烧鸭 叉烧 烧肉 饭 ($6.80 each)!
Sunday Cantonese roast meat — roast duck + char siu + siu yuk rice $6.80 each. Triple siu mei rice plate.
Sunday Cantonese roast meat lunch with BB — 烧鸭 叉烧 烧肉 饭 (roast duck + char siu + siu yuk rice) at $6.80 each. Triple siu mei rice plate.
We ordered:
- Roast duck + char siu + siu yuk rice — $6.80 each (two plates)
Total: $13.60 for both plates.
The 烧鸭 (siu ngap / roast duck) + 叉烧 (char siu / honey-glazed roast pork) + 烧肉 (siu yuk / crispy roast pork belly) + 饭 (rice) combination is the proper triple-meat siu mei (烧味) rice plate format. Different from the dual-meat siu mei plate (char siu + siu yuk OR char siu + roast duck), the triple-meat plate covers the full Cantonese roast meat repertoire.
The three siu mei components:
Roast duck (烧鸭) — Cantonese-style whole duck preparation. Marinated with 5-spice + soy + maltose, air-dried for the skin structure, then roasted in the Chinese roast oven. The signature crispy mahogany-amber skin + tender meat + the proper rendered fat layer underneath.
Char siu (叉烧) — honey-glazed roast pork shoulder/loin. The signature red marinade (maltose + honey + Chinese rose wine + 5-spice + fermented bean curd + soy + sugar + food colouring) produces the caramelised exterior with the proper char patches.
Siu yuk (烧肉) — crispy-skin roast pork belly. The skin gets pierced + scored + dried for the crackling preparation. Five-spice + salt seasoning on the meat side. The proper crackling skin (audible crunch) + rendered fat layer + tender meat underneath.
The triple meat combination gives the proper variety — three distinctly different roast meat preparations, each with its own flavour character + texture profile. The contrast between honey-sweet char siu + crispy-fatty siu yuk + savoury-aromatic roast duck creates the proper sampling experience.
At $6.80 per plate, this is the upper-budget hawker / food court siu mei pricing tier. Different from the $4-5 standard hawker tier (which usually runs two meats only) or the $10-15 sit-down Cantonese restaurant tier, the $6.80 tier represents the proper triple-meat upgrade pricing.
Singapore’s siu mei restaurant scene includes multiple defining operators:
- Mou Mou Club (multiple locations — premium siu mei)
- Roast Paradise (Old Airport Road — Bib Gourmand)
- Joo Chiat Kim’s Roast Pork (Cantonese style)
- Tian Long Roast Duck (Chinese roast duck specialist)
- Various hawker centre siu mei stalls
The Sunday family-style lunch at the siu mei plate format is the proper weekend rotation. Different from the destination Cantonese restaurant or the budget hawker rice plate, the upper-mid siu mei lunch sits in the comfortable sit-down dining range.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Excellent triple siu mei rice plate. Would re-order.
