81科湾酒店

Choose between blanched rice noodles tossed in a thick gravy, or soup noodles in a deeply flavourful ox bone broth. Then top with sliced beef, beef tripe, tendon, beef balls, or a combination.

The owner makes the fish balls by hand to ensure they are springy and bursting with umami. Blanched noodles tossed in chilli sauce with crispy cracklings are the perfect companion to the fish ball soup.

Before you can experience the head chef’s unique take on Singaporean-Japanese fusion cooking, you have to book a table online months ahead. Punctuality is key as the food is only served after all the guests are seated at 7:30pm sharp. The 8- or 9-course omakase-style menu changes every two months, reinventing national dishes like rojak and laksa with clever Japanese twists. Everything is served by the chefs, who take the time to explain each dish.

Bouncy ribbon noodles made at the stall are served in soup or "dry" – tossed in house-made chilli sauce and topped with minced meat, meatballs, poached egg and fried lard. With limited availability, they tend to sell out early.

This is the place to come for a comforting bowl of soup. The broth is flavourful and sweet; the spinach is crisp and fresh. You can also order stuffed tofu or seafood on top, or add mee tai mak for some starchiness.

Its famous soy-marinated duck boasts velvety flesh on a bed of steamed rice perfumed by duck scents. It comes with chilli vinegar that aptly cuts through the richness, plus an aromatic duck soup made with Chinese herbs.

This joint specialises in noodle soup with wontons and char siu – the springy noodles are shipped from Hong Kong; the lightly charred pork has layers of fat and lean meat. For extra texture and flavour, order shredded abalone on top.