The north side of Singapore has been rather unexplored by the FoodNinja Team. With the launch of the newly upgraded Northpoint City - an expansion of the original Northpoint Mall, the FoodNinja team made a point to head out to Yishun to check out some of the stores there. Coming out from Yishun MRT, one can easily find the bright entrance with escalators down to the Northpoint City.
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) |
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) |
Claypot Chicken Rice (SGD 5.50) |
Herbal Bak Ku Teh (SGD 6) |
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: