Egg fried rice with shrimps ($6.50)!
Saturday hawker — egg fried rice with shrimps $6.50. Chinese fried rice with seafood.
Hawker dinner: egg fried rice with shrimps, $6.50. Simple, smoky and satisfying. 😋
This is the zi char classic done right, and the secret is all in the wok. The rice is fried hard over a roaring flame so the grains stay loose and pick up that smoky wok hei char that’s almost impossible to replicate at home, then bound with egg so every spoonful is golden rather than clumpy. Light soy and sesame oil keep the seasoning clean, letting the smokiness and the egg do the talking.
The shrimps are the upgrade that makes it a meal: sweet, plump and cooked just until they turn pink and snappy, scattered through so you get one in most mouthfuls. They add a sweetness and bite that lift it above a plain egg fried rice, and pair beautifully with the savoury, eggy grains.
It’s the kind of unfussy, comforting plate that’s deceptively hard to do well, get the wok hei and the egg right and you don’t need much else. At $6.50, a tasty, generous dish.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Smoky, loose-grained egg fried rice with sweet, plump shrimps. A well-executed zi char classic. Would re-order.
