Savor Rye La Mian Xiao Long Bao Restaurant

 

We chanced upon this noodle house, and what a surprise find it was, especially for a noodle fiend like me. It seems the cuisine here is Shanghainese and is slightly different from the normal Chinese fare we get elsewhere.  The texture of the noodles is consistent and springy that gives the impression that you're getting your money's worth of carbs in every bite - just the way I love my chinese 拉面 (la mian). haha.. 

Unusually, Mky also likes this restaurant. She doesn't quite share the same enthusiasm that I do for noodles, but this restaurant has one particular dish that is quite unique and rare to see in the Singapore food circuit - Tomato & Egg Noodles. The sauce for this dish is heavy on tomatoes and very tasty (albeit healthy), with wisps of egg floating within the thickened soup. We've been here twice and Mky has ordered the same dish both times. She tends to do this a few times when she finds a dish she likes until the explorer in her starts getting experimental.

 

We tried the 小龙包 (Xiao Long Bao) which was so-so. In comparison with my favourite 小龙包 at Chinatown Food Centre, the skin was too thick dulling the enjoyment of having the warm broth burst out after a delicate bite.

Overall, for a Chinese restaurant, the food is light on MSG - I find myself not getting the post-makan MSG effect - and the dishes are quite competent. One caveat though, the small restaurant has a very limited seating capacity, and if you go at the peak hours, you might find yourself sharing a table with other patrons.


Savor Rye La Mian Xiao Long Bao Restaurant
3 Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore
Tel: +65 6223 5038