Last visited: 29 March 2007
I have come across this stall in Chinatown at the hawker centre behind the Pearl's Centre. I cannot recall the stall number but it is located in between a drink stall and a local zhu cha stall. The stall is easily recognised as it specialises in all kinds of char kway teow (local fried rice noodles with clams, bean sprouts, egg and sometimes prawns), ranging from Penang style, Indonesian style and the local hokkien style. But the style that caught my attention is the White Char Kway Teow, in which it EXCLUDES the use of soya sauce in its cooking process (the use of soya sauce is what distinguishes the local char kway teow from the normal fried hor fun). Hence I gave that a try.
Comments: Without the soya sauce, the char kway teow is quite tasteless. It loses its uniqueness of the local char kway teow that most of us like. You may think that it appear to be healthier without that soya sauce. I think the same way as well but after trying it out...it is NOT! It is still as oily as the other char kway teow that you tasted else where. But I have to comment that the stall owner is VERY generous in the portion of clams in the char kway teow. I suppose I had close to 10 over clams in my small plate, consisting of close to a quater of the content of the kway teow. The prawns are quite fresh as well. Hence, if you are a clam lover, you may probably want to give this stall a visit some day.
Location
Pearl's Centre (the hawker centre is behind the main building)
100 Eu Tong Sen Street
Singapore 059812
Ratings (Total of 5 points)
Taste: 2.0
Ingredients: 3.5
Presentation: 3.0
Price: $$
Overall: 3.0
Other remarks: It is worth trying as I seldom come across a char kway teow that is without the black soya sauce in Singapore. You might also want to try out other kinds of char kway teow from this stall too as the pictures there looks pretty attractive. Yet I have to say that the white kway teow is really too plain, even for me who is a person that prefer food with milder taste.
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