Not one who is usually taken by this local delicacy — wouldn’t be wrong if someone classes me as one of those “youngsters” that is contributing to how Char Kway Teow is going to be extinct in the gentrification of hawker culture, but that’s usually because of how some variants can be a little too sweet, a little too greasy, and a little flat.

We aren’t really here to comment on anything else apart from the food — so I must say that Liang Ji Fried Kway Teow is actually one of those that I really wouldn’t mind having it again; a pity how they were kinda overshadowed by Pang’s Hakka Noodles during the time when they were at Xin Tekka (lest the period they were doing the National Day promotion). The Fried Kway Teow isn’t particularly cheap here — $5 for a small plate and $7 for the only other larger size; which made me rather hesitant to order the Premium Crab Fried Kway Teow which is available only in a single size at $9.90. Nonetheless, Liang Ji’s Fried Kway Teow is what I look for in a good plate of Char Kway Teow — it’s sufficiently dry yet slurpy without swimming in grease; still sweet from the toss-up of sauces and yet coming with a slight hint of wok-hei. While there are bits of lupcheong around for a slight contrast of sweetness and bite, its the abundance of bean sprouts in their rendition that provides much of the textural crunch apart from the slight qq-ness of the fishcakes added. As one who rarely orders Fried Kway Teow, Liang Ji’s plain Jane rendition is one that I actually found quite fitting to my liking.

Since I had went for coffee from Kurasu during the last visit to Blk 261 Waterloo Street, it’s only “right” to get my cuppa from Clap Cafe this time round — the black was pretty well-rounded with a punchy body, with an earthier flavour profile and a clean finish; works as a good mid-day perk me up.