Soon Heng Rojak - Generosity out of nowhere!

• Operating Hours: Daily 11 AM to 10 PM
• Address: HDB Hub, 480 Toa Payoh Lorong 6, #B1-23, 310480
• Food I had: Rojak
• Total Cost: $4

Rojak is a traditional fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The term "Rojak" is Malay for a mixture. It consists of mixing deep fried dough fritters, Tau Pok aka deep fried bean curd (cut into smaller pieces), fruits like apple, pineapple, vegetables like white radish, Kang Kong, all thinly sliced and folded in with fermented prawn paste, sugar, lime, garnished with chopped peanuts and finely-cut fragrant ginger flower.

It was the 80s when the owner was selling rojak from the back of a bicycle under a kerosene lamp in Ang Mo Kio. Now he shifted to Toa Payoh MRT's. Soon Heng Rojak Stall was a humble set-up in the Gourmet Paradise Food Court located in the basement of the Toa Payoh HDB Hub. We took an escalator down from the HDB Hub to the food court and Soon Heng Rojak Stall was located near the foot of the escalator. Queues barriers are arranged for patrons so as queues neatly form and no unnecessary blockages to the walkways.

The stall has non-stop customers queueing almost every minute it open.

Even though the queue may require a wait as long as 20 minutes, it just never stops patrons from joining them and the queue just seems never ending.

His consistency has always been there.  The way he stirs the rojak and tosses them in is a skill on its own. Don't believe me? When his assistants are the ones making the rojak and using the exact same ingredients, you can taste the difference, it always varies in taste; when uncles do it, it tastes the same as it always does. 

Many of my friends & families have been introduced to his rojak and have always come back for more. The verdict is the same across the board, it's one of the best rojak taste wise & value for money wise.

As you can see, with the generous sprinkling of crushed peanuts, fragrant heh kor (prawn paste), fried you tiaos that are cut just the right size and crispy, with additional fresh ingredients like bean sprouts, turnip, ginger flower, pineapple, and even cuttlefish.

Overall it's a plate of messy looking rojak covered with lots of peanuts, sweet and crunchy! In terms of value and proportion, Soon Heng Rojak is definitely worth every cent you are paying for. 

Penang Rojak in JB - Motorbike selling Rojak with Sticky sauce filling up fruits and you tiao.

• Operating Hours: Mon to Tues (12.30PM to 4 PM) & Wed to Sun (12.30PM to 5 PM), close on Thur
• Address: 3-7, Jalan Maju, Taman Maju Jaya, 80400
• Food I had: Penang Rojak

Rojak is a Malay traditional food with vegetable and fruits.Rojak means "mixture".

No matter Singapore or Malaysia, you can see rojak almost everywhere. Had tried a lot of places and nowhere yet able to beat this Rojak stall that I am introducing.

This motorcycled stall's opposite Restoran Yi Bao Mee Hun Kueh.

 From the owner, he prepares the sauce, fruits and you tiao in the morning to ensure they are all fresh.

You might see some would eat and stand by his stall or waiting to take away order. You can request to separate the sauce from the food or ask him to mix it for you if you asked him to mix, it's recommended to eat it immediately, else just separate it, they will give u 2 packets, one would be the sauce another would be crushed peanuts.

They were packed in this plastic container and was given 2 satay sticks to eat on the spot. I requested for all you tiao, you can request it from the owner.

Take note do not to stir the food as it will make all the food soggy. So just eat as how it is, no need to mix it. The sauce is very sweet with a mixture of sugar, crushed peanuts, prawn paste and something unique about this sauce - Maltose is added so the sauce is very gluey feeling. It was really a perfect match. The sauce was so good I can even use my tongue to dig out all the sauce clean.