Cheong Chin Nam Road is a stretch of shophouses, 95% occupied by restaurants, that runs parallel to Upper Bukit Timah Road just after the entrance to Beauty World MRT station. It occupies the landmark used to be called 7th Mile (or Chik Kor in Hokkien), which included the now-demolished Beauty World Market. There is a bewildering choice of restaurants, serving a wide range of cuisines. We settled for this outlet as it has two of our favourite hawker dishes, bak kut teh (meat bone tea soup) and prawn noodles.
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| One shop, two franchises |
This place combines two franchises, Koon Bak Kut Teh and Lao San Prawn Noodles. The former has long existed on its own and has a deservedly good reputation. I had never heard of the latter, no big loss. Online Google reviews reported a horrendously rude PRC staff, but thankfully no such person fitting that description served us. She probably got the boot, so good riddance.
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| The piping hot soup is refillable whenever you run out. |
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| Side dishes: pork belly & tau pok |
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| Prawn mee pok with pork ribs has just one small measly prawn! The fish cake also has holes. |
The bak kut teh soup was hot and peppery, with the pork slipping off the bone, how it should be. The prawn mee was a joke, only one small prawn sliced into two. The soup was just too salty. Lesson to learn for future visits: skip Lao San and stick with Koon.
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| Some history about Beauty World and the Cheong family (no relation). |
KOON BAK KUT TEH
& LAO SAN PRAWN NOODLE
10 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599735
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