Mee Siam Mai Ham (without the cockles as some clueless guy would say)
Tucked away on the 2nd floor of Coronation Plaza along Bukit Timah Road is a small eatery selling all kinds of Peranakan food from its 15 table shop. Run by a Mr and Mrs Ng, it is your typical 'hole in the wall' eatery serving fantastic Peranakan or Straits Born Chinese food. The really top of the line dishes are as follows :
1. Mee Siam
2. Popiah
3. Kueh Pai Tee
4. Laksa
5. Mee Rebus
6. Bento boxes
7. Udon or Ramen noodles
Practically everybody bar the students from the nearby Hwa Chong or National Junior Colleges would opt to eat either one or a combination of the first 3, as they are REAL AUTHENTIC and very tasty.
Recognition for My Cosy Corner was given during the 2014 Hawker Heroes Awards
Ny favourite is the Mee Siam and the Pie Tee sets. Mee Siam without the prawn costs $4.80. Not cheap considering the others sold at the hawker centres cost $3.00 to $3.50 per plate. The secret to it being so tasty must be the stock or soup, which to this day I am clueless about. I just go there and eat with gusto ; it is practically a vegetarian meal to me.
The dish consists of vermicelli noodle soaked in a broth with fried tofu, bean spouts, spring onion, and some ground chilli. Perfection in a simple dish. For boiled prawns add an extra $1.00. It is really really good !
My second most favourite dish is the Kueh Pie Tee. It essentially is a small cupcake of fried flour, and you fill in the ingredient of boiled radish, add on some shaving of boiled egg with a topping of parsely and some ground chilli sauce. As the true blue Singaporean foodie would say, " Damn Shiok !!" and then give 2 thumbs up !!
The all time favourite is the Popiah or Vegetable Wrap and Madam Ng and her husband being the sole proprieters of this wonderful eatery, personally ensure the popiah is made right before your eyes and served to you piping hot. Again it is using a rather elastic rice flour wrap (akin to the Mexican wraps but with Chinese touch to it), add on the ubiquitous radish filling which is dripping with flavour, some ground nuts,shallots and some home made brown sauce for flavouring. You can add some ground cut chilli if you want some zing to it but I normally take mine without the chilli.
Their popiah is one of the best tasting in Singapore and has been featured many times on TV and won numerous awards.
If you want to go and dine at the eatery, I think it best to go around 11.30 am to ensure a no wait time, or after 2.30 pm. The most crowded times are from 12 - 2.00 pm.
The stall does not open for breakfast, so 11.00 am till about 6.30 pm (last order) ; hence they only serve 1 meal a day and they are closed on Sundays.
The owners are staunch Catholics and the stall is adorned with numerous paintings, murals, and magnets of their travels to Israel and the Holy Land.
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