新源记 Xin Yuan Ji

Heard a lot of good things about this restaurant (if you can call it that) at Tan Quee Lan Street. When we got there, there was a long queue for lunch.


Apparently, this shop started from People's Park or Chinatown, moved to Redhill before the current location. Got all these information from all the newspaper cuttings on the walls.... and all the photos showed long queues wherever they were.


The fried fish bee hoon tasted pretty good, I only had a sip and it was rich and tasty.



My order was the XO fish head bee hoon. Expensive due to the XO and they use red snapper. Taste-wise, not bad. Can taste the XO during the first few mouths, but somehow, it kinda faded away during the rest of it. Probably the tongue got used to the XO. Anyway, I wouldn't be able to tell whether it was really XO or VSOP. For $9.50, it was my first and last time trying this.

We also ordered 虾酱鸡。It was nicely done, crispy on the outside and juicy inside.

Basically this place is like a zichar stall with aircon. I find it a little overpriced even the quality is good. If we go back, I will try the fish head curry which seem to the other signature dish.