鸭粿条 + 豆干 ($3.60)!
A hawker plate of Teochew braised duck kway teow: flat rice noodles in a dark braising sauce with sliced duck and tau kwa. $3.60.
A comforting, old-school hawker lunch: 鸭粿条 + 豆干 (braised duck kway teow with tau kwa), $3.60. 😋
What I had:
- Duck kway teow: flat rice noodles with sliced braised duck and tau kwa, in a dark braising sauce, with soup and chilli on the side
This is Teochew braised duck done the everyday way, and it is so satisfying. The duck is slow-braised in a dark soy master stock until the meat is tender and infused right through with that sweet-savoury, five-spice-scented braise, then sliced and laid over the noodles. The glossy braising sauce is spooned over everything, dark and rich and a little sweet.
The kway teow (wide flat rice noodles) is the perfect base, soft and slippery, soaking up all that sauce. And the tau kwa (firm beancurd) is the quiet hero on the side: braised in the same master stock so it drinks up the flavour, with a firm, satisfying bite.
There is a bowl of clear soup to sip alongside and a little dish of chilli for heat. It is humble, hearty and full of that deep braised flavour that only comes from a long-simmered master stock. At $3.60, properly good hawker value.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Tender braised duck and silky kway teow in a rich master-stock sauce, comforting and cheap. Would re-order.
