Dinner at Wah! Noogee House (20-May-07)

CC, KP, VW and I had dinner at Wah! Noogee House at the Carlton Hotel on Bras Basah Road. It’s a branch of the Wah Lok Cantonese restaurant serving Hong Kong food, and derives it name from noodle and congee. After sitting in the restaurant for a while I realised it looks very much like a converted squash court, especially as there is a dividing wall about a fifth of the way down the restaurant which is floor to ceiling glass and has two small doors in it. After some research I found it was formerly a restaurant called Jeremy’s, but I still like the squash court idea!

We started with siew yoke and roast duck, accompanied by plum sauce and mustard sauce ($10). I felt the mustard sauce was very mild but the meats were tasty although the siew yoke could have been crispier, there could have been more of it and the duck had too many bones. We also ordered deep fried pork ribs with garlic ($10). The pork was chopped into small pieces less than an inch long. It was very tender and there was lots of tasty, roasted garlic slices.

The ladies had sour plum drinks which were refreshing although didn’t quite taste natural.
VW ordered sliced fish hor fun ($16), KP had shredded chicken crispy noodles ($9.50), CC had congee and I ordered fried noodles with peppered pork ribs ($10). VW enjoyed the hor fun, which was the thinner Hong Kong version, and there was certainly lots of steaky, good quality fish. I felt the hor fun could have had more of that burnt wok taste. The peppered pork ribs were very tender, had no bones and the noodles were crispy and tasty.
Dessert was herbal jelly ($6), walnut cream ($3.50) and cream of pomello and mango pudding ($3.50). I enjoyed the walnut cream but it was not to VW’s taste. KP thought the pomello was bitter and the dessert was “low” on taste.

I hear the wanton noodles here are very good and the next time we come back we’ll have to give them a try.

Parking is astronomical at $6 per entry, the most expensive I know of in Singapore. Fortunately if you ask, the restaurant will give you a $4 parking redemption voucher which makes the cost of parking more reasonable.

The dinner came to $22 after a 10% credit card discount.

Would I come back – Yes, reasonably priced for the quality.
Service – Friendly, prompt, meals were delivered quickly.
Food – Good variety of quality Hong Kong dishes.