Wen Ji HK Roasted Delights - Poached Chicken Curry Noodle @ Blk 359 Bukit Batok Street 31

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Update: Wen Ji HK Roasted Delights has permanently closed.

I tried to Google for this roast stall called 文记港式烧腊 at Blk 359 Bukit Batok Street 31 but nothing relevant turns up in the search engine as the stall does not have a full English name.

Underneath the Chinese stall name on the signboard are simply the words "HK Roasted Delights" but with a generic name like that, how to stand out among the sea of "HK Roasted Delights" out there?

When I Googled the Chinese name, it leads to a "Man Kee Hong Kong Style Roasted" at 710 Clementi West Street 2 which I doubt the two are even related.

I guess the lack of a anglicized name does make it harder to appear in search results.

Anyway, this roast stall is located in the same coffee shop as Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee at Bukit Gombak (yes, that Ah Kow previously from Hong Lim).

As mentioned, this is a roast stall so expect offerings like siew yok, char siew, roasted duck and Hainanese-styled poached chicken on the menu.

Instead of having their roasts with rice or noodle, I decided to go for the curry noodle with poached chicken ($3.50). You could also opt for curry noodle with siew yok ($3.50), char siew ($3.50), roasted duck ($4) and even a 三拼 (trio combo) of siew yok, char siew and poached chicken ($5).

My bowl of curry noodle is topped with a generous serving of poached chicken meat accompanied by taupok and bean sprouts.

I like how the tender chicken meat were deboned and chopped in thick chunks with its skin still intact. It is impressive considering that not even many chicken rice specialty stalls can - or bothered to - get it right. Most of the time, they just chopped the chicken haphazardly with the skin missing.

The two longish strips of taupok were all skin and hollow, rendering them limp and unmemorable. If only they had a spongy filling to sponge up the mildly spicy curry that would be great.

As the curry broth is not too oily nor heavy with coconut milk, it felt relatively light on the palette.

The soft texture of yellow noodles often gave me a feeling of jelak-ness but the crunch from the beansprout more than compensates it. This is why I loved beansprouts whenever I am having noodle.

Somehow, there was something amiss but I could not quite point a finger to it till later that night. While going through the photos at home, I realized what it was... the potatoes!

This is my first time visiting this stall so I could not be sure if potatoes were deliberately left out.

Frankly speaking, this poached chicken curry noodle may have its shortcomings but for its price and portion, it is reasonable.