Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle’s cheapest bowl now costs S$8
A bowl from Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, Singapore’s only Michelin-starred hawker meal, will now cost at least S$8.
This is after the award-winning stall removed its cheapest bowl of bak chor mee that used to cost S$6.
Source: Shin Min Daily News on Facebook
Cheapest bowl at Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle used to be S$6
A recent photo of the stall, posted on Google Maps in June, shows that it now offers four different prices per bowl — S$8, S$10, S$12 and S$15.
Source: Google Maps
However, older photos of the stall showed that it used to have a S$6 bowl.
An Eatbook review said the S$6 bowl, while already more expensive than most offerings from other bak chor mee stalls, was worth the price.
This is because there was a generous portion of meat and noodles.
Cheapest bowl removed as it had fewer ingredients: Tai Hwa employees
A Shin Min Daily News reader told the paper that the stall had “increased its prices” as the cheapest bowl is now S$8.
Two Tai Hwa employees however said to Shin Min that they had actually removed the S$6 bowl as it had fewer ingredients.
The S$6 bowl didn’t have dried sole fish and dumplings, one of them explained.
In comparison, the S$8 option had seven or eight kinds of ingredients, including two meatballs, two dumplings, dried sole fish and seaweed, among other things.
As customers had given feedback that the S$6 bowl “lacked flavour”, they decided to do away with it, they added.
Customers may also chose to order the S$15 bowl to have more ingredients.
Some customers hope S$6 bowl will return
However, some customers still hoped that Tai Hwa would bring back the S$6 bowl.
77-year-old Ms Wu Jiayin (transliterated from Mandarin) told Shin Min that the cheapest bowl of S$8 was a bit expensive, especially since it used to be S$6.
While she acknowledged that the S$8 bowl was indeed worth that amount, she felt that it would be difficult for seniors with no income to afford it.
A nearby resident in his 70s, named only as Mr Huang (transliterated from Mandarin), said he understood that the cheapest bowl was priced at S$8 as it had more ingredients.
But as he grows older his appetite becomes smaller, he added, so the S$6 bowl would be enough to fill him up despite having fewer ingredients.
That is why he still hopes to have the S$6 option, he added.
Tai Hwa has retained its Michelin Star since 2016
Tai Hwa, which is located at Block 466 Crawford Lane, is known for being one of only two Singapore hawker stalls to receive a coveted Michelin Star.
It has retained its star every year since it first received it in 2016.
Source: Google Maps
After Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle lost its star, Tai Hwa now has the distinction of being Singapore’s only Michelin-starred hawker stall.
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Featured image adapted from Shin Min Daily News on Facebook and Eatbook.
