In this episode, we headed down to North Bridge Road Lor Mee to gulp down a GIGANTIC 6KG bowl of Lor Mee. North Bridge Road Lor Mee is headed by Lance, a young hawker, who learned the recipe from a close family friend who similarly ran a famous Lor Mee outlet in his youth. Now, Lance serves a thoroughly refined bowl of Lor Mee with a wide variety of toppings and condiments at $4/5 a bowl.

Lor Mee is Chinese dish brought over to Singapore by immigrants from China. It involves noodles drenched in a thick and starchy gravy topped with sides like hard-boiled eggs and Chinese-style sausage rolls (ngoh hiang), and condiments like vinegar and freshly minced garlic. The heavily spiced gravy is usually thickened with corn starch and eggs.

For this challenge, we piled 8 servings of yellow noodles onto the bowl and filled the bowl with gravy until it was close to full. We then topped it up with massive amounts of fried fish, braised pork belly, Chinese-style sausage rolls and hard-boiled eggs. To round it all off, we added heaping piles of minced garlic, coriander and chilli paste, before squirting a helping of vinegar.

The gravy was exceptional, very well-balanced with noticeable sour-spicy-sweet notes that were not overwhelming in any direction. It was thick as expected, coating each strand of noodles and toppings with savoury goodness. For the toppings, the fried fish really went beyond what we were expecting for a $5 dollar dish. Each piece was fried to crunchy perfection and bursting with moisture and flavour. The contrast between the bite from the fried fish and the sloppy gravy was one to remember. The braised pork belly was also well done, tender and well-marinated with Chinese spices. The best way to eat this dish would be to mix all the added condiments together with the gravy and toppings, allowing the varied and complex flavours to be present with every bite. The addition of chilli, garlic and vinegar elevated an already flavourful dish considerably.

I was not expecting to enjoy this challenge as I have never been a fan of Lor Mee, but I downed this bowl with relative ease and almost wanted seconds. If you are looking for an excellent bowl of Lor Mee or want to try one for the first time, you will not go wrong with North Bridge Road Lor Mee.

Visit North Bridge Road Lor Mee at:

17 Beach Road
Singapore 190017

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