Hey! Teppan ヘイ! 鉄板

My friend always quips, "East Side, the Best Side," whenever the topic comes up, knowing full well that I'm a proud West Sider. Naturally, I always debate back, championing the West Side for its array of great food options. After all, good food knows no boundaries—it's all about discovering the hidden gems in every corner!

Hey! Teppan

The style of Hey! Teppan instantly reminded me of Pepper Lunch, where the dishes are served on a sizzling hotplate. Just like at Pepper Lunch, you're handed the reins to customize your meal—adding sauces and mixing everything together to your liking. The interactive dining experience is both fun and satisfying, making every bite uniquely yours.

Our Orders

The Squid and Prawn Pepper Rice is a straightforward yet appealing dish. The rice takes center stage on the hotplate, surrounded by five prawns and five pieces of squid, neatly arranged. Bright yellow corn kernels and a generous sprinkle of black pepper sit atop the rice, adding color and flavor. The simplicity of the presentation draws attention to the sizzling freshness of the ingredients.

                          Squid & Prawn Pepper Rice - $12.50

The Hey! Angus Sirloin Steak looks far more enticing and hearty, perfect for those seeking a satisfying meal. The sizzling hotplate is generously filled, featuring a succulent Angus sirloin steak accompanied by a colorful array of edamame, corn kernels, broccoli, and cabbage. On the side, there's a comforting serving of rice and creamy mashed potatoes. To top it off, fried garlic and black pepper are added, enhancing both the aroma and flavor. This dish truly offers a well-rounded and indulgent dining experience.

 Hey! Angus Sirloin Steak - $14.50

Hey! Teppan
Location:  Kopitiam @ Jurong Point, Jurong West Central 2, #03-42 Singapore
Nearest Station: Boon Lay (EW27 / JS8)

Thai Makan (Jurong Point)

Thai Makan is another brand creation by Thai Dynasty which serves authentic halal Thai Food at affordable pricing. They pride themselves to provide genuine and yummy Thai street food to their customers. Thai Makan was created to provided our Muslim community in indulging in the amazing taste of Thailand. 

A little background: Their Staff are Thai and Thai-Muslim which makes them proud to say they make real Thai Food. They are launched since 2018 and has established themselves as an icon of quality and authentic halal Thai Food.

Ordering Buzzer

We had their signature Pad Thai (Seafood), Tom Yum Soup (Seafood) with Rice and Signature Mango Salad.

What we ordered

Pad Thai is a beloved stir-fried noodle dish that is a staple in Thai cuisine. It features a delightful combination of sweet and spicy flavors, with prawns as the star protein. The dish is complemented by chopped peanuts, which add a satisfying crunch and enhance the overall texture. The balance of tamarind, fish sauce, and lime creates a vibrant taste that makes Pad Thai a favourite for me.

Pad Thai (Seafood) 

Although I'm not typically a fan of thick red tom yum soup, this particular one surprisingly opened up my appetite. The broth wasn’t too cloying, and instead, it was light and perfectly balanced, making it irresistibly appetizing.

Tom Yum Soup (Seafood)

The vibrant and refreshing Thai Mango Salad strikes the perfect balance between sweet, tangy, and spicy flavours. It features thinly julienned green mango, which is firm and slightly tart. The salad is typically tossed with finely sliced shallots, fresh cilantro, and chopped peanuts for added crunch.

Signature Mango Salad - $7.50

Thai Makan (Jurong Point)
Location: Jurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2, #B1-43 Singapore 648886

Hi Noodles

With Hai Di Lao's business bustling everywhere in their outlets, we were excited to hear another business concept managed by them at Hi Noodles. Have been hearing from friends about Hi Noodles and was keen to try it out. 

Hi Noodles

While entering Hi Noodles, we were impressed by the variety of dishes they offered in small bowls at the station. We grabbed several dishes as we were excited. Their ordering system was rather innovative with food and tray placed on the payment counter and it will calculate the meal.

These dishes goes well with a bowl of plain noodles. Braised beef tendons were thinly sliced and delicious, well braised. The fried french beans were on a oiler side but not bad. While the Sweet & Sour Pork were on the sour side which gives us a good reason to order the main to pair with these dishes. I like the Scrambled Egg with Tomato the most for they are savoury and homely food.

Braised Beef Tendons, Fried French Beans, Scrambled Egg with Tomatoes, Sweet & Sour Pork - $5, $3.90, $2.90, $6.90

Braised intestines were clean without any gamey taste while spicy & shredded potato was yummy but the not best I had.

Spicy & Sour Shredded Potato, Braised Intestines - $2.90 + $5

The Scallion Oil Noodle came in generous portions. It has a strong fragrance of scallion oil and fried scallion. Drench in oil and sprinkle with chopped spring onions.

Scallion Oil Noodle - $4.90

The Minced Pork Noodle was not too bad and I felt that ti can be improved if more minced pork sauce was given.

Minced Pork Noodle - $7.90

The whole experience at Hi Noodle was different as it was mostly on self-service, from ordering to collecting and returning of utensils. Going through the entire process without paying service charges. What a pleasant experience from them.

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Hi Noodles
Location: Jurong Point,  1 Jurong West Central 2, #01-46 Singapore 648886

Kok Kee Wonton Noodle

Kok Kee is known for its springy noodle and lard-base chilli sauce.

Kok Kee Wonton Noodle

They have been viral a two years back due to that Jumbo Group proposed an acquisition of $2.1m for this 35 years old establishment during then. Now as a part of the Jumbo Group Restaurants, there are a number of outlets across the Island from Jurong to Bedok.

Wonton Mee - $5.50 (Dry)

Kok Kee was first located at the now defunct Lavender Food Square . Over the years they have been serving food from the heart, the dish also gained loyalty of many Singaporeans of different generations, travelling from island wide just to taste this traditional dish and handmade wontons. 

Wonton Mee Close Up

With so many stalls around the island, no doubt that the quality and taste remain the same at the Jurong Point outlet, will it be the same elsewhere?

Don't get fooled by the noodle appearance as they look pretty normal but it really tasted good, especially with the bowl of soup that was brewed with chicken bones. 

Ingredients

Today Kok Kee Wonton Noodle is classified as one of the best Wonton Noodles in Singapore. With all things good about Kok Kee Wonton Noodle, I think the only downside I have is its pricing. Taking into consideration of inflation and food hikes, $5.50 for the portion size is still on the high side to pay.

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Kok Kee Wonton Noodle
Location: Jurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2, #03-42, Singapore 648886
Nearest Station: Boon Lay (EW27)
Website

West Lake 西湖小吃

This kiosk has been a hidden gem in Jurong Point Shopping Malls over the years. I started patronizing West Lake when my classmate introduced their famous Braised Pork Bun. This Signature Dish is a traditional delicacy that cannot be missed whether when you are dining in or taking it away.

Westlake

Stopping over at the kiosk for some snacks and decided to order their Chee Cheong Fun with Special Sauce. Chee Cheong Fun aka rice vermicelli rolls was smooth and drenched with a special unique sauce that is different from the usual ones I had. 

Chee Cheong Fun with Special Sauce 西湖猪肠粉 - $3

The Kong Bak Pau is to be died for. The soft pillowy bun cradling the slab of well-flavoured pork belly. Overall taste was not overwhelming and was succulent and if you do not mind that fatty meat, I would say it's the best I had so far from a kiosk.

Braised Pork & Bun - $3.80

Although it may be kind of expensive I find that the quality and taste are worth my money and to splurge on this.

Yummy Braised Pork Belly

Rating: 3.25 / 5

West Lake 西湖小吃
Location: Jurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2, #03-89C, Singapore 648886
Nearest Station: Boon Lay (EW27)
Website

Ba-Jie Kao Kha Moo [Closed]

The news of the revamped food court in Jurong Point had reached me over in the social media and it was said that there are a lot of changes in the food stalls. Upon seeing the Ba Jie picture, I had my mind fixed on the famous Bangkok Pork Leg Rice.

Ba-Jie Kao Kha Moo

Kao Kha Moo aka Thai Pork Leg Rice is a popular Thai Street dish loved by both locals and tourists. Its a simple and hearty meal made up of well-braised pork leg, preserved vegetables, braised egg as well as som vegetables.

Thai Pork Leg Rice Set - $7

Thai Pork Leg was definitely well braised to the point where I exerted the slightest force and the meat was easily disintegrated. Although it was a Thai Cuisine, I find that the taste was pretty standard just like the normal Pork Leg we had with braised sauce drenching over the plate of white rice.

Thai Pork Leg

Nevertheless, it is still a good experience tasting it. I will be back for other interesting stalls in the renovated Kopitiam, hopefully soon.

Rating: 3  / 5

Ba-Jie Kao Kha Moo
Location: Jurong Point 1, 1 Jurong West Central 2, #03-42, Singapore 648886
Nearest Station: Boon Lay (EW27)

King of Prawn Noodles

King of Prawn Noodles has taken over the shop space of Lai Lai Kitchen in Jurong Point selling prawn noodles. In fact, tenants of Jurong Point changed a lot ever since I have not been visiting the mall for a long time.

Shop of King of Prawn Noodles

The menu was rather interesting as it was named after the Royal Hierarchy, namely with King, Queen, Prince and Queen. It was rather confusing to me as a first-time patron. The environment was a semi-industrial theme with corrugated zinc sheets as part of the decorations. The walls were drawn with murals illustrating the olden days.

Wall Murals

The prince of a bowl of Kway Teow and Yellow Noodle Dry Prawn Noodles was quite expensive. Prawns were half with some blanched pork ribs, fish cakes and bean sprouts as ingredients. The chilli and sauce mixing the noodles were spicy. The soup on the other hand had a good flavour though. 

What turned us off was the pork lards that was supposed to elevate the taste of our food has a plastic taste.

A2 Prince (Dry) - $8.50

For the Queen's order, the prawns are slightly bigger than the Prince's and I have ordered Yellow Noodles with Kway Teow in Soup. Ingredients such as fish cakes and lean meat were part of the dish. Toppings like fried onions were used to elevate the taste. Likewise, the pork lards had a weird taste.

A3 Queen (Soup) - $11.80

It will be our first and last visit to this stall. Service was rather slow and for Prawn Noodles, there are many better ones out there which is worth the price paid.

Rating: 3 / 5

King of Prawn Noodles
Location: Jurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2 #03-08, Singapore 648886

Monster Curry

Monster Curry has spreaded its wings into the western part of Singapore and I could not wait to share with you guys about the news. With this new appearance located at the 3rd level of Jurong Point 2, just beside Bakerzin, I can see long snaky queues outside Monster Curry every evening without fail.

Monster Curry

Marked by its rich and deeply flavoured brown sauce in its chosen level of spiciness (within 5 levels), Shabu Omelette Curry was a great choice in its concoction of chilli padi, garlic, ginger and celery.

Rice was rather moist and covered up by the thin layer of soft fluffy eye striking yellow piece of omlette with shredded lettuce topped with roasted sesame dressing. Pieces of Shabu's flavoured were enhanced by its brown sauce.

Shabu Omlette Curry - $14

The monstrous bowl had kind of tell us the portion was big and as seen by many patrons, most of them are sharing a meal. When we received our meal, we realised that the portion was not that gigantic as what we have imagine and those patrons that we saw were having combo meals, suitable to share between 2 at least.

Thus we had chicken katsu as our add on. Unfortunately, we were so hungry that we finished our main first before we can actually pair these yummy chicken katsu with it.

The breaded portion was crispy and easy on the jaws. I'm more than happy for having such a wonderful meal.

Chicken Katsu - $4.50

Between CoCoIchiban & Monster Curry in the malls, what is your take?

Rating: 4 / 5

Monster Curry
Location: Jurong Point 2, 63 Jurong West Central 3 #03-57 Singapore 648331
Website

Woo Ricebox [Closed]

Bringing the Original Taiwanese Flavours to Singapore, we have Woo Ricebox located in Basement 1 of Jurong Point Shopping Mall. Woo Ricebox is one of Taiwan's oldest Chains Restaurant and if you dont know, Gong Cha is also housed under the same unit as Woo's too.

Woo Ricebox

Woo Ricebox Buzzer

Even though they are sharing the same shop space, orders are made separately at their respective cashier and each has their own kind of electronic buzzer.

Gong Cha

Using quality biodegradable wooden boxes, it is good in the sense that the rice will not turn out too soggy after some time. With 10 over types of rice boxes from Woo Rice box menu, featuring Taiwanese mouth watering braised pork chop to fried spicy drumsticks.

Biodegradable Wooden Box

Every Ricebox comes with seasonal vegetables, pickles and a braised egg. If you are craving for some Taiwanese snacks, Woo Ricebox also offers a variety of them like Fried Sweet Potato, Salt & Pepper popcorn chicken.

Complete your meal with Double Boiled Soup too.

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Let's give Railway Pork Chop Ricebox a like! Pork chop was evenly braised in its marinates and was absolutely tasty.

Railway Pork Chop Ricebox - $9.90

Woo's signature Rice Box comes with the standards like braised egg, vegetables, tau gua, slice of sausage and cut slices of lean meat.

Woo's Signature Rice Box - $7.90

Pairing with the meals, we had ordered Taro Milk Shake and Mango Smoothie.

Gong Cha

Taiwanese Cuisine is often known for their braised meat and one of their staples will be none other than the bowl of braised minced pork rice. Simple and straight forward meal, with 3 items combination like preserved vegetables, braised egg and minced meat on top of the fragrance and soft pearl grain rice. Enjoy the delicious non greasy Minced Pork Ricebox in its authentic Taiwanese Flavours.

Braised Minced Pork Ricebox - $6.80

The fragrance of the Spicy Drumstick was way too addictive. Portion is generous per se and its crispy exterior were awesome. Underneath its skin, when revealed, we get to taste the tenderness and hot meat.

Spicy Drumstick Ricebox - $8.90

To let customers enjoy the best, Woo's drumstick is fried upon order, therefore a 15 minutes of wait is definitely required.

Drumstick

Another item on the menu will be their Taiwan Roast Pork Ricebox, the fried Roast Pork is as addictive as the chicken drumstick, packed full of fragrance. They are sliced into pieces, thus more convenient to patrons who don't want to make their fingers oily, this will be a better choice. Other than the meat, other items in the ricebox are pretty standards.

Taiwan Roast Pork Ricebox - $7.90

For those who have been to Taiwan and had their Railway rice box, you will notice the authenticity of what Woo had offered from their Tau Gua to Sauteed Vegetables and even the taste of the braised pork if you have tried.

Tau Gua

Overall, Woo Ricebox is definitely my kind of choice when it comes to Taiwanese Cuisine. Without going to Taiwan, having them in Singapore is a good way to reminisce the times I was in Taiwan digging into these packed meals on their railway.

Delivery Service

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Woo Ricebox
Location: Jurong Point Shopping Centre, 1 Jurong West Central 2 #B1-60/61 Singapore 648886

Putien

Putien has been around for quite sometimes and is among one of the top Chinese chain restaurants where family tends to gather around for meals. It was mum's birthday and nothing beats having a meal that reminds her of her dialect group, Xing Hua which Putien is absolutely known for.

Putien's Wet Towel

Interior decors flashed out a luxurious and modern Chinese restaurant with ample of seating.

Environment

Family Set at $68 ++ for two was a fuss free option where you can enjoy a value meal with Starters, Main Course, side dishes, Dessert and Fruits.

Starters

Starting with Seaweed with Mini Shrimps where by seaweed were tossed with their quality mini shrimps imported from the South China Sea region. The texture of the seaweed was very inviting and delighting, giving a refreshing kick off to the set of 2.

Seaweed with Mini Shrimps

Braised Bean Curd is one of Putien's specialties and was also a perfect choice for a start as it was soft and full of flavour. It tasted on a mixture of sweet and salty side, friendly to the gums of the folks.

Braised Bean Curd

Out of the 4 main dishes, we had chosen Ma Zu Mee Sua. Symbolizing longevity, their long Mee Sua was handmade traditionally with their unique method. Premium quality ingredients were used in the production of Mee Sua thus even how moist the gravy was, it did not turn them into a soggy dish.

Ma Zu Mee Sua

Crispy pork ribs and water chestnuts had hit the right notes. They were coated with mouth watering sweet & sour sauce. I like it best especially when the chestnuts were so crunchy and pork ribs were notably tender.

Crispy Pork Ribs & Water Chestnuts

Beverages were only served halfway through our dinner. The homemade Barley's sweetness was mild even with winter-melon added. Instead of seeing the whole long pieces of winter melon in the drink, it was being cut into bits form easily for diners. 

Barley with Melon Bits -$3.50 Each (Not in the set)

Specially flew in from the habitat, the “100-Second” Stewed Yellow Croaker was stewed precisely at 100 seconds with ginger. It was a healthy dish in fact on top of being fresh and tender. For 2 pax meal, each of us was served with a fish in the claypot.

"100 Second" Stewed Yellow Croaker

Dessert of the day was fixed by the chef. However we asked if we could change to our choices and they had agreed.

Hot Yam Paste with Ginkgo Nuts was served with the right level of sweetness. Smooth yam paste with a few gingko nuts and with coconut milk in the right amount.

Hot Yam Paste with Ginkgo Nuts

While I got myself a Chilled Lemongrass Jelly with Fruits in which the lemon grass flavours was not too overpowering, in fact the scent was light with tiny bits of Fruits and wobbly jelly.

Chilled Lemongrass Jelly with Fruits

Desserts did not mark an end to our meal but the fruit platter does. A platter with watermelon, dragon fruit and big grape was served chilled with ice by the side.

Fruit Platter

Service as a whole was sincere and friendly. Staff were pretty on the ball and responsive. After taxes together with drinks included, it cost about $88 for 2 pax without the appetizers and wet towel. I don't mind returning to Putien for her food again for occasion.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Putien
Location: Jurong Point, 1 Jurong West Central 2 #02-34 (JP1) Singapore 648886