Cecilia M.
Yelp
After a hike at Buntzen lake, my friends and I were starving and ready for a delicious meal. My friend recommended to go to Singapore Hawker.
A sizeable well listed restaurant, it is a casual joint where you grab an available table and then go up to the cash register to place your order. They announce each order number and you go up to pick up your order(s) served on a cafeteria tray. I typically always order roti but unfortunately, they were sold out for the day by 5:30pm on a Saturday. My two friends and I ordered a Nyonya Sambal Egg, Char Kuey Teow, boneless Hainenese chicken with rice, Singapore seafood laksa, and two orders of tea. Altogether it came out to approximately $42, a great deal for 3 people!
Our orders were called and I could smell the fragrant hints of coconut milk in the seafood laksa. A generous portion with a fair amount of seafood toppings (large shrimps, fish cakes, bean sprouts, fish balls, etc), the laksa was delicious. I especially loved the soup base that was fragrant and flavourful but not heavy in oil.
The Nyonya Sambal Egg was swimming in sambal sauce, which was delightful. We enjoyed the sambal sauce so much we asked for some extra.
Boneless Hainenese chicken with rice was a fair portion. The rice had a nice chicken flavour without it being overly oily, which was appreciated. Chicken was juicy and tender - yum!
Char Kuey Teow rice noodles were pretty broken up and the noodles were on the verge of being slightly too slimy and overcooked. Still, had a nice flavour and generous with seafood.
Value hard to beat with the portions and taste. I would definitely re-visit if in the area again. Hopefully they open up a location closer to Vancouver!