Cheap & Good: Hokkien mee with sambal belacan pork belly at Mian Wang 1971 in Bukit Batok

The Hokkien mee with sambal belacan pork belly at Mian Wang 1971 in Bukit Batok is the wet kind with gravy that is thick, flavourful and aromatic. ST PHOTO: TAN KENG YAO
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There is a four-month-old corner stall in a Bukit Batok coffee shop with two signboards and two menu boards, each menu offering very different items.

On one corner of the stall, the signboard says Mian Wang 1971 and sells Hokkien mee and char kway teow, and the other corner is Lao Cai's Curry And Braised Meat, which sells curry rice bowls.

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