牛肉河粉 ($4.50 each)!
Cantonese beef hor fun in egg gravy: flat rice noodles smothered in a silky egg gravy with tender beef and greens. $4.50 each.
A comforting hawker dinner with BB, a bowl of 牛肉河粉 (beef hor fun) each at $4.50, the silky egg-gravy kind. 😋
What we had ($9 total):
- Two plates of beef hor fun: flat rice noodles in a silky egg gravy with tender beef and greens, with pickled green chilli on the side
This is the Cantonese wat tan style, where the hor fun is smothered in a glossy, egg-thickened gravy rather than fried dry. The wide rice noodles sit underneath, soaking up a savoury brown gravy run through with ribbons of egg, smooth and comforting.
The beef was the draw: thin slices velveted so they stay soft and tender, cooked just through in the gravy, with that lovely melt-in-the-mouth texture good beef hor fun is all about. A few stalks of greens through it keep things fresh, and the little dish of pickled green chilli on the side adds a sharp, tangy lift that cuts through the rich gravy beautifully.
Pour the chilli vinegar over, stir it through, and every mouthful turns savoury and bright. A silky, soothing plate, and a steal at $4.50.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Silky egg-gravy hor fun with tender velveted beef, lifted by tangy pickled chilli. Would re-order.
