Hin Fried Hor Fun

In Singapore today, it is so fashionable for restaurants and hawkers to display newspapers and magazines cut outs or food excellence ratings from some famous bloggers, etc. so much so that so many stalls have good ratings or you may think that only those with such displays serve good food. 

As for me, I prefer discovering good food on my own - new or old. I would also try to revisit old ones to find out if they are still good and I like helping small restaurants and to make hawkers happy because their work is not easy yet they fed people with good food. Friends would also suggest places to go and food to eat but I am no full time blogger nor paid and I do not accept free food even when offered.

It is hard for me to accept food that is tepid. There must be enthusiasm because I know a lot of people who do no know what to eat for their next meal most days. Of course this is better than not knowing when is your next meal. And there are one or two people who while eating their lunch are already plotting their dinner. Haha.

In this instance, I have always love a good hor fun. Hor fun without ''wok hei'' is a waste of time. I was bred on that since young when there was a tze char stall at a coffee shop just next to where I lived in Toa Payoh and when coming home very late from work even from 10pm, you have to wait for your food. So I would get there, order my food, go home for shower and then come back later to collect. Another one was just behind at the hawker centre. Of course they are now all gone.

So, let me introduce you to ''Hin Fried Hor Fun'' at the Old Kallang Airport Road hawker centre. This man Hin has all kinds of hor fun for you - beef, seafood, whatever, You could even have a mixture of say prawn with beef which was what I had.

It costs more than the usual $3-4 type but the quality is much better. I would not declare it the best hor fun but it is good enough with sufficient breath of the wok. 

There is also this surprising good fish, deep-fried on the outside and tender on the inside. It is toman fish but does not taste anything like it. Try it.

This is the amiable Mr. Hin at his stall.

You should patronise Mr. Hin's stall and give me your feedback.