Singa Pura King of Hawkers — Restaurant in Melbourne

Very disappointed with this restaurant. Came in with high hopes, and mainly because they have the carrot cake. We ordered the kaya toast with soft boiled egg, black carrot cake, hor fun and nasi goreng. The kaya toast was ok, but there was not the usual stick of butter inside (if you know, you know). The kaya itself didn’t have a great depth of flavour, but the toast itself was quite good. The carrot cake had certain parts that were a bit undercooked, and the egg itself was not mixed properly mixed through. Sauce was ok. The nasi goreng was bland, and the fried egg that topped the fried rice didn’t have a runny egg yolk. The hor fun egg sauce wasn’t good, but to their credit there was some wok hei taste to the noodle. The cendol was pretty bad - not enough coconut milk, and not much gula melaka taste. The ice was coarse - I felt like I was crunching on ice most of the time. Interestingly there was also grass jelly in it - not a usual addition to cendol, but could be forgiven if the rest of the cendol was on par (it wasn’t). I would not be coming back unless there was a dramatic change in the way they...

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Overall: a quiet and cozy restaurant offering a variety of Singaporean food.

🫓 Roti with Curry Sauce (3.8/5) - the roti and sauce are both decent. Not the best roti, but still flaky and delicious 🍜 Mee Pok (3.5/5) - never had this dish before, and was really keen to try it. We felt that the sauce was too acidic for our tastes, the texture of the fish balls weren’t great, and the sambal could be more flavourful 🍜 Prawn Hokkien Mee (4/5) - the sauce/soup was light but rich at the same time, nice and comforting flavours. Do not order if you do not like the flavour of shrimp paste 🍚 Nasi Goreng (4.5/5) - got a great depth of flavour, easily our favourite dish of the night 🍞 Singa Pura Sauce with Kaya (4.2/5) - simple yet delicious dessert. Buttery and coconutty, definitely a dessert for sharing

Came here on a Saturday night, the restaurant wasn’t overly busy. The place wasn’t loud, so you could enjoy the food and talking with your group. While Richmond has great Pho, if you’re looking for something a little different, this place is...

Unfortunately they fell way below our expectations.

Their signature mud crab with egg noodles was so overpriced ($139 regular mud crab + $8 egg noodles) which there wasn’t much meat in the crab, and didn’t taste fresh. $8 extra for the egg noodles also doesn’t sound right for the amount we got. The chilli crab is all about the flavourful sauce and the juicy crab meat. This was nothing close to what I had in Singapore. You can also get such good quality seafood with a much bigger portion at other restaurants for the same price…

The nasi goreng, which it said choose 2 toppings on the menu, so we chose veggies and beef without realising that beef is actually extra $2 but there was barely any meat! The beef was so thin and dry and you really had to dig to find beef.. They did cook it well though and seasoning was nice but that’s about it.

Drinks were good and service was fine but for the amount we paid and the quality we got was not matched. Very...