz!!!

Both of us like the soupy egg dish as it was tasteful (I would say its slightly better than 2chefs)generous amount of egg and veg, the century egg was in good sizes too. The mince pork bean curd was wonderful with the rice , YUMMY! There's slight burned taste to the mince pork which is so yummy! Beancurd was normal. Lastly the famous crispy spring chicken, was another yummy! Succulent and crispy! WooHoo! My good friend W will love this dish, I will definitely bring him here for this when he is next in town.

Service was prompt and good. Food was served in 10-15mins. Service staffs were polite and knowledgeable. I like it that they gave good advise too, for example little things like advising us to order a big bowl of rice to share with mum for seconds instead of ordering 2. I like the quiet outdoor setting, nothing pretentious about this place. Just come in your t-shirt, shorts and sandals.

I'm so glad I stay in TiongBarhu!!! (Oh bobby the dog, got to taste the chicken as well, as we could only finish half of it) Mum was please too, as she made it back in time for her korean drama. Phewwww...save me an earful....mmm...talking about k...mmm nvm...8D

Photo will be up on Sunday. Oh! they are also famous for their steamboat , heaps of ppl were were having it, will try it soon.

Update 11/04/2008:
tried the stirred fried fish slice horfun with gravy(rice noodle)some tim ethis week. The wok powerwas not sufficient (but still better than most), the rice noodles were the small type , which is not suitable for this kind of dish as it tend to clump together. The fish slices tasted nice and generous. I prefer the stall down the road in Chu Choon Hiang(Hong) coffee shop for this type of single dish. OH! its pricy too $7.5 for 1, while the shop down the road is $5 for 1.

Update 13/04/2008:
had dinner here with frenz, the kangkong$8 with chilli and the claypot stewed beef$10 was filled with Wok POWER! Yummyyyy... chicken essence frog$24 was normally nice.

Have been to this place for afew yrs.....most recent visit is still as good as before !

If you love chinese dishes with lot's of "wok flavour"....this place will not disappoint.

Some of the must have are :

1) crispy roasted chicken

2) slice beef in hot plate

3) egg fu rong

4) "xing zhou" bee hoon

5) baby "chye sim"

The crispy roasted chicken is highly recommended. Very crispy skin...but moist and tender meat....even better than some wedding banquet versions.

If you are into beef...their slice beef on hot plate is a popular dish...again...the meat is very tender and tasty.

And if u are into eggs with lot's of shrimps...their egg fu rong is filled with lot's of fresh shrimps...none of the stale expired shrimps commonly encountered elsewhere...very fresh and thoroughly cleaned without the dirty black stuff in the center of the shrimp.....which is a rarity these days.

Another popular dish is their "xing zhou" bee hoon....not the best that I've tasted, but still good effort...again with lot's of fresh shrimps....and a good companion to the above dishes.

Their baby chye sim is fresh and quite tasty....definitely a healthy companion to some of the more sinful dishes....

Haven't really tasted their seafood yet....but after trying out some of the different dishes over the years, I think they should be consistently good.

Nightbirds and Zoukout party animals have another place to fill up their tummy.... as this place opens till 4.00am ! At least u are not left with the usual prata or bak kut teh option.....if u want good zhi char food with lot's of wok flavour at odd hours....dun miss this one out !

We've been this place many times, but most recently early Aug 07. What attracted us was the open air dining area with many many tables, busy waitresses.

Reservation: Just walk in, they will find you a table.

Food / Beverage: While man ordered their fish steam boat and seafood dishes, we ordered simply. The beef "sunshin hor fun" in Cantonese "Yit Kong Hor"; fish slices in black beans bee hon, and crispy noodles. 3 of us ate. I guess the seafood dishes would be more expensive. Hor fun was delicious, so was the crispy noodles. Fish, beef and meats added to the noodles were fresh and deliciously seasoned.

Ambience: Not much to write about except that the open air area is about 2 X badminton coursts and very airy and night - good way to keep cool.

Value: Coffee shop plus.

Service: Green and yellow blouses flitting about offering good service. No so pushy to, and although we were not big spenders - they still served us very politely (try this at other places).