Review Lor 32 Self-make Noodle - Singapore

Fresh seafood and extremely tasty food at this nondescript coffee shop. If you happen to walk by this coffee shop, you will absolutely have no clue that they serve some really delicious grub. It is dirty and run down but it is part of the charm. There are no menus and don't expect to get good service. Chef Owner Danny may have a RBF (and that's not entirely his fault) but he serves you in a very matter of factly way. He will come and take your orders when he is ready and also takes his time to cook the food (& it's what he does best!). We have been eating here for years but the standard has maintained all throughout and it's my husband's favourite place to eat crab beehoon. It wins hands down when compared to all these other famous chains/seafood places peppering our little red dot. Just don't expect cheap because of how the place looks 😂 bring loads of cash and patience to enjoy a good meal with all your favourite people.

This place is fairly well known because it was featured in an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s “A Cook’s Tour”, early in his career. He did also name it as one of the places to eat before you die, and he certainly did that quite a few times before his untimely death. Musings on celebrity chef demises aside, this is quite a standout tze char, for quite a few reasons. One is their beyond unassuming setting. It borders on the unappealing, how the restaurant has been left to its own devices in terms of their interior/exterior condition. No one is asking for A/C or robot waiters (more on their service in a minute), but i think relatively clean floors and upgraded toilet infrastructure would go a long way to making this a more pleasant experience for diners, without losing its undeniable charm. Now, onto the service. Our dinner here for 5 took about 3 and 1/2 hours. Now, i’m a fan of long dinners and great conversation (helped by copious amounts of beer, this is probably a business strategy) but i was not expecting this. We probably had about 7-8 dishes in total and it was a minimum of 15-20 minutes between each dish. We also had to clear some dishes ourselves and grab our own drinks, which could be a reflection of the difficulty in finding help, or just a lack of caring in general. There was a half naked uncle sitting in there watching channel 8, and i’m not entirely sure what his role was there beyond perhaps providing some ambience. Finally, the food. I will say, everything that i ate was pretty good! The standouts were the prawns which are butterflied and covered with so much garlic that they would vaporize nosferatu on sight but also deshelled so they were really easy to eat, and tasty to boot. The famous crab bee hoon lived up to its Bourdain-inspired hype. I’m not a huge fan of frogs legs but these were pretty good, i do wish they used a different brand of chicken essence but thats just personal bias :) In all, i would say that if you’re coming here be prepared to wait. Its a great meal and a great time, but you’re going to have to hunker down and really enjoy the company of the people you’re with, which luckily we did. Also a major consideration is that we didnt pay for our meal, our gracious host did. I have heard that this place is stunningly expensive for the setting so be prepared to pay as well, but if you want to eat somewhere that Tony Bourdain considered to be the pinnacle of Singapore tze char cuisine, i guess this is it. RIP chef.

Food consider average. - squid nice - crab mee hoon- think the crab not fresh with the waiting time and price I paid for 3 dishes, not really worth

They always says," never judge the book by it's cover." This plain coffeeshop serve one of the best crab beehoon I have eaten. The crab is fresh and delicious and the beehoon has full of flavour. Paired with veg & otah, it completes the meal. Another must try, gong-gong with the spicy sauce, superb! Be warn, the book did not state the price... 😀

Most expensive coffee shop Zhi Char in Singapore.... Actually most expensive.. Hawker .. and maybe seafood in Singapore... Even 5 star chinese restaurant.. Might not be so expensive. And you cannot decide what to order. The boss is also the waiter.. you cannot ask what . You can only order.. like say.... Fish, vegetable , crab , gong gong... Wat flavour.. the boss ownself decide. You cannot ask... He cooks , you eat.. Fish.. also.. he say what. 苏眉鱼 Or 老虎斑。 Both are not that cheap...Fishes.. You order... If you ask is there anything cheaper... He will tell you.. no money don't eat.... Or ask you go other place eat.. and he just walks away.. The mix vegetable rice.. also quite EX... One piece Otah.. Next street .. teo chew porridge.. sell $5. They can sell $12. Sotong.. is $8. Vegetables for a single serving is $6... Milo ice is $3 . I order 2 cup... Give $5. I thought got change... The lady still ask for $1 more.. Their crab bee hoon...Is one of their best seller... $160 for 1 crab.... Their Gong Gong are also the larger type.. But he sell about $80 a plate... Their Pricing can win jumbo or other big scale restaurants..

Ordered the fish head curry for lunch. It was awesome! Also takeaway a bunch of other food for dinner such as the otah, salt chicken and minced pork . Heat it up for dinner at home. It was delicious. The owner and chef was there and he and his wife chatted with us and even gave us tips on how to cook! Nice and friendly folks.

Came to this coffeeshop for the duck rice. I rate the duck rice 4/5. However, this review isn’t about the duck rice or the seafood as there isn’t any Google Maps listing for the coffeeshop itself. I rated 1 star because the drinks from the drink stall are super expensive for a coffeeshop. Teh Peng or Iced Lemon Tea will set you back $2.00 each. Way overpriced. If I’m not wrong, you pay an average of between $1.50 to $1.70 for these drinks at any other coffeeshops. If you very thirsty, you can do yourself a favour and buy your drinks at the NTUC FairPrice supermarket which is located directly opposite.

There are some simple and ready dishes with very good taste. I also ordered curry fish head (S$40) which was nice and fresh. I don’t think it was a pricy place (I saw lots people complaint). The only disadvantage was the beverage here was not good.