Yong tau foo ($10.20) @ Loong Kee Yong Tau Fu, Jurong West 505!
Loong Kee Yong Tau Fu 龍記釀豆腐 at Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre: dry yong tau foo over hor fun, $10.20, in a thick dark sauce, with clear soup on the side.
A loaded plate of yong tau foo from 龍記釀豆腐 Loong Kee Yong Tau Fu, $10.20. 🥢😋
What we had ($10.20):
- Yong tau foo, dry with hor fun, $10.20
Loong Kee is the yong tau foo stall at Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre, and it is listed in the Michelin Guide for its take on the Hakka classic. You pick your own pieces from the tray, minimum five, and then decide how you want them served: dry, in soup, with laksa gravy, or over chee cheong fun, mee or rice.
We went dry over hor fun, which means the flat rice noodles go underneath and everything gets a thick dark sauce spooned over the top. That sauce is the house signature, glossy and deep brown, sweet-savoury and thick enough to coat rather than run off, so every piece carries some.
The plate was a good spread of what they stuff. Wedges of fried tau kwa with firm golden crusts, puffy tau pok, folds of beancurd skin, slices of fish cake, dark brinjal, and a lady’s finger split and packed with fish paste, the green pod bright against all the brown. The fish paste through the pieces was springy and generous rather than a thin smear, which is where the extra dollars go.
The clear soup came separately in its own bowl with tofu, cabbage, broccoli and bok choy floating in it, light and clean. That is the pairing that makes dry yong tau foo work: heavy sauce on the plate, something plain to sip alongside.
At $10.20 this was a generous plate, and worth the trip out west if you like your yong tau foo with a good sauce.
Overall: 4.1 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Thick glossy sauce, springy fish paste and a clean soup on the side. Would order again.
