Pork congee + you tiao + soya bean ($4.80)!
Li Fang Porridge breakfast — pork congee with minced pork ball, scallions, fried shallots, served with you tiao + soya bean drink. $3.80 + $1.
Breakfast — Li Fang Porridge pork congee + you tiao + soya bean for $4.80. Old-school SG breakfast set. 😋
What was on the tray ($3.80 + $1):
- Pork congee ($3.80, 丽芳粥品 bowl) — smooth white rice congee topped with a minced pork ball + chopped scallions + fried shallots + a dash of dark soya / sesame oil.
- You tiao (fried dough fritter) laid across the bowl — golden brown, the long Chinese cruller.
- Soya bean drink ($1) in a plastic cup with blue straw — the proper hawker-stall fresh soya bean (slightly warm, not the cartoned version).
Li Fang Porridge (丽芳粥品) is the SG hawker congee specialist — they do the slow-boiled smooth-style congee where the rice grains are barely visible (cooked down until they dissolve into a creamy white porridge), versus the Cantonese version where rice grains stay intact.
The minced pork ball is the standard topping — pre-formed minced pork balls dropped into the hot congee at the order, cooking through in the residual heat. Scallions + fried shallots add the aromatic finish.
The you tiao dunking technique is the proper way to eat congee — tear off a piece, dip into the congee, let it absorb the broth, eat. The crispy-then-soggy texture transformation is the whole point. You tiao without congee is dry; congee without you tiao is missing the textural contrast.
Soya bean at $1 is the cheap classic pairing — soya milk’s nutty richness balances the savoury congee. Most stalls only charge $1-1.20 for the fresh house-made version.
Total: $4.80 for the full breakfast set.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. Congee was the proper smooth-style, you tiao stayed crispy until dunking, pork ball was juicy, soya bean was the fresh house-made type. Classic SG breakfast. 😍👍🏼
