Tomyam ban mian @ Banquet (Parkway Parade)
One of the very large shopping malls in Singapore that I don’t have much opportunity to go to is Parkway Parade, even though the mall is pretty much Ling’s “playground”. The mall is always teeming with crowds, and on the few occasions I go with here there I still get impressed by the sheer variety of shops and eating places.
Ban mian is a pretty popular fare here. I’m not too big a fan of this though (I’m more a dry noodles person), since it usually takes a while to consume a bowl of noodles in hot soup. In this case though, just to try something different, I checked out one such stall at very well nicely decorated Banquet foodcourt at Parkway Parade on the Sunday just before we flew to Korea. There are several soup bases to choose from the stall, and I went for the tom yam one. For $3.80, you get a sizable bowl containing noodles – I chose the thin ones – anchovies, vegetables, minced meat, and a beaten egg. The tom yam soup was spicily hot though not quite with the tingling taste of equivalent fare at Jai Thai. It’s ok stuff, especially if you’re a noodle person. For myself though, I think I’ll just stick to the dry noodles next time.
- Food: 6 / 10
- Value: 3 / 5
- Overall: 3 / 5. I’m biased; Ling should review these noodle next time.
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