Kway chap ($3.60)!
A budget Teochew kway chap: flat rice sheets in dark braising broth with a plate of braised intestines, tau pok, tau kwa and egg. $3.60.
A hearty hawker lunch: kway chap for $3.60. π
What we had:
- Kway chap: flat rice sheets in a dark braising broth, with a plate of braised intestines, tau pok, tau kwa and egg, plus chilli
Finding a good kway chap at $3.60 these days is a small win, and this was a generous bowl. The kway sheets sat in that dark, glossy braising broth, fragrant with five-spice and soy, scattered with fried shallots and scallion, slippery and soothing.
The braised plate is where a kway chap earns its keep. This one had clean-tasting pig intestines (the real test, done without any off taste), spongy tau pok that drinks up the gravy, firm tau kwa (beancurd), and a braised egg stained dark from the master stock. A dish of chilli on the side adds the sharp, vinegary kick that cuts the richness.
It is proper Teochew comfort food, the kind that takes days of patient braising to get right and rewards you with all that deep, soy-savoury flavour. Dip the bits in chilli, spoon up the broth and kway, and work your way happily through it. Lovely value at $3.60.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. πππΌ Silky kway in a dark spiced broth with clean braised intestines and a soy-stained egg. Would re-order.
