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Best Of Singapore Hawkers & Casual Dining: Fish Soup And Fish Porridge

Mar 11, 2023 Admin

Best Of Singapore Hawkers & Casual Dining: Fish Soup And Fish Porridge

Fish Soup And Fish Porridge

Nothing was sponsored, we visited as regular paying customers. Photos in this post were taken between 2000 and 2023 (across 23 years!), as such, the quality of photos varies drastically due to advances in camera technology. Mobile smartphones were in their infancy and had yet to become widespread.

Also Known As:
Fish Soup, Yu Tang,
Fish Porridge, Yu Zhou,
Fish Soup Noodles, Yu Pian Mi Fen, X.O. Fish Soup Bee Hoon

Average Price Per Serving:
SGD $6 - $15

List in alphabetical order - click the links to jump to entry

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Description:
The Fish Soup and Fish Porridge are Singaporean Chinese dishes that consists of sliced fish (either fresh or battered and fried) along with vegetables in a piping hot soup, served with a choice of white rice, cu bee hoon / thick rice vermicelli noodles, or a thin rice porridge. Also known as Yu Tang, Yu Zhou, Fish Soup Noodles, Yu Pian Mi Fen, or X.O. Fish Soup Bee Hoon, the Fish Soup and Fish Porridge dishes are usually priced around SGD $5 to $14 per serving. It's regarded as a semi-healthy, comforting soul food for Singaporeans, typically eaten for lunch or dinner.

The fish used in Fish Soup and Fish Porridge is a firm, white flesh fish, deboned and cut into thick slices. The most common type of fish used is batang / Spanish mackerel fish; other types of fish used include grouper fish, red snapper fish, white pomfret fish, toman / giant snakehead fish, or sea bass fish. The fish is either served fresh, or coated in a thin all-purpose flour batter and fried. It has a tender flaky chew, with pleasant meaty sweet savoury flavour. Some stalls may also add other ingredients, including minced pork, deshelled prawns / shrimp, squid, fish roe, fish milt, or pork lard croutons.

The vegetables used in Fish Soup and Fish Porridge typically include crisp iceburg lettuce, crunchy napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage, and juicy tomatoes, all with vegetal sweet flavour; plus soft wobbly silken tofu beancurd with mild grainy sweet flavour. Some stalls also add crunchy kiam chye / preserved mustard greens with vegetal salty flavour, tender bitter gourd with vegetal bitter flavour, chewy dried seaweed with vegetal salty sweet flavour, or crisp tang oh / garland chrysanthemum with vegetal herbal sweet flavour.

There are 2 variations of soup style for Fish Soup and Fish Porridge, with most stalls offering both. The more popular Chinese Teochew style is clear, made from a stock of water, fish bones, ginger, tee poh / dried sole fish, salt, white pepper, and fried shallots; it has a bright sweet savoury salty spice flavour. The Chinese Cantonese style is luxurious, made from a stock of water, fish bones, ginger, tee poh / dried sole fish, salt, white pepper, evaporated milk, condensed milk, and topped with fried eggs; it has a robust savoury salty sweet milky flavour. Some stalls may also add other ingredients, including spring onions, Shaoxing rice wine, goji berries / wolfberries, chicken stock, pork bones, kiam chye / preserved mustard greens, dried seaweed, ikan bilis / anchovies, or brandy liquor.

To accompany the Fish Soup and Fish Porridge, the staple is usually a warm bowl of white rice, fluffy and sticky in texture with mild grainy sweet flavour. There's also the Chinese Teochew style of thin rice porridge. Finally, there's the option of smooth chewy cu bee hoon / thick rice vermicelli noodles with mild grainy sweet flavour. While generally appearing to be a light, healthy, clean meal, Fish Soup and Fish Porridge usually carry a high salt content, and is best eaten in moderation.

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1. Angel Horse Teochew Fish Soup
@ Albert Centre Market And Food Centre, 270 Queen Street #01-95
Opening Hours: Tue - Sun 11am – 8pm, Closed Mon

Taken in 2010

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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2. Arcade Fish Soup
@ Marina One The Heart, 5A Straits View #B2-40
Opening Hours: Mon - Thu 11am – 7:30pm, Fri 11am – 3pm, Closed Sat & Sun

@ Frasers Tower, 182 Cecil Street #02-15
Opening Hours: Mon - Thu 11am – 7:30pm, Fri 11am – 3pm, Closed Sat & Sun

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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3. Bei Chuan Ting Yu Tang
@ The Marketplace At 58, 58 New Upper Changi Road #01-161
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10am – 8pm, Closed Sun

Taken in 2019

Taken in 2019

Taken in 2019

Taken in 2023

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4. First Street Teochew Fish Soup
@ 1014 Upper Serangoon Road
Opening Hours: Daily 8am – 3pm

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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5. Han Kee Fish Soup
@ Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road #02-129
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 10am – 3pm, Closed Sat & Sun

Taken in 2012

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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6. Happiness Healthy Fish Meat Soup / Long Yuan Healthy Fish Meat Soup
@ West Coast Market Square, 726 Clementi West Street 2 #01-150
Opening Hours: Daily 8am – 7pm

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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7. Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hoon
@ 19A Dover Crescent #01-05
Opening Hours: Daily 11:30am – 2pm, 5pm – 11pm

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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8. Hong Kong Street Long Ji / Hong Kong Street Long Kee
@ 3014 Bedok Industrial Park E #01-2152
Opening Hours: Daily 11am – 2pm, 4:30pm – 10:30pm

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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9. Hong Qin Fish And Duck Porridge
@ ~~302 Sims Avenue~~ – Branch Closed

@ 134 Geylang East Avenue 1 #01-217
Opening Hours: Thu - Tue 5:30am – 3:30pm, Closed Wed

Taken in 2011

Taken in 2011

Taken in 2011

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10. Hua Ji XO Fish Head Bee Hoon
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-118
Opening Hours: Fri - Wed 12:30pm – 9pm, Closed Thu

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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11. Jin Hua Fish Head Bee Hoon
@ Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street #01-77
Opening Hours: Fri - Wed 11:30am – 8:30pm, Closed Thu

Taken in 2012

Taken in 2012

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12. Leng Kee Fish Soup
@ Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre, 51 Upper Bukit Timah Road #02-192
Opening Hours: Thu - Tue 9am – 6pm, Closed Wed

Taken in 2010

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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13. Mei Xiang Black & White Fish Soup
@ Berseh Food Centre, 166 Jalan Besar #02-44
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11:30am – 2pm, Closed Sat & Sun

Taken in 2011

Taken in 2011

Taken in 2011

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14. Min Zhong Teochew Fish Soup
@ Kim Keat Palm Market & Food Centre, 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7 #01-42
Opening Hours: Sat - Thu 8am – 6pm, Closed Fri

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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15. Piao Ji Fish Porridge
@ Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road #02-100
Opening Hours: Tue - Wed 11am – 3:30pm, Fri - Sun 11am – 3:30pm, Closed Mon & Thu

Taken in 2020

Taken in 2023

Taken in 2023

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16. SuperFish
@ 214 Serangoon Avenue 4 #01-88
Opening Hours: Daily 9am – 8:30pm

Taken in 2021

Taken in 2021

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17. Xin Yuan Ji
@ 31 Tan Quee Lan Street #01-01
Opening Hours: Daily 11:30am – 11pm

Taken in 2017

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- ~~Chop Joo Hiong Fish Soup~~ – Permanently Closed
~~@ 237 Serangoon Avenue 3 #01-130~~

Taken in 2016

Taken in 2016

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- ~~Ed's Fish Delights~~ – Permanently Closed
~~@ Bugis Junction, 200 Victoria Street #03-30~~

Taken in 2011

Taken in 2011

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- ~~Fish Supreme~~ – Permanently Closed
~~@ Suntec City, 3 Temasek Boulevard #B1-115~~

Taken in 2009

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- ~~Hong Kong Street Chun Kee~~ – Stall No Longer Sells This Consistently
~~@ 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1 #01-190~~

Taken in 2012

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- ~~J Eating Place~~ – Permanently Closed
~~@ 1 Lorong J Telok Kurau~~

Taken in 2009

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- ~~Nam Kee Teochew Fish Porridge~~ – Permanently Closed
~~@ 84 Marine Parade Central Market And Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central #01-171~~