Piping Hot Goodness On A Rainy Night

I've heard about a late night stall selling delicious Yong Tau Foo. As a huge fan of YTF (it can easily be my staple diet), I received the calling on a wet Sunday morning at 2am. So the couch potatoes, clad in comfortable local style home clothes - sometimes known as sleepwear, drove themselves to the said stall eager to satisfy their appetite for warm comfort food.

The hawker centre was quiet with most stalls closed for the day but there was a crowd and they were all savouring the same messy soupy item, the centrepiece of every table. As if standard protocol, one potato joined the queue at the stall, the other went to pick the soup ingredients out of a wide variety into our very own metal basin.

Be prepared to wait around 45 minutes before you sit down with the steaming hot pot of fresh YTF. When ordering, specify your choice of carb (we had beehoon dry that comes with crispy toppings and sauce), then indicate if you'd like green vegetables, fried anchovies and chilli padi - yes, fiery hot ones - in your soup.


The above pictured was shared by 3 potatoes and cost about $20

Verdict? It's not the most refined food presentation, neither the finest of culinary skills. It's a mass of freshly prepared ingredients all cooked the same way in the tasty pork stock. Yet there's something about the dish that's really inviting. I'll be back soon.

Shun Li Yong Tau Foo is located at:
Henderson Market / Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre, Block 116
Opens 11pm – 4am (or until sold out)
Close on Mondays