My Birthday Treat - Lee's Taiwanese opens at JEM in June 2013

Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

Taiwanese Cuisine featuring Jeelung Specialties - Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

The Menu - Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

Our Order - Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

This is my Birthday month and Aunt Mary gave me a treat at Lee's Taiwanese to celebrate my Birthday. 

Aunt Mary ordered the Set Meal which consists of Pig Intestines Mee Sua, Toufu with Century Egg, Lime Juice. 

This Pig Intestine Mee Sua is one of the popular must haves you can find in the Jeelung Miaokou Food Street. Restaurateur Fiona has taken effort to ensure diners get the taste as close to that from Jeelung Miaokou Food Street, by using Mee Sua from Taiwan, with a much smoother silkier texture than those commonly eaten in Singapore. 

The Mee Sua is served in soup broth carefully stewed for hours using pork bones as base, which gives the broth a sweet flavor. Added to the Mee Sua is the vinegar from Taiwan which gives the dish a sourly savory taste. The pig intestines are stewed on medium low heat to give it a soft chewy texture. 

For those who wants a spicy Mee Sua you can top it with the in house Chili paste 

I ordered their Signature Chicken Chop Rice. 

My Food Tasting Notes : The chicken chop is fried just right, not oily at all. The skin is a crispy light brown color, the meat is thick and lightly layered with a thin layer of flour and tastes juicy, tender and delicious. The chicken chop comes paired with rice, pickled vegetables, tou fu, mini Taiwanese sausage, pickled cucumber, half a hard boiled egg. The pickled vegetables lend an appetizing sweet savory taste to this dish. 

Fiona maintained that the Chicken chop used at Lee's Taiwanese are not flattened to enlarge its surface area but retains its original thickness and surface area, and are only lightly coated with flour. 

Fiona shared that the chicken chop serve back in Taiwan are usually served in whole piece, without any carving on the chicken chop in order to retain the juice from the chicken chop. The Chicken Chop served at Lee's Taiwanese are served whole. She pointed out the outlet kitchen changes the deep frying vegetable oil daily to ensure each pork or chicken chop served daily does not have the rancid  taste from used oil.

Lee's Taiwanese can be located at :

1. JEM, #03-05/06, 

    50, Jurong Gateway, S(608549)

    Tel : 66941588

2. The Star Vista, 1 Vista Exchange Green, 

    #02-08, S(138617).

    Tel : 66944869

    Open Hours :

   11.30am to 10pm (Sun to Thurs)

   11.30am to 11pm (Fri,Sat, Eve of PH)

The Ambience The Menu The Promotion - Lee's Taiwanese opens at JEM in June 2013

The second outlet of Lee's Taiwanese opens at the new shopping mall JEM in June 2013, just next to Jurong East MRT.  

Lee's Taiwanese Restaurant owners are husband and wife team : Taiwan born Singaporean Fiona and Canadian Sarge Sargeant. Lee's Taiwanese is owned by Tai Thai Pte Ltd, under the Holding Company Sargeant Lee Holdings, which operates restaurant brands BLooiE's Roadhouse with 4 outlets in Singapore, and two outlets of Lee's Taiwanese in Singapore. 

Lee's Taiwanese showcases Taiwanese Cuisine featuring uniquely Taiwanese Specialty dishes you can only find in the Jeelung market, Taiwan. 

The Ambience - Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

The Menu - Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

The Promotion - Lee's Taiwanese at JEM 

Lee's Taiwanese can be located at :

1. JEM, #03-05/06, 

    50, Jurong Gateway, S(608549)

    Tel : 66941588

2. The Star Vista, 1 Vista Exchange Green, 

    #02-08, S(138617).

    Tel : 66944869

    Open Hours :

   11.30am to 10pm (Sun to Thurs)

   11.30am to 11pm (Fri,Sat, Eve of PH)

Red Bean, Green Bean, Yam Crushed Ice - Lee's Taiwanese at The Star Vista

This is a dessert made of red beans, green beans, yam cubes served on crushed ice. The beans are cooked through whilst their shape is retained. The yam cubes are chewy, soft and springy. These three ingredients makes a delightful bite when stirred in together, with each giving its own sweet flavor without overpowering the others. 

Red Bean, Green Bean, Yam Crushed Ice

Pig Intestine Mee Sua - Lee's Taiwanese at The Star Vista

This Pig Intestine Mee Sua is one of the popular must haves you can find in the Jeelung Miaokou Food Street. Fiona has taken effort to ensure diners get the taste as close to that from Jeelung Miaokou Food Street, by using Mee Sua from Taiwan, with a much smoother silkier texture than those commonly eaten in Singapore. 

The Mee Sua is served in soup broth carefully stewed for hours using pork bones as base, which gives the broth a sweet flavor. Added to the Mee Sua is the vinegar from Taiwan which gives the dish a sourly savory taste. The pig intestines are stewed on medium low heat to give it a soft chewy texture. 

For those who wants a spicy Mee Sua you can top it with the in house Chili paste 

Salt and Pepper Chicken -Lee's Taiwanese at The Star Vista

At Lee's Taiwanese, the bite size fresh chicken bits are first marinated with salt pepper, rolled into flour, then deep fried in medium high heat. The result are chicken bits that are crispy on the outside and juicy tender on the inside. The pickled Taiwanese cucumber served with this dish gives a refreshing crunchiness when eaten with the chicken bits. 

Salt and Pepper Chicken 

Pork Belly Rice - Lee's Taiwanese at The Star Vista

At Lee's Taiwanese, the pork belly are marinated, braised and stewed in stainless steel pots, for about 1-3 hours at the central kitchen, then delivered fresh to the outlets daily, where they are kept in warmers. The pork belly should not be stewed too long as the meat might simply dissolve into the soup broth. 

My Food Tasting Notes : The pork belly is stewed to the right consistency and texture, where the fats in the pork belly melts in your mouth. The meat is infused with the marinate, tastes savory and lightly sweet. This dish is served with pickled vegetables and pickled cucumber, Tou Fu, Taiwanese sausage, half a hard boiled egg. The vegetable gives a lightly sourly sweet taste.

Pork Belly Rice