For working adults in Orchard Road or shoppers who are looking for affordable meals, it is a known fact that finding affordable food in this bustling premier shopping destination is a daily challenge. Come with us to uncover these Orchard Road food from $8 nett comprising of Singapore’s zi char dishes and some authentic Sichuan cuisine. You can in fact find cheap and good food in this hidden gem – Wang Xing Mala Kitchen – located at Scotts Road in Far East Plaza, Singapore.
Wang Xing Mala Kitchen is also a popular lunch and dinner spot in Orchard with cosy dining vibes. They have both mala xiang guo 麻辣香锅 and mala tang 麻辣烫. They are popular for mala xiang guo stir-fried with authentic mala sauce made in house with 30 types of chillies, herbs and spices.
It is rare to find mala xiang guo with luxurious seafood like large prawns, Tioman fish chunks, octopus tentacles, sweet prawns, squid, smoked duck. These are priced the same as vegetables and other surimi here. You can say Wang Xing Mala Kitchen’s mala xiang guo is the OG of mala xiang guo in Far East Plaza. They have been operating for about 9 years at their current location. They have perfected the sauce for their mala xiang guo that shouts fragrance, spicy and savoury all at once, couple with fresh ingredients.
When they have devoted 2/3 of their shop frontage for more than 60 types of ingredients for mala xiang guo and mala tang, you know they are serious about their mala xiang guo. Regulars and fans of Wang Xing Mala Kitchen’s Mala Xiang Guo highly recommend getting their xiang guo in the spiciest level of heat for most shiok. You can also even find tteokbokki in several flavours such as cheese filled ones and sweet potato filling rice cakes to power up your mala xiang guo with interesting textures. They also have sinful indulgence like beef tripes, large pork intestines and Taiwan crunchy sausages that are perfect for mala xiang guo.
Their mala tang is different with thick & nutty broth and if you are in need of a hot fix on a rainy afternoon, this may be for you. Get their fried dough stick and glass noodles to soak up the nutty broth.
Pick and choose your own ingredients, weigh and check out. For both mala xiang guo and mala tang, the sauce and soup base are both complimentary with no extra charges. These are pay by weight at $2.88/ 100 grams and is somehow cheaper than most mala xiang guo shops in the area. With the amount of premium seafood options for this mala xiang guo, it also seems to be of a better value. The visibility of every ingredients coated with speckles of the savoury fragrant sauce and red oil, are tell tale signs of an addictive savoury xiang guo.
Here’s Wang Xing Mala Kitchen reviews after trying their chef recommendation of popular Singapore zi char and some authentic Sichuan cuisines. The dishes are reasonably priced with some dishes starting at only $6 nett and most dishes averaging around $7.50 nett onwards. There are dishes for sharing and personal size meals at these pocket friendly prices. This place is now in our list for budget Chinese restaurant in Singapore where you can find cheap and good Orchard road food.
This is their popular $18 nett grilled fish 烤鱼. They are now using a meatier and tastier Qingjiang fish – it used to be seabass – and at a lower price of only $18 nett to remain competitive in terms of pricing and flavours. This has to be one of the cheapest grilled fish you can find in Orchard Far East Plaza, Singapore.
You can get this affordable grilled fish whole in 3 Asian flavours – mala fragrant 麻辣烤鱼, sour cabbage 酸菜烤鱼 and green pepper flavour 青椒烤鱼.
The fish is large and great for 2-3 pax sharing. You can even add-on ingredients (veg, noodles, surimi, seafood or meat) from their mala xiang guo selection from $2 onwards to soak up the goodness of the piping hot grilled fish gravy and enjoy it like a grilled fish hotpot.
Get the best of both worlds – Singapore zi char and authentic Sichuan food – without breaking the bank here. With reasonable sized dishes at affordable prices, you can taste a myriad of different popular dishes, great for large gatherings or just a cosy place to host friends and love ones who wants to try zi char and Sichuan dishes. This eatery is also a popular tourist destination for food in Orchard road. This place is made for those who are keen to try local and Chinese dishes in affordable 1-2 pax size serving, as they offered dishes in big size and small size from $6 nett onwards.
Here’s what we tried, starting with some local cuisines. 铁板豆腐 Hotplate Tofu ($8) is a freshly cooked hotplate of sizzling hot savoury bites with various ingredients such as braised fried silky tofu in minced meat savoury sauce, black fungus, peppers and sweet onions on a tender bubbling egg as the base.
Wang Xing Mala Kitchen is also the go to place for working adults for a staple meal during lunch or dinner times. They offer affordable meals from $6 egg fried rice to most meals averaging around $7.50 for rice and noodles dishes in either SG zi char style or Sichuan style. Here are some of their unique finds – 干炒牛肉河粉 Dry fried beef hor fun ($7.50) – Tender sliced beef with smoky flavour that is springy and moist, paired with lightly caramelised sweet and savoury thick rice noodles. An old school dish with history dating back to ah ma’s times where hor fun are prepared in the simplest way to enjoy the fragrance of rice noodles, stir fry with simple dark sauce and natural umami beef flavours.
咸蛋排骨饭 Salted egg pork ribs rice ($7.50) is a meal consisting of crispy pork cutlet coated in an umami rich salted egg sauce with hints of citrusy curry leaves and mild heat from the chilli padi. This dish is also available in salted egg chicken rice ($7.50).
You can also get this 咸蛋排骨面 Salted egg pork ribs ramen ($8) with chewy ramen noodles topped with juicy ribs. This dish is also available in salted egg chicken rice ($8).
For meat lovers, you can load up on your proteins with 香辣鸡公煲 Spicy braised chicken pot ($10) – spicy and tender chicken with bold flavours, melty potatoes and sweet garlic leeks. You get an billowing sweet earthy aroma of bay leaves and anise star when the chicken pot is served, that kind of whet your appetite.
柠檬鸡 Lemon chicken ($10)- crispy cutlet with citrusy sauce. This is a tangy dish that is great as an appetizer or with cold soda. It has a tangy citrus sauce to go with the tender cutlet and some fresh sliced lemon to jolt you up if you are feeling lethargic or having a decreased appetite.
Next up, let’s try some Sichuan dishes in tantalizing bold flavours – that is spicy, sweet, pungent and umami! 麻辣小龙虾 Mala Crayfish ($19) are some succulent & spicy kick crustaceans tossed in a mala sauce, best paired with some cold fizzy drinks in-house.
干锅虾 Spicy Prawns ($12) are some sweet spicy fresh crunchy bites with stick potatoes, peppers and sweet cilantros. The prawns are served whole with bitter sweet head butter to suck on.
回锅肉 Twice cooked pork ($9) are crispy slices of meat with melting fats. The meat are stir-fried with fermented black beans to impart that nutty deep rich umami flavours with hints of sharp briny spicy flavours like a moist pork jerky.
水煮牛肉片 Boiled sliced beef ($10) tender velvety bites in hot chilli oil with various ingredients of different crunch and texture such as soy bean sprouts, cabbage, black fungus and some very tender sliced beef. It is an intense flavour bomb dish with garlic, chilli oil, spices, peppercorn, dried chilli pepper and more. Springy beef infused with savoury, spicy & rich juices. Most important of all, this beef dish is not gamey, meaning non-beef lovers can also fall in love with this dish.
They also have various viral Chinese Hunan and Sichuan dishes in Singapore such as 四川辣子鸡 Sichuan spicy chicken ($9)- crispy, spicy & fragrant bites, 水煮鱼片 boiled sliced fish ($9) – savoury fragrant succulent bites, 手撕包菜 Shredded cabbage ($8) – savoury sweet and lightly charred and 干煸四季豆 Sichuan fried French beans ($8) – crispy & crunchy, that you can try as well.
Here’s Wang Xing Mala Kitchen menu and price with over 90 dishes to choose from. The menu includes various dishes cooked in either Singapore zi char style, Hunan or Sichuan Chinese style.
If you are craving for mala xiang guo, check out this budget Chinese restaurant at Orchard road & Scotts road in Far East Plaza, Singapore. They also have some good value dishes and must try at Wang Xing Mala Kitchen. Come try Sichuan food and Singapore zi char that are pocket friendly and tasty as well. Do not forget their $18 nett grilled whole fish in 3 Asian flavours!
Wang Xing Mala Kitchen address:
Far East Plaza
14 Scotts Rd #05-96/97
Singapore 228213
Opening Hours:
10am to 10pm
Telephone : 6732 0026
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