Koufu — Restaurant in Singapore

Koufu is a chain of food courts, mostly located around residential estates, yet mainly nested within established institutions. For example, West Mall at Bukit Batok, the Singapore Management University, the Singapore Polytechnic, and Gek Poh Shopping Centre.

Koufu @ Gek Poh is conveniently located for residents nearby. It is within a stone's throw from residents of Gek Poh Ville of Jurong West Streets 74 & 75, Jurong West Avenue 5, and the private estate of Westwood.

Housed within the centre's proper, it also extends outdoor where a sheltered area with fifteen tables may sit 60 visitors.

Indoor, about twelve stalls skirt around the sides, with the main drink stall sitting right beside the entrance points, to cater to visitors both within and without.

The place is well-maintained and clean. Within each stall, cooking space is separated from the service counter by a service wall, thus, keeping the noise of preparations down and agreeable.

Purportedly to cater to customers from diverse ethnicities, Koufu @ Gek Poh is majority Chinese. There is only one Halal-certified vendor serving Western Food and not a single Indian.

I shall endeavour to note the names of the stalls, which may help rouse reader's interest to visit, the next time I drop in. For this time, suffice to say, these mostly Chinese stalls are attracting large crowds. Be it for their unique tastes, or the cool air-conditioned environment, or the inviting cleanliness, patrons seem to leave grateful and satisfied.

My favourite stall is called simply Nasi Lemak. Although it has a Malay name, it is actually run by Chinese operatives.

What turned me into a regular is the taste of the rice, cooked in coconut milk, with pieces of pandan leaves that turn it green. It is so unlike many others and wonderfully unique.

Added to this is the customary fried ikan bilis (anchovies) and peanut, with a dash of sambal (chili paste) that is sweet and heavenly.

I unfailingly would ask for a chicken drumstick to be included. It is relatively pricey, yet affordable. But it is the meaty freshness that beckons, unlike the imported frozen variety. It is also big, as if the chicken that it came from, had spent time in the gym to beef up.

The fry is even and well-timed, that the meat maintains chewiness and juiciness. Words can hardly describe the taste in my bud. Hop on over and sample, not only the Nasi Lemak, but other dishes too, that must have lingered favourably, to make those visitors leave grateful...

The service by the old lady at the mixed rice stall is sucks. She said min for chicken is SGD4/- I replied her SGD4 is OK. Then she said there's SGD4. Or SGD4.50 Then I asked her what's the min since maybe I heard wrong lyrics as there was quite noisy during lunch time around 11am. She raise her voice and said if you want chicken at least SGD3! OK, then just give me SGD3 la why have to say so loud. Then, during payment she charge me SGD4.50 for the chicken! I asked her why, she said i asked for SGD4.50 which I did not said and will never ask for SGD4.50. Furthermore, the portion of checken still the same! If I want more I can buy SGD5 why SGD4.50?! She's being so rude and ridiculous. I hope person in charge can inform her to be kind to customers. This is not the first time we had been treated rudely. I can return all the food but I didn't. However, her rude attitude is something we all have to negotiate after paying our hard earn money! She is so rude...

Aunty working at Ban Mian store was utterly ridiculously rude, on the 2 June @4.45PM. There’s another lady who is nicer and I’ve always ordered from her 🫶🏻 love her she’s a dear BUT this aunty was DEVIOUS! i am not chinese but i can converse in simple chinese. i do not know how to pronounce u main, the previous time i did, i got fish soup, i understand that it was my mistake because i cannot pronounce it BUT this time to prevent it, i typed it out on my phone and showed the devious aunty and she was like “i don’t know english” GIRL WHAT? then i told her i want U like the letter U mian but i don’t know how to pronounce, it’s not FISH it’s the noodle then she was like oh you mean umian is it then i was like ya! then she was like “these type of things also don’t know” IN CHINESE! GIRL WHAT HOW IS THAT MY FAULT?????? HOW COME YOU ALSO DONT KNOW “U MIAN” TYPED OUT??? SO RUDE 😭 also i bought this for my sister, she said that there was barely any meat...