Envy of the working hours...

The working hours of an average worker in Singapore are probably around 8 - 9 hours per day. And when I come across this stall the first time, I am so so envious of their opening hours. =.=

'Kway Chap' For a start, the bowl of 'Kway'(Rice Noodles) ain't too thick. But I personally didn't find the taste of the soup to be good satisfying. Yes, they do comes with a nice herbal soup taste but it's simply not thick enough.

As for the plate of ingredients, it wasn't that bad. Comes with ingredients like 'Braised meat', 'Intestines', 'Pork Skin' and a 'Braised Boiled Egg'. Most of the ingredients over here are pretty chewy. And each of them also comes with a nice sweet taste of the braised sauce. Though the chilli that they are offering over are pretty thick too but somehow I still think that they are lacking the 'wow' factor over here.

So where can you give the dish a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Xing Yun Kway Chap'(幸運粿子). It's located inside 'Tampines Round Market & Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Fridays - Sundays: 09:30 - 14:00
  (Closed on Mondays - Thursdays)

* Click here for the map of 'Tampines Round Market & Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Tampines Round Market
   & Food Centre'.

The best pork here....

There are numerous stalls selling porky dishes over here. I have tried a few of them and this is definitely the best one. Not only this stall has the biggest range of porky dishes, it also tastes the best too.

'Pig Organ Soup' I have actually tried almost every single item listed on their menu. There's 'Kway Chap', 'Braise Pork Knuckles', all the different porky soup, and also 'Pig Organ Soup'. Even without the bowl of soup, the different types of chilli that they are offering over here are good enough to go with the bowl of rice or soup. Though they are not very spicy, that the taste of the chilli are pretty tasty, which is a (+).

The 'Yam Rice' over here are pretty ordinary. It doesn't comes with a lot of 'Yam', which doesn't excites me at all.

This is actually quite good. The uncle over here really throw in a lot of ingredients into the bowl of soup. There's 'preserved vegetables', 'pig liver', 'meat balls', slices of pork, etc... I tried adding a piece of ingredient to each mouthful of 'Yam Rice' but it appears that they is actually a much more bigger portion of ingredients as compared to the bowl of rice. On top of the tasty ingredients, the bowl of soup also comes with the nice porky taste too, which pretty much explains why this is the most famous stall over here.

So where can you give the 'Pig Organ Soup' a good try?

The name of this stall would be '家鄉風味'. It's located inside the coffee shop located in 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Daily: 9:00 - 15:00
• The opening hours over here are subjected to the number of customers that they are getting that day.

* Click here for the map of 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale
  Centre'.

How clean can it be?

Rather than sticking to the same few places, keeping a lookout for something new to try, from time to time, I don't mind spending a bit of time travelling and exploring new dining places. Hence...

'Kway Chap Set' Pretty much the same as all the other 'Kway Chap' stall out there, the set will come with a bowl of 'Kway' and a plate of ingredients. For the (big) bowl of 'Kway' itself, the smooth 'Kway' were cut into bite-size, thin and squarish shape, which made it pretty easy to consume. In fact the number of pieces of 'Kway' that you are getting are pretty much the same as the number of pieces of ingredients that you were given. So what does that mean? Basically, it means that you can take a piece of 'Kway' and a piece of ingredient and eat it together in one single bite. :D Although the soup comes with a bit of herbal taste but it isn't something too special in terms of the taste.

So what are you getting in the generous plate of ingredients? There's the big intestines, small intestines, slices of pork meat, pork skin, fried bean curd and boiled egg. And all the ingredients have undergo the cooking method of braising. Basically, all the ingredients have been handled and cleaned properly. Therefore you wouldn't be getting the dirty bits and the strange smell that you are getting elsewhere. (However, I still prefer the taste of the not so clean 'Kway Chap'. But for eaters that haven't really gave this dish a try, here's a good place to start.) Taste wise, it's pretty much the same as all the other stalls but there, except for the fact the the ingredients have been handled and washed properly.

So where can you give this 'clean' plate of 'Kway Chap' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Guan Kee Kway Chap'(源記粿汁). It's located inside 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Mondays - Wednesdays: 11am - 8pm
  Fridays - Saturdays: 11am - 8pm
  Sundays: 9am - 8pm
  (Closed on Thursdays)

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Guan Kee Kway Chap'(源記粿汁).
^ Click here for the location of 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.

粿汁 - Another spelling mistake for fruit juice?

Nope, there isn't a spelling mistake. In Singapore, there's really a Chinese dish known as Kway Chap（粿汁）. Ever since I was young, I had been eating Kway Chap from numerous locations. Ranging from the market behind my Primary School, the coffee shop along River Valley Road, Tiong Bahru Market, etc. A few years ago, my colleagues had brought me to this Kway Chap store located near Macpherson Road. Although the location of this store used to be pretty inconvenient back then, it had become more and more convenient ever since the Circle line had started operating.

This is how the restaurant looks like. Not only it server Kway Chap,
it also provides Duck Rice too.

Although this was a plate of duck meat that was delivered to the wrong table,
I still took a photo of it. :P You were given a choice to choose between
Yam rice or a bowl of Kway to go with the Kway Chap ingredients. Since I
have a big stomach, I decided to get a bowl of Yam rice and a bowl of Kway.

Let's take a close look at the plate of Duck Meat.
It pretty interesting that they are serving duck meat with a few slices of pineapple.

Here are the ingredients that we had ordered. On the left, it's the store's speciality, which is fried intestines. And on the right, it's the ingredients for the Kway Chap. Usually for a plate of Kway Chap, it will include ingredients like pig intestines, pig organs, boiled egg, etc... Besides for the fried intestines, another special move of the store would be the step of serving sliced pineapples with each and every plate of ingredients that have been ordered. Actually, I like the idea of serving sliced pineapples with Kway Chap. Especially after eating a few slices of pineapples, it had definitely help me to feel much better after having such a sinful meal. :D

Click here for the location of the store.