you can find in Singapore is at Tyrwhitt Road.
The soup is spicy with the slightest tinge of sweet. The broth is somewhat milky -- it isn't one of those clear watery soups with bits of chili floating on the top -- and it fills a belly in a wholly satisfying way.
For $3.30, you get two prawns, two pieces of silken soft tofu, one large piece of fried fish, and many pieces of fresh fish and mushrooms. The whole thing is topped with succulent onions and lime leaves that gives the dish that extra bit of oomph.
Alternating between spoonfuls of soup, large mouthfuls of steamed rice, and nibbly bites of ngoh hiang (fried meat roll), there was no room for conversation.
Be warned, this soup will make you want to come back for more. But as with all good things, it is not easy to get. The location is practically inaccessible by public transport, and the stall is open only between 10:30am and 4:30pm (closed on Sundays).
Northern Thai Restaurant
1 Tyrwhitt Road (S) 207522
10:30am - 4:30pm (closed on Sundays)
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Possibly the best Tom Yam Soup
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Thanks for the tip...will head there to tah-pau as Tyrwhitt Road not very conducive place to hang around
Not conducive? Hmm.. Is there something about that area I don't know about?
Friend who lives nearby has this to say:" Wouldn't call it a restaurant!! It's a corner stall in a coffee shop a block before my mom's. Believe the guy married a Thai woman and she does the cooking."
Tyrhwitt Road, Petain Road etc: not very nice for young girls... indeed, the whole Jn Besar area is a no-no, tho with the CDL development coming up at the old New World, there cld be some gentrification.
Really? Hmm. And I was just thinking that it would be nice to rent a place in Jalan Besar..
OMG! That food looks so good! and sounds so cheap! I'm sure it doesn't help that I'm hungry and it's lunch time. You can't get anything near that tasty here. I really need to learn how to cook...
Good cheap food is possibly the biggest pro about living in Singapore... Though I really need to learn how to cook too. Hope you had a good lunch! :)
So, to get to Tyrhwitt Road, which way should I turn when I get to the end of Hwy 6 at Provincetown? ;-)
Haha! I say, either. All roads lead to Tyrhwitt Road when you're that far away. ;)
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