Chao Xing Cooked Food serve kway chap popular with regulars at Hainanese Village Centre in Hougang, judging by the long queue at the stall everyday. It's one of the hundreds of food stalls that epitomises Singapore hawker culture upholding tradition, taste, affordability and community.
Typical line at Chao Xiang Cooked Food (stall on the left). Waiting time is about 20 - 40 minutes.
All these food for $3. A plate of pork parts and a bowl of kway (rice sheets).
They serve stewed pork parts like various intestine, belly, skin, fish cake, tofu, egg etc. I ordered my usual big intestine head and skin.
The intestines were stewed till soft spongy. They were well infused with a mild savoury soy sauce flavour. Chewing on the spongy intestines, a subtle porcine sweetness come to the fore after the initial savoury taste. I don't remember any herbal taste in Chao Xiang's kway chap.
The intestines were very well cleaned, so there was no off taste at all.
The pig skin was soft-tender with a slight spring to the bite. They were infused with the same savoury soy flavour.
The bowl of kway (rice sheet) come in a bowl of watery sauce and topped with chopped parsley and fried garlic. I asked aunty for more fried garlic and she tossed in another spoonful without hesitation.
The sauce was savoury with added umami from the crisp fried garlic - the smaller bits dissolved and surrendered their flavour to the sauce.
The rice sheets were thin, soft and smooth. It was slightly sweet and was well complemented by the savoury taste of the sauce clinging to its broad sides.
In Singapore, rice sheets are all factory made. The type I prefer is thicker, softer and less smooth than that which Chao Xiang uses. The thicker, softer type has more rice flavour and the subtly rougher surface catches more sauce on its sides.
Chao Xiang's chili (no picture) is the sourish spicy type which is quite sharp and does a good job cutting through the grease of the pork.
I don't know, this humble, tasty and affordable meal makes me feel peaceful, blessed and at home.
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Written by Tony Boey on 25 Apr 2021
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