Scissors cut curry rice ($3.20)!
Kallang hawker scissors cut curry rice $3.20 — the chaotic, gravy-soaked plate of pork chop, cabbage, curry and luncheon meat over rice.
Wednesday lunch at the Kallang hawker for scissors cut curry rice — one of the most idiosyncratic Singapore-Hainanese dishes, where the stall literally takes a pair of kitchen scissors and snips the pork chop into bite-sized pieces over your plate.
We ordered:
- Scissors cut curry rice (pork chop, cabbage, luncheon meat) — $3.20
The construction is half the appeal. White rice base, dark sweet-soy gravy ladled over half the plate, yellow curry sauce ladled over the other half so they meet in the middle. On top: snipped fried pork chop pieces, slices of luncheon meat, braised cabbage, and a scoop of stewed pork stew if you want it.
The pork chop was the headline — battered, fried, then chopped wet into the gravies so each piece soaks up sauce as it sits. Crispy edges go slightly tender, but you eat fast so the centre still has crunch. Luncheon meat for that salty processed-meat hit, cabbage for the sweetness.
The gravy-curry combination is the whole point. The dark sweet-soy is sticky and complex, the curry is mild and creamy with potato chunks. Mixed together over rice, they create a third sauce that’s better than either.
At $3.20 a plate this is hawker pricing at its most generous — the kind of dish that makes office workers cancel restaurant plans.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Classic chaotic plate done well — would always come back.
