Singapore Midtown Lunch - Mee So-Soto

Connie had to go straight back to work after we ran some errands today, so I went to explore Market Street Food Centre on my own.  This is a 2nd-floor food court a block away from our office that we noticed last week but had not visited yet.  It was extremely crowded today, and hard to move through.  Lines were long in most stalls.  I think the chief reason is that everything here is cheaper - many items under $3.  Based on the fact that most signs had stickers with prices covering older prices on the original signs, it seems they've all hiked up prices recently, but it's still cheaper than all the other nearby food courts.


I went to a stall with a short line and the sign over it saying "Food of Islam," I think.  There were crescents and women in scarves serving food.  There was a whole row of stalls like this - like the Halal carts on 53rd Street corner in NY, but Malaysian-style.  The stall I chose had Mee Prawn, Mee Siam, Mee Rebus, and Mee Soto as well as something called Roti John (that looked like a sandwich - google confirms).  Last week I had Mee Siam so this week I went for Mee Soto (http://lifestylewiki.com/Mee_Soto), because the picture of the Mee Rebus made its broth seem ominous, and the Mee Prawn was %20 more expensive (at $3 total).  This Mee Soto was spicy.  Really, really spicy.  I am still licking the spice off the inside of my cheeks and getting a fiery kick down my throat.  And I am glad I missed out on the chili condiments at this stall, because I probably would not have been able to handle them.  The only big letdown of my Mee Soto meal was the chicken.  It was tough like an old, dried-out ginger root.  Like a chicken jerky.

The best part of the meal was that they took the only currency I had - a $100 bill - after giving me the evil eyes.  They also didn't charge me for takeaway like many other places do... At $2.50 for a big bowl of soup, noodles and chicken, can you really complain about the quality of the meat?