Unlike most kids, I grew up with a huge love for vegetables. I could never relate to children in movies or storybooks, shunning broccoli and carrots like it’s the plague.
You won’t finish your broccoli? I’ll do it for you. Carrots too? Send them over. From cabbage to kai lan to boy choy, I loved them all.
But there was one particular vegetable that holds a special place in my heart – Spinach.
I remember my grandmother cooking a spinach soup for me. It was a simple meal. Just her and I at the dinner table, with a bowl of spinach soup made with anchovy broth and garnished with shallots. This is one of the fondest memories of my childhood.
Now imagine my surprise when I find this little stall in Amoy Street Food Centre selling a dish right out of my childhood.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Spinach Soup.
Comfort Food In Its Truest Form
Unlike the one that my grandmother used to make, the version served at this stall uses a broth made using chicken bones.
The thing is, using chicken bones results in a milder broth (some might claim it’s bland but to each his own), compared to using anchovies.
But the owner makes up for the lack of flavour in the broth with his ingredients. Before I dive in, you should know that this stall serves only 2 types of spinach soup, each with a different assortment of ingredients.
The Spinach Seafood Soup comes with spinach (of course), minced pork, prawns, mushrooms and wolfberries.
The Spinach Century & Salted Egg comes with spinach, minced pork, century egg, salted egg, and wolfberries.
Despite the difference in ingredients, BOTH soups are priced at $3.50 which is incredibly cheap by today’s living standards.
The Spinach Century & Salted Egg has almost the same ingredients as the Poached Spinach in Superior broth with 3 eggs (egg, century egg and salted egg) that you usually find in upscale Chinese restaurants.
While the soup is good on its own (for me at least. Spinach is actually quite filling okay.), you can choose to top up $0.50 for either thick or thin bee hoon, macaroni or white rice, or $1 for brown rice.
That’s not all, you also have to the option to add-on more ingredients from $0.50 to $2.
In total, your meal might just cost you less than $4!
So while Amoy Street Food Centre is a treasure trove of food, Spinach Soup should not be overlooked because some days (mainly the bad ones), all you really need is a good, hot bowl of spinach soup.
Because soup doesn’t let you down.
Spinach Soup
Address: Amoy Street Food Centre, #02-114, 7 Maxwell Road, Singapore 069111
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri: 11am – 2pm, Sat – Sun: Closed
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