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| Medan Town |
Medan Town is the authentic Medan Restaurant in Singapore. It is a
family restaurant, opened by Medanese family that has settled down in
Singapore.
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| The Counter - To Order and Pay |
After our unplanned trip to Medan last year, we kind of miss the
taste of Medan food. Although we have noticed this place for about 9
months, we only had a chance to visit it recently.
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| The Old Photos of Medan |
The Medan Town restaurant is more like a cafe / eating house. It is
simply furnished, but the best part it is air conditioned. The owners
put up old Medan photos on the wall, kind of flash back to Medan in
the old days.
I ordered
the Bihun Bebek Soup (Duck Vermicelli Soup - $6.80), Soto Medan
Chicken ($5.80) and Hokkian Bihun (Hokkien Style Vermicelli - $5.80).
If you
have been to Medan, you will probably tried Bihun Bebek Kumango,
which is one of the most popular shop in Medan that sells extremely
delicious duck vermicelli soup. For Medanese standard, the price is
extremely steep, about 50,000 Rupiah (S$6). As the benchmark was
already set, it is difficult not to compare the dish in Medan Town to
the original in Medan. While the original has very tender duck meat
and robust soup, the one in Singapore has a slightly tougher meat,
while the soup is clear, less robust, but with more herbal taste. The
vermicelli here tasted smoother compare to Kumango. A decent
alternative.
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| Bihun Bebek Soup (Duck Vermicelli Soup) |
One of
LD's favourite noodle dish in Indonesia is the Chinese style of
Bakmi, where they used mince pork in the dry noodle. Here, she had
Hokkien Style Vermicelli. The dry vermicelli here served with mince
pork prawn fritter, egg with fried shallots and spring onion. It is
very tasty and has the flavour that she yawn for.
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| Hokkian Bihun (Hokkien Stye Vermicelli) |
We shared
the Soto Medan Chicken. The broth is very robust, rich and lemak due
to the coconut milk added to the soup. Although the fillings is quite
sparse, the soup would be nice with the rice.
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| Soto Medan - Chicken |
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| Soto Medan - Chicken |
To quench
our thirst we had Kietna (Medanese Tangy Orange Drink - $2.80) and
Liang Teh Medan Style ($1.80). The Kietna is a combination of tangy,
sour and sweet flavour all in one, serve chilled it is actually very
refreshing. Meanwhile, the Liang Teh is less herbal and more sweet
compare to those sold in medical hall here. Tasted like the Jia Jia
Liang Teh.
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| Kietna (Medanese Tangy Orange Drink) and Liang Teh Medan Style |
Service
is minimum but friendly. We did not have to wait long for our food to
be served.
Overall,
although the duck vermicelli is different from the one that we had in
Medan, the food here is pretty decent. We feel like we are dining in
Medanese family home rather than a restaurant. We look forward to try
their other dishes on offer. Cheers!!
Food
& Drink: 7/10
Value:
7/10
Service:
6.5/10
Ambiance:
7/10
Budget per person: $0 - $10
Budget per person: $0 - $10
Medan Town
253
Tanjong Katong Road
Singapore
437041
T:
+65 6348 9227
OH:
Tue
– Sun: 11.00 – 22.00
Closed
on Monday
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