April 30, 2007
My Singapore Food Cravings (6): Blanco Court Fried Fish Soup
Generous pieces of fried fish in a steaming hot bowl of fish soup with thick white noodles, garnished with parsley, scallions and shallots; served with a small dish of light soy sauce with cut chilli padi… how does that sound to you?
This stall has been one of the longest survivor in China Square Food Court (Cecil Street). New stalls sprout and then close down, but this one is definitely one that will stay! As the name indicates, this stall is formerly located at Blanco Court (near Bugis) but that hawker center was demolished almost ten years ago (if I remember correctly) and is now replaced by Raffles Hospital.
It’s important that the stall preserves the name of its former Blanco Court location because people know what to expect with this brand name! Hawkers also have their own form of marketing, eh. I wonder if they go through any marketing courses or the art of business, marketing and making good food is all in their blood?
The queue at the Blanco Court Fried Fish Soup stall is perpetually long. To avoid the queue, you need to be there at about 11:30am to beat the lunch time crowd.
This is a continuation of My Singapore Food Cravings series. Previously, there were:
1. Sam Lo
2. Sardine Curry Puff
3. Hai Tien Lo Extravaganza
4. Kway Chap
5. Mixed Pig Organ Porridge
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April 30th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Oh man, it’s not enough you write about all the wonderful dishes you cooked, but a slide show too. Those slides are making me hungry…really, really.
May 1st, 2007 at 12:32 am
That looks so good. Is the fried fish coated before frying? Is it like fish paste or actually a fillet? YUM Can you tell I’m hungry?!?!?
May 1st, 2007 at 7:00 am
DF:
Soon I’ll have comic strips too. Haha.
Steamy Kitchen:
It’s real big pieces of fillet coated with flour and deep fried. Deep fried stuff I don’t make at home.
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:25 am
I usually prefer my fish soup with fresh fish slices :)
Coz I would think that the fried version is made from fresh fish slices leftover from the previous day. But again,if the business is good, think it’s ok.