Lin Ji Pig Trotter Rice – Best Intestine Mee Sua I Ever Had!

Are you a fan of Pig Trotter Rice? If you are then you definitely got to get your hands on a bowl from Lin Ji Pig Trotter Rice! Their take on the dish is rather different from what we usually get in Singapore.

The Singaporean version is usually stronger tasting, featuring a darker braising sauce made with dark soy sauce and salt. Lin Ji’s Pig Trotter Rice, however, has a milder, but flavourful, taste. It is lighter in colour and the recipe hails all the way from China! After falling in love with this dish during a trip to Longjiang Town, the owners decided to learn how to recreate this dish back home. They even made several trips to learn from a local chef over a period of three months before starting this venture in October 2019.

The star of the stall is their braising sauce, which is used in almost every dish they offer. This braising sauce is made with spices such as star anise and cinnamon. They also use light soy sauce that’s specially imported from China. The owners made some adjustments to the original recipe from Longjiang to better cater to the tastebuds of Singaporeans.

First up was none other than their Pig Trotter Rice ($4.90). Think glistening meat served atop soft and sticky short-grain rice, with a side of salted vegetables. The meat was soft and really easy to chew through, and it had a nice layer of fat. The braising sauce was less salty than I had expected it to be. Hence, the salted vegetables completed the whole experience.

We got a side of their Meat Roll ($3) to go along with our rice. This meat roll was soft and springy. There was not much of a meaty taste. In our opinion, it tasted more like fish cake than a meat roll. This meat roll went well with their chilli sauce which was slightly sour and quite spicy!

Saving the best for last — the Large Intestines Mee Sua ($5.90). Do not be fooled by its ordinary appearance. The overall taste of this dish was really impressive! The braising sauce went really well with the soft and smooth Mee Sua. The Mee Sua was well-coated in the fragrant gravy-like sauce which was a mixture of soup and braising sauce. The large intestines here were really the bomb. They were chewy, really clean, and well prepared. A lot of preparation must have gone into the cleaning of the intestines. The dish also came with a few pieces of pork paste made from a mixture of prawn and meat.

Being a fan of stronger tasting food, I found their rendition of Pork Trotter Rice a tad too light for me. If you prefer lighter tasting food, this might be the stall for you! I will definitely be back for more Large Intestines Mee Sua!

MissTamChiak.com made anonymous visit and paid its own meal at the stall featured here.