ONE.85 Big Prawn Mee - Jumbo Prawns & Rich Broth Done Right

In a city where prawn mee institutions have decades of legacy behind them, it takes something special for a newer stall to cut through the noise. ONE.85 Big Prawn Mee, tucked inside the beloved Fengshan Food Centre in Bedok, has managed exactly that — drawing queues stretching up to an hour at peak hours and earning one of the highest Google ratings for the dish in Singapore. The secret lies not just in the bowl itself, but in the conviction behind it: this is a stall run by people who are genuine prawn mee obsessives, and it shows in every sip of that broth.

Everything here begins and ends with the soup. Rather than relying on pre-made bases — a shortcut that has become alarmingly common even among established hawkers — the team at ONE.85 builds their broth entirely from scratch. Pork bones go into the pot first, simmered low and slow to form a rich, fatty backbone. Prawn heads are then fried before being added to the stock, coaxing out that deep, concentrated crustacean sweetness that defines a truly great bowl of prawn mee. The result is a broth that manages to be simultaneously sweet, savoury, and umami-packed — intensely prawn-forward but with a mellow depth that keeps you drinking long after the noodles are gone.

Pork Ribs Mee ($6.50 / $10)

The Pork Ribs Mee is where the stall’s devotion to getting the details right becomes most apparent. The ribs are slow-cooked until the meat surrenders completely from the bone — not just tender, but meltingly so, in a way that rewards patience and proper technique. Each bowl comes generously loaded with prawn halves, kangkong, beansprouts, golden fried shallots, and cubes of crispy pork lard that the team produces entirely in-house.

That pork lard deserves a mention on its own: rendered to a shatteringly crisp finish, it’s noticeably superior to what you’ll find at most stalls and elevates even a standard bowl into something worth making the trip for.

Signature Jumbo Big Prawn Mee ($13.50 / $20)

For those who want the full ONE.85 experience, the Signature Jumbo Big Prawn Mee is the order to make. The stall sources fresh jumbo tiger prawns daily, with the owner’s wife personally making the rounds across multiple wet markets each morning to secure the best available catch. The prawns are split and served shell-on, arriving at the table plump, sweet, and cooked just right. At $13.50 for the standard portion, it represents solid value for the size and quality on offer. The noodles — yellow mee or thick beehoon — are springy with none of that harsh alkaline bite that can undermine an otherwise good bowl.

Signature Colossal Big Prawn Mee ($28 / $36)

When the season is right, ONE.85 pulls out something extraordinary: the Signature Colossal Big Prawn Mee, featuring tiger prawns stretching close to a foot in length. Designed to feed two, this sharing bowl comes stacked with two portions of noodles, jumbo prawns, pork ribs, and pig skin. It’s as much a spectacle as it is a meal, and the kind of dish that tends to travel fast on social media. Availability is seasonal and subject to stock, so it’s worth checking ahead if this is the draw.

ONE.85 is the passion project of Roger, his wife Elena, and their friend Monica — a trio of next-generation hawkers united by a shared love of traditional prawn mee. In an era when hawker culture is often discussed as a dying art, they’ve taken the opposite approach: peeling shallots by hand each day (eight kilograms of them, to produce fresh shallot oil), sourcing ingredients from multiple suppliers to get the quality they want, and refusing to cut corners on a process that most would consider labour-prohibitive. The result is a bowl that carries the kind of soul that’s increasingly hard to find.

ONE.85 Big Prawn Mee has carved out a distinct identity in a hawker centre that already punches well above its weight. It operates from 4:30pm onwards, making it one of the few spots in Singapore where a genuinely exceptional bowl of prawn noodles is available well into supper hours. Whether you’re going for the entry-level Pork Ribs Mee or pushing into Colossal territory, the stall’s commitment to scratch-made everything gives it an edge that seasoned prawn mee fans will appreciate immediately. This is the kind of stall that rewards early visits — before the queues build and the broth gets you hooked.

Address: #01-20, Block 85 Bedok North Street 4, Fengshan Food Centre, Singapore 460085
Opening Hours: 4:30pm – 12am, Tuesday to Sunday | Closed Monday
Instagram: @one.85bigprawnmee