宏兴 牛肉粉 叻沙
My favourite at this stall is the mixed beef noodles and usually I’ll ask for the thick beehoon (the laksa type).
Priced
at $4, the bowl comes in the dry or soup version. It has lean beef slices (牛肉), beef brisket (牛腩), slices of tendon (牛肉筋), stomach (牛肚), tripe (牛柏叶)
and a meatball (牛肉圆). The dry version has a scooping of thick gravy and
generous toppings of preserved vegetable (咸菜) and chopped
green spring onions.
Prior
to eating, a dash of juice from 1 or 2 fresh limes into the bowl will greatly
enhance the taste. Even then, every spoon of noodle and meat will go much better
with their chili sauce mixed with "cencaluk" (a paste
of fermented dried shrimps from Malacca). I always ask for another $1 of
addition tendons.
Their
beef tendons are one of the smoothest and softest tendons around. Some other
folks also like their beef tripe. So don't be surprised if you hear an order
for a bowl of only tendon and tripe.
The
current stall is operated by Mrs. Lim, the wife who does the cooking, even
during the times of Mr. Lim's presence. I still like this bowl of beef noodle
now and then.
As
to the laksa, I have to be upfront here. If you really want laksa, there are
better places. The only Laksa bowl that could be unique here is their Beef
Laksa, where all the ordinary Laksa accompaniments are replaced with beef offerings,
something that you don't easily get elsewhere as far as I know.
You
could also order rice with beef soup or single, double selection of the beef offal
that they are selling. If you don't mind cencaluk, remember to add more of them to the chili.