叉烧 烧肉 面 ($4.50)!
A hawker plate of Cantonese roast meat noodles: dry egg noodles in dark sauce topped with char siu and crispy siu yuk, with greens. $4.50.
A roast-meat fix for lunch: 叉烧 烧肉 面 (char siu and siu yuk noodles), $4.50. 😋
What I had:
- Char siu and siu yuk noodles: dry egg noodles in a dark sauce, topped with sliced char siu and crispy roast pork belly, with greens
This is the double-roast-meat plate, and getting both 叉烧 (char siu) and 烧肉 (siu yuk) in one bowl is the best of both worlds. The char siu brings the sweet side: slices of honey-glazed roast pork with that glossy, caramelised, lacquered edge, sticky and savoury-sweet. The siu yuk brings the savoury crunch: roast pork belly with crackly skin on top and tender, fatty meat underneath, the layers of skin, fat and meat in every piece.
Underneath, the springy egg noodles are tossed in a dark, savoury sauce so each strand is glossy and full of flavour, with a few stalks of crunchy greens to balance the richness. You get a bit of sweet char siu, a bit of crispy siu yuk and a twirl of saucy noodles in each mouthful.
It is a generous, satisfying plate that delivers two kinds of roast meat for the price of one. At $4.50, properly good hawker value.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Sweet glazed char siu and crispy siu yuk over springy noodles, a great roast-meat bowl. Would re-order.
