Saw Johor foodies Andy Tan and Aus Pe share about a "new" char siew and siew yok stall in Tampoi at the cluster of coffee shops and restaurants near the Cycle and Carriage showroom / workshop off Jalan Skudai.
Stall name: 傳統炭烤燒腩
Address: Coffee shop at the intersection of Lorong Betik and Jalan Dato Mohammed Seth (next door to Restoran Onn Kee Jaya)
Hours: 9:00am - 2:00pm (alternate Thurs off)
The stall closes every alternate Thursday, but I tried my luck anyway (today is Thursday). Fortunately, the little stall at the intersection of Lorong Betik and Jalan Dato Mohammed Seth was opened.
This stall is not exactly new. It was operating at a house based coffee shop known as New Mountain and moved to this location a week ago. It already has a following.
Supposed to open at 9am but this kiasu Singaporean already ordered at 8:45am, because I was afraid of the crowd no thanks to Andy and Aus Pe's posts.
Boss roasts his slabs with charcoal at home.
The char siew looked interesting. They were short and thin, and looked like thick strips of ham (rather than looking like ropes like typical char siew). They sport a reddish coat with a glazy sheen and a bit of char at the fringes.
Boss cuts his char siew and siew yok into relatively small pieces. Personally, I prefer them in hearty chunks.
The siew yok had good texture - the skin was crisp, the meat tender, the fat was moist and soft. Flavour was mainly mildly savoury salty and there wasn't any porcine taste, hence it was slightly flat tasting (I wish there was a bit of porky flavour).
Boss cut the char siew into little bite size pieces. They tasted sweet savoury and felt like pieces of candy. They were tender and juicy because they had a layer of fat. I like this char siew.
I like the textures and flavours but I prefer them in bigger chunks so that I can feel the textures and taste the flavours more fully.
How's the price?
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