Just last week, the FoodNinja Team had a mini vacation across the border over at Kuala Lumpur. After roaming around and still hungry for more food, we stumbled upon Ru Di Fook Noodle Bar, located at Kota Damansara. Even though it was already 10pm but yet there's still three to four tables of customers is probably a good sign - and we decided to give it a try.


Decorated with neon lights and backgrounds of comic strips in a red overlay and paired together with an open bar counter, this noodle bar definitely gives off a very hipster feel - making you feel cool just hanging around here. The menu serves up Asian dishes yet with a western twist, such as foie gras in maki and pasta in replacement of ramen in their noodles section.


Upon entering, we were greeted warmly by the service staff and brought to a table. When we asked for water, they gladly served up a whole pot of water in a decorative Chinese patterned jug. With some recommendation from their staff, we quickly placed our order and waited patiently for our food.

Luncheon Meat Fried in Wanton Skin RM9.80

Foie Gras Aburi Salmon Maki RM18.80

Yummeh Clam Ginger Noodles RM20.80

The first mains to arrive was the Yummeh Clam Ginger Noodles. A big bowl of noodles in a miso based broth topped with clam and mussels. The miso flavour was light enough to not steal the light from the ginger, garlic and goji berry who is supposed to be the main star of the broth. The mussels and clams were fresh and juicy. The only fault in this dish, if we had to name one, was probably the noodles which seems to be like a thick linguine were a little too thick for us to eat.

Assam Saba Pasta RM20.80

Next was the Assam Saba Pasta, which we ordered because we were so intrigued by its name. The pasta is cooked in a spiced tomato sauce with eggplants and lady finger (okra) studded in it and paired together with a perfectly grilled saba fish. On the first taste, we could taste the overwhelming tomato base the pasta was cooked in. However as we continued eating, the pasta became a little too spicy and intense for our taste. Despite a strange pairing in our opinion for the saba fish with the Assam pasta, both of them came together quite well in the end. However if you are not one for spicy food, we would recommend you to give this a miss.

Crazy Duck Confit Pasta RM20.80

Lastly came the Crazy Duck Confit Pasta, which is supposedly the main star of the menu considering it helmed a full page in the menu. The crispy, yet moist duck confit was matched up perfectly with pasta which was cooked in aglio olio style with pea sprouts and shitake mushroom and served with half an onsen egg. Among the pasta dishes, this is our favorite - it's duck confit after all. What could go wrong after all. 

Grilled Free-Range Chicken 14.90

Seafood Aglio Olio SGD 14.90

Little Boss SGD 14.90

Assorted Cake SGD 9.90

Assorted Cake SGD 9.90

After the expansion of the original Northpoint Mall, Northpoint City now features more than 100 international dining concepts and also one specialty food street - Malaysia Chiak. Different from the usual Japanese food streets that you can find in malls nowadays.

The Malaysia Chiak food street is almost like a coffee shop that you can find in Malaysia, with individual stalls that sells specialty food from originates from different parts of Malaysia - renowned Assam Laksa from Penang, Claypot Rice with Chicken from Petaling Street, Bentong Chicken Rice, Kuantan Nasi Lemak and many others.

Similarly to buying food at the food court, you can just simply go up to the stalls of your choosing and purchase the food from them. With each individual stall featuring just a few specific items, it is almost promising that the food would be tasty as there is only some little they could go wrong with. After taking your orders, some of the stores will provide you with a beeper tag which will vibrate and ring when your order is ready while you wait at the seating area just away from the stores.

Fried Carrot Cake (SGD3)

Without further ado, let's start introducing some of the items we tried at the Malaysia Chiak Food Street! For the first dish, we started with the Fried Carrot Cake. At the stall, they do not ask you whether you want it black or white like how Singapore stalls would ask you. They only have one version - which is the carrot cake fried with a sweet-spicy sambal chili sauce, beansprout and egg.

Overall, at $3 the dish felt rather worth it. However, we found that the big chunky pieces of carrot cakes would be even better if it was fried till crispy like how one would find from Singapore's fried carrot cake. With the big mushy pieces with overcooked beansprouts and egg, everything seems too soft and lacking of texture. Despite that, it was good in terms of flavour, the sambal chili sauce was a good blend of spices and a good balance of sweet and spiciness. If you do not like Singapore's version of carrot cake with crispy bits - this one is for you.

Pork Noodles (SGD5)

Being fans of Pork Noodles that can be found in the coffee shops around Kuala Lumpur, we put the pork noodles on our must-try list. Digging in after receiving our order from the store, we felt that the noodles lack greatly of pork flavour. The soup was rather blend and the meat was not tasty enough. Unfortunately, the FoodNinja Team would not recommend it personally unless you are fan of a really light warm bowl of noodles.

Claypot Chicken Rice (SGD 5.50)

Usually Claypot rice is one of the items that requires a slightly longer waiting time, so when the tag beeped after a short 5-10mins wait we were pleasantly surprised. The Claypot Chicken rice here in Malaysia Chiak is not much different in comparison with the ingredients used in the original Claypot Chicken Rice which has chunks of chicken, dry chinese sausage and salted fish. Although, the quantity and size of the ingredients are definitely smaller - not out of the ordinary considering to meet the food cost margin in Singapore. One could smell the distinct smell of salted fish perfuming the air while mixing. Overall, the taste is good but definitely could do better.

Herbal Bak Ku Teh (SGD 6)

Malaysia also has its own version of Bak Ku Teh, which is very different from the ones in Singapore as it is a herbal soup base in comparison to the garlic-pepper soup base in Singapore. This warm nourishing bowl of Bak Ku Teh comes in the claypot and the soup has a light and nice herbal flavour to it. In the soup, there is big pieces of pork ribs with beancurd skin and button mushroom. This is one of our favorite dishes that we even finished the soup.

Assam Laksa (SGD 5)

Assam Laksa is the specialty of Penang in Malaysia. This bowl of noodles were put together rather quickly, you won't lose any time waiting. Topped with sliced red onion and chiffon lettuce leaves, this laksa is just nice at the right portion. The broth was rich and flavour, perfectly balancing the sourness and spiciness together. The only downside of this laksa was the mackerel that was supposed to be main protein of this dish was only a few pieces of flaked fish. You could definitely eat this without the meat but paying $5 for this wonderful tasting bowl of noodles without fish seems like a stretch.

On the whole, the FoodNinja Team really enjoyed themselves at the newly opened specialty food street - Malaysia Chiak and would definitely return again to try the other dishes that we've missed such as the Kuantan Nasi Lemak and Bentong Chicken Rice.

Expected Damage Per Person: SGD 5-8

Operating Hours:
Monday - Sunday: 10:30am-10pm

930 Yishun Ave 2, #B1-193/194
Singapore 769098

Here is where Malaysia Chiak is located: