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Char kway teow at a hawker stall ($5)!
Hawker char kway teow — wok-fried flat rice noodles with yellow mee, bean sprouts, lap cheong, fish cake and cockles in dark sweet sauce. $5.
Cravings called for char kway teow — hit a hawker stall for $5 of glorious wok-hei. 😋
What was on the red plate ($5):
- A generous serving of flat hor fun (kway teow) and yellow mee mixed together — slick with dark sweet soy sauce, glistening, the kind of plate that smells of wok smoke from a metre away.
- Crunchy bean sprouts scattered throughout for the contrast.
- Sliced lap cheong (Chinese sausage) with that signature fatty-sweet bite.
- Pieces of fish cake for the chewy hawker classic.
- A few plump cockles hiding under the noodles — the heritage detail you either love or skip.
The wok hei was real — that smoky char in every bite that tells you the cook knows their hot pan. Noodles weren’t oily despite the dark sauce.
Total: $5. Hawker pricing for a proper smoky CKT.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. Smokiness was on point, lap cheong was distributed evenly, cockles were fresh — all the components hit. Will be back for the same plate. 😍👍🏼
