Q Hor Fun Review: Unique Ipoh-Style Herbal Hor Fun By 27-Year-Old Chef At Telok Ayer

Somehow, its thicker and more robustly flavoured cousin at zi char eateries are preferred by the locals. While there are a few notable players in the marketplace such as Tuck Kee (Ipoh) Sah , Q Hor Fun is a relatively new hawker store at Telok Ayer that has been quietly charming the CBD folk with their own unique version of Ipoh hor fun.

Food at Q Hor Fun Deciding what to eat here is easy, as the menu is broken down into two types of sauces: a herbal variant and a creamy curry. We kicked off with their Curry Pork Chop Hor Fun ($4.50) , which came with a generous serving of pork cutlet that sat atop a bed of thin Ipoh hor fun and a pool of bright orange curry. The golden-brown hunk of pork cutlet was sliced on the bias, giving an elegant appearance as compared to how they’re usually roughly chopped up.

While the pork cutlet was good, the chicken curry sauce that covered every inch of the plate was even better. Aside from curry, the other sauce that dominates the menu is a thick and dark brown variant that’s very different from any Ipoh hor fun we tasted before.

We had this sauce with the Pork Chop With Mushroom Hor Fun ($4.50) , and similar to the curry pork chop hor fun, the portions are generous and are enough for those looking for that post lunchtime food coma. While the essence of Ipoh hor fun is a light-tasting chicken and prawn stock, Q Hor Fun adds their own unique spin by turning it into a thick robust herb-based sauce instead.

It’s as well nice that the mushrooms were served whole, considering that most noodle joints prefer to serve up measly slices of mushrooms instead. Yong Qin mentioned that the sauce didn’t taste as consistent as he wanted to that day, but one thing that remained consistent was the noodles. The Chicken Chop Yuan Yang Hor Fun ($4.50) combines both herbal and curry sauces.

Each sauce is carefully poured on each side of the plate, with a pile of hor fun noodles sitting daintily in the middle. Instead of pork cutlet, a chicken cutlet is sliced into bite-sized pieces and neatly crowned the noodles.

The marriage between the creamy curry and herbal sauce was interesting. The curry had some of its spiciness mellowed by the sharp herbal sauce.

At the same time, it also gave a pleasant bit of body to the otherwise creamy curry sauce. The chicken cutlet was prepared and cooked the same way as the pork cutlet. Yong Qin and his team are a bunch of bold individuals who have given up their positions to pursue something that they’re really passionate about, and that’s a commendable effort in itself.

The unique noodles at Q Hor Fun are no slouch, but I would find it difficult to make a special trip down for their tasty curry hor fun. For more CBD eats, be sure to check out our guide on Market Street Interim Hawker Centre ! 8 Market Street Interim Food Centre Stalls For Crispy Chicken Briyani & Curry Hor Fun Address: 5 Cross Street, #01-26, Market Street Interim Hawker Centre, Singapore 048418 Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11am to 3pm Website Q Hor Fun is not a halal-certified eatery Photos taken by Huang Xiao.