#crispy dumpling

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It is late afternoon as mum and I boarded the free shuttle bus 🚌 at the bus stop in front of our block to go to Sembawang Shopping Centre. Found a table at XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞麵) and proceed to order and make payment at the cashier. Mum got her Chicken Cutlet Noodle (炸鸡扒面) which came with a piece of fried chicken 🐓 cutlet sliced up and bits of fried tempura batter. Got the thin yellow noodles 🍜 or mee kia (幼面) as we called them here in Singapore 🇸🇬 for mum.

I went with the Mini Pot Noodle (小碗面) which came with the dry-style thin yellow noodles in a separate bowl topped with a fried dumpling 🥟, crispy tempura bits and bean sprouts. The soup 🍲 came in a small pot over a small lighted food candle. Swimming in the hot soup are minced & sliced pork, fishcake slices, fish balls, pig’s liver and a poached egg. Mixing up the noodles 🍜, I get the springiness of the noodles, crispiness of the deep-fried batter and crisp texture of the bean sprouts.

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Most of the time, I will ask mum what she wants to eat. Today, we boarded the free shuttle bus 🚌 to Sembawang Shopping Centre to dine at XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞麵). Mum got her Chicken Cutlet Noodle (炸鸡扒面) with no chilli sauce added. The dry style mee kia (面仔) or thin yellow noodles 🍜 is topped with a piece of crispy chicken cutlet sliced up. The tempura bits added a nice crunch when mixed into the noodles.

I requested for my bowl of Fried Wanton Noodle (炸云吞面) with chilli sauce added. It cost the same S$5 as mum’s bowl of noodles. Besides the crispy wantons, there are also braised mushrooms 🍄‍🟫, blanched bean sprouts and the same crunchy bits of tempura. Both bowls of noodles 🍜 came with separate soup at the side.

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It is so convenient to just hopped on to the free shuttle bus 🚌 offered by Sembawang Shopping Centre as it picked us up from the bus stop right outside our flat. Mum likes the noodle dishes 🍜 from XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞麵) so we patronized them often enough. Being a small establishment, there isn’t a lot of seats, so we dine there outside of the dinner peak hours.

Mum loves the Chicken Cutlet Noodle (炸鸡扒面) which also comes with plenty of crispy tempura bits. The noodles here is the thin kind which we called mee kia (面仔). I typically just order the XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞面) which already comes with a lot of ingredients. There are fried dumpling 🥟, meat ball, minced & sliced pork, fishcake slices, braised mushrooms 🍄‍🟫 and a sprinkling of tempura bits. If you dine in and ordered the dry style noodles, they will come with a bowl of clear soup.

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Mum preferred her noodles so we are back in Sembawang Shopping Centre to eat at XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞麵). From the menu, she chose the S$5 bowl of Chicken Cutlet Noodle (炸鸡扒面) topped with a piece of crispy boneless chicken cutlet and thin yellow noodles tossed in savoury brown sauce.

I took the small portion (S$6) Scallop Minced Meat Noodle (鲜贝肉脞面) which comes with plenty of toppings from scallops, crispy dumpling, pork ball, fish ball, mushroom, fishcake slices, minced pork and lots of crunchy tempura bits. For my noodles, I picked the thin yellow noodles tossed in the same savoury brown sauce and with chilli paste added. Though it came with a bowl of soup, still I ordered a cup of teh siu dai ☕️ or milk tea less sweet to complete the meal.

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Took the free shuttle bus to Sembawang Shopping Centre and headed straight to XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞麵). Ordered lor mee, albeit with different toppings for the both of us plus Kopi O (Coffee Black) for mum and Teh Siew Dai (milk tea less sweet) for myself.

Mum had the Chicken Cutlet Lor Mee (鸡排卤面) which featured a piece of fried chicken cutlet sliced up and tempura crisp bits. While I took the classic Lor Mee (卤面) with bean curd roll, crispy dumpling, fishcake slices, braised egg and braised pork belly.