China Square Beef Noodle 中国城牛肉面 - Hainanese style beef noodle in Alexandra Vilage

• Operating Days: Closed on Thursday
• Operating Time: 10.30 AM to 8 PM
• Address: Alexandra Village Food Centre, 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-45, S 150120

Located at Alexandra Village Food Centre, China Square Hainan Famous Beef noodle or rice 中国城牛肉面 was previously located at China Square, hence the name. 

You can have a choice of either thick bee hoon or rice to go with the beef, either soup or dry. I’ve chosen dry bee hoon as I always like my beef noodle (or bee hoon) in dry version, topped up with the thick gravy with a serparate bowl of soup. If you order soup version, you get nothing but soup bee hoon.

This soup is clear and clouded by bits of beef. The soup is really flavorful and I emptied the whole bowl of soup even before eating the noodle. How I wish I am able to get a big bowl of soup.

The Beef Noodle came with thick bee hoon. The portion given was generally big as well. The bee hoon is poured with generous serving of sliced beef drowned with gravy. The gravy was starchy and thick and it does have the taste of clear herbal and ginger.

The slippery, thick bee hoon in the gravy that's rich and tasty mixed with gravy.

The tender beef slices are a joy to bite, it's unlike other beef slices from other stalls that are really hard to bite, as exaggerated by others describing the similar feeling of biting onto car tyre. They cooked the beef only few seconds before served to us, so it was still medium raw when we started eating.

Overall it was better than any beef noodle I have tried. Great beef noodles, in my preference, it taste better than Hai Nan Xing Beef Noodle.

Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodle (海南星洲牛肉粉) - Dark Thick Beefy Tasty Gravy all over!

• Operating Hours: 8.30 AM to 3.30 PM
• Operating Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Address: Toa Payoh Food Centre, 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 #01-06, S 310022
• Total Cost: $4

Seems like this stall had lots of media interviewed them before, this name has been around for more than 60 years operated by two elderly Hainanese uncles. He was previously from Cuppage Centre before decided to reside in Toa Payoh about a decade ago.

I always chose the dry version as it will be mixed with dark thick beefy tasty gravy with white thick bee hoon noodles and bits of salted vegetables. 

The generous portion of beef slices was fresh, tender and not tough which they cut and cooked themselves. Most importantly, it was not marinated so you could taste the beef in its original form. The sauce itself was good, but maybe my expectations were too high, it did not give me shockingly delicious factor. The beef soup was a lot better than I expected compared to the noodle, it was sweet and not so beefy as all, just nice for me. 

Overall, I enjoyed my bowl of beef noodles and I am willing to revisit. But queue? No thanks. I dun think it was that good to queue. The craze had died down as I do not see any queue anymore for this, so for those who are longing for it, here is your chance.