Sunday, January 4, 2009

Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint @ Upper Paya Lebar

I had been travelling up and down along Upper Paya Lebar Road and had never noticed this old shop house that sell roast duck, roast meat & char siew, until lately. It had been well hidden behind some construction site hoarding for sometimes.

Roast duck, roast meat & char siew are cantonese delicacy that can be easily found at hawker centres, coffee shops and food courts, but finding a good stall is not easy. It is not easy to maintain the juiciness of the meat after roasting. Most of the stall, the meat is dry and hard after roasting.

Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint, their roast duck and char siew are very well roasted. I never like char siew, as most of the char siew I tried are dry and hard. But Kay Lee's char siew is a must try item. The char siew's outer layer is well roasted & sweet while the inner is still juicy and tender with some thin layers of fat in between the lean meat. As for the roast duck, you can taste the fat oil flowing out when you chew the duck skin, although not so healthy, but that what make the roast duck taste great. So its alright to pamper yourself for some oily food once in a while. :) To complete your meal, you may also try their stewed soup.

The photo on the left show a mix plate of char siew, roast meat and roast duck, while the left show the pig stomach with pepper stewed soup.










Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint is located at No. 125 Upper Paya Lebar Road. It is located near to the upcoming Tai Seng MRT Station. For more information, you may visit their website www.kayleeroastmeatjoint.com.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Bedok Chwee Kueh

Chwee Kueh (or "water cake" in teochew) is a popular traditional teochew snack liked by all ages and could be taken anytime of the day. Chwee Kueh is made by mixing rice flour and water, the mixture is then steam in little metal cups. The steam chwee kueh is then served hot with chye poh (preserve salted radish) topping that is fried together with diced garlic, shallots and sesame seeds.

Although there are a lot of stalls around Singapore that sell chwee kueh, but I most favourite stall is "Bedok Chwee Kueh". Bedok Chwee Kueh have a few branches around Singapore, so you need not travel all the way down to Bedok for the chwee kueh. :) I normally patron the branch at Bukit Timah Hawker Centre.

The chwee kueh here is soft and tender and the topping has a mixture of taste consisting sweet, saltish and nice fragrance of the sesame seed. A packet of 8 nos. of chwee kueh here cost S$2.00. The chilli paste that goes with the chwee kueh is also very well made and I like it very much.