Ka-Soh Restaurant - 2 College Rd

Came here specially to try the prawn paste chicken. Choice of dishes are limited. But great taste.

Heard so much abt ka-soh so decided to try it out. Fish soup was so bland, it's almost tasteless. Signature pork ribs 排骨王 was very tough and dry. Prawn paste chicken and pork lard fried rice were decent - better renditions can be found elsewhere. No wonder there was hardly anyone there. Sad to see such an established eatery do so poorly...

The last time a visit was made to Ka Soh was back when they were located at Gillman Barracks, which was a lifetime ago or at least 20+ years ago. Ka Soh has always been known for their wonderful Fish Head Bee Hoon and were always considered one of the best in Singapore. Given that they were awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand Singapore Award 2021, a return visit was made this month after such a long time to sample their servings. The long delay for this return visit was largely due to the restaurant always being at a location that is near yet not so near, far yet not so far, one of those near public transport but requires a long walk from said public transport location. A simple no frills setup within the Medical Alumni Association within SGH, at the edge of the CTE to AYE onramp from Outram, reservations are not required as the place tend to have sitting available. Wanting to see how things have been since the son took over form the Dad to run the restaurant, an order was made for one of Fish Head Thick Bee Hoon and one of Fish Fillet Thick Bee Hoon. Both dishes were soon served and the first impressions were not kind. The dishes did not have the aroma one is familiar with for such a dish. For the Fish Head, there was no Wok Hei at all, while the Fish Fillet tasted freezer burned. The soup base was watery and tasted more of water with some small amount, to the point of negligible, of condiments sprinkled in, doing nothing to help the dish. With such a disaster of 2 dishes, any cravings to try their other well known dishes like their Prawn Paste Chicken was ejected. Wanting to put some flavour in the mouth, an order for a Herbal Jelly (Gui Ling Gao) was made. The dessert could be best described as you will find something better at any supermarket. Sigh. What were these Michelin Inspectors thinking when they awarded this place with the Michelin Bib Gourmand Singapore Award 2021? General Verdict: A restaurant that is living on past reputation and is a shadow of what it once was Opening Hours: Daily 11:30am-2pm and 5:30pm-9pm (Closed on Tuesdays) Queue Situation: Next to none Price: SG$10++ upwards Payment Mode: Cash and all Major Credit Cards (Physical and Paywave) Is this worth a try? No Is it worth making a trip just to try it? No Is this worthy of the Michelin Bib Gourmand Singapore Award? No Items Ordered: 1) Item: Fish Fillet Thick Bee Hoon 魚雞粗米粉 Description: The fish meat tasted freezer burned and the soup base was more water than flavour Verdict: Fail, Don't Waste Time Price: SG$9++ 2) Item: Fish Head Thick Bee Hoon 魚頭粗米粉 Description: The fish head had no Wok Hei while the soup based tasted like water sprinkled with some flavoured powder, and only an amount so small that it is almost negligible Verdict: Fail, Don't Waste Time Price: SG$9++ 3) Item: Herbal Jelly 龜苓膏 Description: Herbal jelly that was neither poor nor fantastic. Can get better versions at any local supermarket Verdict: Acceptable, Order only if you want to try Price: SG$4++

I truly missed my Amoy street ka soh . This one only made 50% of the cut. The flexibility of the stuff here is not as good as the original one. Everything has to be ask before it's given. Ok fish soup forget about it . It's only 50% nice than the past. This is a little fishy here. Go for ha cheong chicken and black bean sauce hor fun still as great. The rest are so so . I love it's not really crowded and rustic settings . It's quiet in this location. A decent place for a not too high expectations meal.

Unfortunate that the college road outlet is closing. Food is always great. Especially enjoy the prawn paste chicken wings and slice fish noodle soup, which has generous servings of fresh fish and a thick, flavourful broth.

My son suggested we dined at Ka-Soh Restaurant in the Alumni Association at College Road as it was the last day the restaurant would operate there (since 2007). Our family had always enjoyed their fish fillet noodle soup, Har Geong Gai (Prawn Paste Chicken) and Tofu with fresh crab meat, besides other dishes. Hence, we ordered only these three items. Like comfort food for us. Spoke to waitresses and proprietor in between our meals. Apparently, one of the chef is leaving, and it was difficult to secure replacement. The proprietor had evaluated the feasibility of staying in the same premises, but as the building was very old, the air conditioning system needed to be replaced. And there’s plan for the Alumni Building to be pulled down (don’t know the date) so it wasn’t appropriate to put in heavy investment into the premises at this stage. Proprietor thanked us for our support over the years and hope that we can continue to patronize them at the remaining restaurant at Greenwood.

This restaurant (Ka-Soh in Outram) will be closing this Sunday 26 June 2022 and I need to visit it one last time before the closure of this outlet. Their traditional Cantonese-Style Fish Bee Hoon Soup is a MUST-ORDER as the color of the milky white broth is achieved without any evaporated milk! My favourite is the prawn paste chicken, best in SG!!! They do have other popular dishes such as Fried You Mai Vegetables with Dace Fish, Sweet and Sour Pork, San Lao Hor Fun, etc. The service of this restaurant is good and the service staff are very friendly. This restaurant will be highly recommended if you want to bring your family for a great dinner. You may visit them at their other outlet at 22 Greenwood Avenue.

It was a below average dinner experience. The Ah Cha (pickled vegetables) appetizer, which was not complementary, arrived first but we found it was infested with ants! The staff promptly removed it and replaced with a new plate with no apologies. Ordered the signature fish slice noodle soup and prawn paste chicken wings and found it was below average in my opinion. You are better off with sliced fish soup from other restaurants. Will not recommend.