Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow (Whampoa Makan Place Block 90)

Chuan Kee Char Kway Teow is a must-try!

Even on a weekday lunch, the queue was snaking long—a clear sign of its popularity. For just $3, the portion was generous and packed with flavor. The dish had a strong, smoky wok hei that was incredibly satisfying, and it was loaded with fresh bean sprouts.

What really stood out were the generous bits of Chinese sausage (Lup Cheong), which added a delicious savory-sweet touch to every bite.

A fantastic and affordable plate of char kway teow!

Usually it isn’t quite my idea to order Fried Kway Teow — a dish I pretty much rather have shared considering how it tends to get a little bit too greasy and heavy for me. There again, it’s difficult not to have one if the trip to the food centre was planned — and that’s how we had ended up with this Fried Kway Teow from Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow at Whampoa Drive Food Centre.

Pretty impressed with the Fried Kway Teow here which is fried by a somewhat elderly uncle — the Fried Kway Teow here being served with quite a good portion of other condiments such as beansprouts, Chinese sausage, a small amount of pork lard, Hum, and some greens. The end product was a plate of fried noodles that is pretty savoury and smoky from the wok hei — the lack of sweetness for the Fried Kway Teow brings their variant closer to the Penang Fried Kway Teow than the local version; something which I was actually pretty fine with since I am not a big fan of sweet sauce in general. Coming in a rather generous serving size at $3 that is rather close to the $4/$5 portions elsewhere, I liked how every spoonful comes with other elements that adds a lot of texture to the noodles; crunch from the greens and beansprouts and a bite from the Chinese sausage. Pretty much of a respectable rendition of Fried Kway Teow that may not be the best, but certainly one that is executed with some skill that sets it apart from the average plate of Char Kway Teow elsewhere.

Ditto. Not really a compliment. I appreciated the wok hei, but overall it's not a great ckt.

It’s very easy to make me happy ... just give me CKT 😂.
Feature Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow.
This CKT is really tasty, the wok Hei very strong and it’s not sweet type of ckt, which I prefer my ckt to be.
💰$3
📍Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow.
#01-41 Whampoa Makan Place.
90 Whampoa Drive.

Fried one plate at a time, the “char kway teow” here has an intense smokiness, almost to the point of a charred fragrance. It is what blows me away about this hawker’s version of the dish. He also throws in crispy pork lard which in my opinion, is mandatory. Two kinds of vegetables are included - beansprouts and “chye sim”. I like how they give the noodles a bit of a lift and crunch.
Do note this stall does the Singapore-style of “char kway teow” which means a thick and sweet black sauce is drizzled in. Frankly, I prefer the savoury Penang style but because of the way this hawker does his frying, that sweet sauce gets to be a bit caramelised. The result is a very tasty plate of noodles I would queue for again.

Do note that they only open at 12pm, and the Uncle fries it a plate at a time.

I would recommend this stall if you are around this area and need a good char kway teow. Add more cockles and I would skip the pork lards as they were rather stale on the last plate I had.

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