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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Chay Kway Teow used to be a food dish sold by enterprising hawkers to poor coolie workers who lived and worked alongside the Singapore River. Containing cockles, pork lard and bean sprout (all cheaply available), it appeals to coolies as they need huge amount of energy for their backbreaking work. Adding some black sauce for taste, it soon became popular among them for its high energy and cheap price.
Nowadays however, health conscious Singaporean will choose to ignore the merits that the coolies saw in Chay Kway Teow if they want to have a plate of it. The black sauce and pork lard will do a good job in clotting up our arteries today considering that the majority of us do not have to carry sacks of rice from the ship to the riverside for a living and thus is not recommended as a staple food dish.
The taste of Lau Fu Zi Chay Kway Teow lingers in your mouth long after you have consumed it. The stall have won numerous accolades for it and I guess I would not add anymore superlatives on it. Although I felt that standards have dropped a little since the time I ate when I was a secondary school kid, it is still one of the best Chay Kway Teow I have eaten.
On a parting note, the best way to describe it would be likening it to Popeye's Spinach(yup, have that song ringing in your head). Once you eat it, your productivity grows exponentially.
Address:
Mood Uplifting Determinant (MUD): 9.5 (10 if it tasted like how it tasted when I was in secondary school)
51 Old Airport Road
01-12 Old Airport Road Food Centre
Mood Uplifting Determinant (MUD): 9.5 (10 if it tasted like how it tasted when I was in secondary school)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A trip to the the United Kingdoms made me appreciate acutely the richness of the food culture in Singapore. Chinese, Malay, Indian, Italian, French ... You name it, you have it in Singapore. After a good rest, it was down to Old Airport Road food centre for a humble plate of Chay Kway Teow from the Lao Fu Zi stall. But alas!, it was closed by the time we reached. With a hungry stomach begging to be satisfied, it was straight for a another simple but humble dish we have in Singapore. The prawn noodles.
The prawn noodles contains elements from the Malay and Chinese food culture. Malay chilli spices mixed with Chinese noodles and a spicy based soup, it is another classic example of how food in Singapore is created from an amalgamation of two or more different cultures. Just like other local dishes like Chay Kway Teow and Fried Hokkien Mee, prawn noodles in Singapore is a food defined by its cultural hybridity.
The prawn noodle at Old Airport Road... What can I say? I would think that it leaves much to be desired. The chilli they used was not sweet enough and as a result, did not manage to create a good blend with the noodles, fried unions and pork lards. The flavor of the soup was not deep enough and can be improved as well.
However, the prawns were fresh and crunchy making up for the not as tasty noodles. Overall I would not say that it was bad. Just not good enough to leave me chirpy for the rest of the night. After a long journey home, this bowl of prawn noodle definitely raised my mood.
Mood Uplifting Determinant (MUD): 7 (not bad, raised my mood but it did not last for long)
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