The Dead Cockroach: Ah Qing Traditional Lor Mee @ Chinatown Complex Market & Food Centre

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Ah Qing Traditional Lor Mee is a relatively new stall at Chinatown Complex Market & Food Centre.

Located in the red section right next to Maxwell Haha Mee Siam Mee Rebus, this lor mee stall serves several types of lor mee.

On the menu are fried fish lor mee ($5), ngor hiang lor mee ($3.50), fried chicken lor mee ($4.50) and fried chicken + fried fish lor mee ($6).

You can add on extra ingredients ala carte such as braised egg (70¢), braised pork ($1), ngor hiang ($1), fried chicken ($1.50), and fried fish ($2).

The queue is about four people deep hence it did not take long for me to reach the front of the line.

As it is my first time trying this stall, I decided to go for the classic ngor hiang lor mee.

A lone, young lady in the stall took my order, assembled my bowl and collected payment. Her deft movements ensure a bowl is put together quickly.

Condiments such as black vinegar, grated garlic, sambal chili, cut chili padi, coriander and ground white pepper are placed on the counter top for customers to help themselves to.

Don't you love it when you have free access to all these? You could customize your lor mee exactly the way how you enjoy it!

Of course, from the customer's end, take only what you can finish and do not let precious resources go to waste. Do not spoil the market until the stall owner starts bringing everything inside.

It will be too late if those things become controlled items. Do not let our privileges become an entitlement.

For $3.50, my lor mee is quite a hefty bowl packed with ngor hiang, half a braised egg, bean sprouts and a substantial amount of bee hoon (rice vermicelli).

The gravy is of the right gloopiness without being too starchy. I had a sip before I toss everything together and it tastes quite full-bodied on its own.

With the additional condiments that I added, the already robust flavor was given a further boost, particularly from the piquant black vinegar and pungent grated garlic.

All the different flavors in the bowl come together nicely which is quite shiok.

Towards the end of my meal, the gravy did not turn watery at all.