Song Heng Fishball Minced Meat Noodles - Beloved Noodle Stall At AMK

Yet another fishball noodles review?

Here we go again…

*I know, I know. You’re tired of fishball noodles, but if you love something immensely, then embrace it instead of hide it.*

Rest assured that this will be my second-last fishball noodle reviews for 2024. (Which one’s the last one? Gonna keep it a secret for now.) This time, we’ll be riding at yet another fan favourite fishball noodles stall where playing the waiting game is the norm. Seeing Song Heng‘s name everywhere in the lists of best fishball noodles in Singapore, I can’t help but to take a closer look at what made their fishball noodles so special and so beloved to the denizens of Ang Mo Kio.

Experience

One fine Saturday morning, I decided to take my bicycle for a ride all the way to Ang Mo Kio because I felt like it. With twists and turns, obstacles and construction works, and questionable directions along the way, I finally made it to Ang Mo Kio 628 Market. But alas, my joy of having a nice breakfast was not to last upon my sights of the line at Song Heng Fishball Minced Meat Noodles, as the dreaded L-shaped queue (as seen in Malaysian Hup Kee Fishball Noodles as well) dampened my excitement once again. Compared to nearby stalls with similar queue lengths, Song Heng felt like eternity.

Fortunately, the line moves pretty quickly and with all items (aside from the fish ball soup) costing either $4 or $5 regardless whether you order the soup or dry version, it didn’t take too long to choose which one to have.

Taste Test (Kway Teow Fishball Noodle Soup, $5)

If there are a couple of things I like about Song Heng’s fishball noodles, it would be the meat, the fishcakes and broth. They’re quite generous with the portions, even more so at $5 so you get for what you pay.

To my pleasant surprise, the sliced meat/shabu are thin, holds the flavours well and certainly easy on the teeth, more notably this is to make it easy for elderly customers or anyone with trouble with meat of stringier textures. The same goes for the minced meat which uses an equal distribution of meat and fat to make it chewy to give a bit more texture to the meal.

Unusually for fishball noodles stalls, the fishcakes served were long compared to most fishball noodle stalls I’ve visited so far. They were pretty tasty as a whole and it was one of the ingredients I find myself finishing every slice by the end of the meal. The broth was definitely sweet with strong pork flavours without the use of MSG.

I want to like the fishballs very much, but it was easy to tell that the fishballs were factory-made at a glance rather than handmade like what some stall would have. So not very impressed with them to be honest.

Final Thoughts

What did I think of Song Heng overall? Nothing too special, just felt that the stall’s overhyped or I picked the wrong option. You might say that I should have gone for their dry noodles, but regardless of the type I got, it’s still no excuse for the soup version to fare below my expectations. Perhaps I’ll return again another time to try the dry version but until then, it’s decent for anyone who wants a decent bowl of fishball noodles.