The Dead Cockroach: Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle @ Redhill E-Centre

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Update: Rong Fa (Mui Siong) has relocated. The new address has been updated at the bottom of this post.

Mention Mui Siong and people would first think of the minced meat noodle stall at blk 638 Veerasamy Road but, did you know that they have another stall in the central region along Jalan Bukit Merah?

It is located inside a cafe on the ground level of E-Centre@Redhill, diagonally across the main road from CPIB which is just a few minutes walk from ABC Brickworks Market & Food Centre.

The difference between the two stalls is that the one at Veerasamy Road named Jin Xi Lai (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle is run by the brother while the one at Jalan Bukit Merah named Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle is run by the sister.

Mui Siong was started by their mother in the Rochor area fifty years ago. The siblings loved their mother's cooking and minced meat noodle so much that they decide to carry on her legacy.

In fact, Rong Fa was opened in 2015 while Jin Xi Lai only opened two years later in 2017. I have been to the coffee shop at Veerasamy Road in 2017 but I was there for Victor Famous Fried Chicken Wing Rice instead. I believe I was there one month after Jin Xi Lai opened but I did not know about them then therefore I did not try their noodle.

I decided to visit the sister's stall at Jalan Bukit Merah as the location is actually nearer and more accessible to me. When I reached the premise on a weekday morning, there is no queue at all with just one customer before me.

The two ladies in the stall were speaking in fluent English with that customer who is buying in bulk. Thankfully, I did not have to wait long as it was already down to the last few packets. I ordered a regular bowl ($4) of dry mee pok and was told to take a seat.

All it took was about five minutes for my order to be delivered to my table.

My order comprised of a bowl of dry mee pok and a bowl of soup with all the ingredients in it.

In the bowl of soup were the usual ingredients such as sliced pork, minced pork, pig's liver, fish balls and fish cakes. Needless to say, all that pork essence make this bowl of soup a very flavorsome one.

But, what really stood out among all the ingredients had to be the pig's liver.

Thickly cut by hand, it is firm yet tender to the bite. I do not usually eat a lot of liver but the ones here leave me wanting for more.

Even the sliced pork was tenderly smooth.

The mee pok felt a little softer than expected but all is forgiven when tossed with the chili, pork lard and dose of black vinegar.

I have always preferred the mouthfeel of mee kia hence I do not understand why I ordered the mee pok instead. Mee pok simply does not have that 'substantial' feeling in my mouth as compared to mee kia.

The address of E-Centre@Redhill is 3791 Jalan Bukit Merah. Just go in straight and look for "Wincafe" (photo below). The stall is located right inside.