Soon Lee Porridge @ Clementi Central

I was once a student of Singapore Polytechnic, so Clementi Central is one of the place we students used to go between classes or after school.

Soon Lee Porridge is my no. 1 choice at Clementi Central Market & Hawker Centre. Most of the Cantonese porridge are so silky smooth that you can't eat the rice grain at all. But Soon Lee's porridge is smooth and yet you can taste the rice grain. They serve pork, chicken and fish porridge.

Their pork porridge is my favourite. They give a generous amount of meat balls, lean meat, pig liver slices and they are all very fresh. The meat balls are chewy and juicy, with some small amount of fats among the minced meat. The pig liver slices are not totally cooked, so they are still soft and tender when you eat them. The porridge is topped and garnished with fried you tiao, fried shallot, fried pork lard, spring onion and dong chai(mustard green). All these further enhance the taste of the porridge when you stir them into the porridge. To complete my porridge, I always asked for an egg to be added into the porridge. A bowl of pork porridge with egg cost S$2.50 while without egg cost S$2.20.

If you go around breakfast time or lunch time, be prepared to wait for at least half an hour. For this good food, I think the wait is worthwhile. Remember, their pork porridge is a must try.