Silky CCF loaded with prawn, char siew & mushrooms with house-made sauce

Regardless of its reputation as a neighborhood breakfast staple, I’ve by no means been a giant fan of chee cheong enjoyable. These slick, flat rice sheets have a tough time maintaining with my gluttonous urge for food and I discover myself needing extra meals after each CCF meal. Towards all intuition, I launched into a protracted cross-country journey to the East but once more. This time, it was to see if my notion would maintain true towards King of Cheong Enjoyable, a not too long ago opened stall at Bedok.

The coffeeshop is a number of steps from Bedok 85 Market, so navigating was fortunately simple for this poor West-sider. As if I wasn’t feeling like a fish out of water sufficient, the skies opened as we have been in the midst of our meal, unleashing a torrent of deafening gloom.

The stall is managed by a pair who’ve gone to nice lengths to duplicate Guangzhou-style cheong enjoyable — every thing from the gear used to their recipe is genuine.

What I attempted at King of Cheong Enjoyable

There have been a complete of seven filling choices on the menu however the woman knowledgeable us that the Signature Household Combo Cheong Enjoyable (S$8.50) got here with all of them. We later came upon that you tiao was not included.

Every bit of the household combo cheong enjoyable was checkered with inky mushroom slices peeking by shiny white pores and skin. The fillings gave every bit some bulk, some threatening to spill from the openings on both sides. Because the sauce had settled a good bit by the point we set to work, some components had been tinted a lightweight brown. 

I used to be left with a easy savoury impression by the house-made sauce, having been largely accustomed to sweeter and thicker renditions. The velvety easy pores and skin of the cheong enjoyable served as an unrivalled wrapping to the comfortable innards that supplied a pleasantly mild mouthfeel. 

It was simply unlucky that the textures melded collectively so effectively that it turned troublesome to differentiate between the elements.

Inelegantly deconstructing one cheong enjoyable, we made out prawns, char siew and eggs together with greens and mushroom inside the silky layers. The prawn have been notably recent whereas the char siew possessed lighter candy notes. I’d say the enjoyment is derived not from anybody aspect particularly however each filling as a complete.

King of Cheong Enjoyable offers each chilli sauce and a fairly fiery sambal to go along with your cheong enjoyable. Whereas the sauce works simply superb, I can think about spice lovers would fairly have the deep kicks of the latter to raise the cheong enjoyable’s mellower flavours.

We determined to have Plain Cheong Enjoyable (S$3.40) to match with its brimming counterpart. Sadly, towards such bountiful competitors, it paled utterly. There’s little motive to go for these empty vessels (save for the sauce) when an additional S$1.50 or S$2 can web you one thing extra toothsome. In the event you simply need to dip your toes of their rendition of cheong enjoyable, it’s nonetheless a great starter.

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King of Cheong Enjoyable presents quite a lot of dim sum choices as effectively. The Steamed Pork Ribs with Black Bean sauce (S$3.40) have been served in a small steaming basket.

The meat was robust, which made touchdown a great chunk troublesome with sauce slicked throughout its floor. After I ultimately bought round to chunking it, the well-seasoned meat returned a nice brine. With a number of insistent dips, a stronger savoury hit and a refined prickly aspect introduced itself. Fortunately, the meat was a contact softer on the within.

Of the dim sum choice we had, the Har Gow (S$3.80 for 3pcs) have been essentially the most fulfilling. Their pores and skin was completely chewy and taut with somewhat stretch whereas the shrimp inside added a mild candy meatiness. 

The Siew Mai (S$3.50 for 4pcs) have been very gentle on the palate. There was not one of the pleasant scent that follows once you take the primary chunk. A contact too dry and scant in flavour outdoors of the marginally savoury meat.

Closing ideas

I’d suggest avoiding the Household Combo and choosing particular cheong enjoyable fillings in order for you higher bang to your buck as we have been nonetheless hungry after ending every thing. We by no means bought to strive the Golden Carrot Cake (S$3.40 for 3pcs), purportedly made in-house, as they’d run out. An attention-grabbing choose on a future go to could be the Steamed Bee Hoon (S$5).

Total, the daring identify conjures up some confidence however as a non-CCF aficionado, I wasn’t all that swayed by the choices. In the event you’re a die-hard CCF lover, they’re positively value making an attempt.

Anticipated harm: S$3 – S$14 per pax

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