Rice & Roll

Those who have seen my post on Chee Cheong Fun will likely have noticed how I have always seemed to have mentioned about a certain Rice & Roll — a stall that is located at the Food Loft coffeeshop at Blk 107 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 which is just a stone’s throw away from Mayflower MRT Station. The same coffeeshop is also now home to a new outlet of Chef Kin HK Wanton Noodle as well, which has been seemingly been rather aggressive in its expansion plans lately.

Created as a limited time-only special, the Black Sesame Cheong Fun features black sesame powder, and comes drenched with a house-made sweet ginger syrup over the top; a rather interesting sweet rendition instead of the savoury ones that we are familiar with when it comes to Cheong Fun. Available till the end of the year or till once it has been sold out, these rolls are pretty much the same in terms of texture and consistency as the ones I previously had when they have first opened; there is this qq texture to their rice rolls with an evident rice-y note lingering around — the rolls smooth and silken, and carried a slightly wrinkled aesthetic that seems to be typical of stone-milled Chee Cheong Fun as we come to know these days. Here, the roasty black sesame is especially evident; yet not heavy enough to cause a scratchy throat — but what is especially wonderful is that house-made ginger syrup that seems to have incorporated the use of Japanese brown sugar(?). The strong earthy note with a controlled level of sweetness is especially enticing with the gingery finish at the end — so good on its own, and also replicates that of the Tang Yuan that we enjoy during winter solstice; the same exact item that this item takes inspiration from.

It is interesting to see how Rice & Roll has managed to think out of the box with their limited time-only special; a very incentive approach to the Chee Cheong Fun that we have been all too familiar with. With the Thomson-East Coast Line now open, it certainly is more convenient to get here; looking forward to hopefully more releases such as these in the future!

Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun

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Came across this fairly new Chee Cheong Fun stall within the Foodloft coffeeshop at the void deck of 107 Ang Mo Kio 4 on social media recently — the stall seemingly prides itself over their rice slurry to be used with their Chee Cheong Fun which is made in-house by grinding the rice grains with a stone mill; videos of which can be found on their Instagram account @ricenrollsg, which I thought was pretty interesting to check out.

To be really frank, my idea of the ideal Chee Cheong Fun has been relatively simple in the past; as long as it is smooth and silken without being too thick, I would be relatively satisfied. But truth to be told, the Scallop Chee Cheong Fun was ready to up the game here; it’s always in the details, some would say. For one, I really dig how the Chee Cheong Fun here comes with diced fresh scallops; they were incredibly fresh, bouncy and comes with a slight natural sweetness, but the Chee Cheong Fun itself was out to impress — never actually quite had a Chee Cheong Fun that is quite as chewy, yet doesn’t stick to the teeth. It’s smooth and silken no doubt, but there is quite a tactile bite without it actually feeling particularly thick – something that I absolutely dig for the rendition here. The soy sauce here isn’t quite up to my taste buds though; felt like a more savoury version of the typical soy sauce used for HK-style Chee Cheong Fun — also did away with the sweetness whilst at that, though the chili sauce did carry an intriguing smokiness amidst the usual savoury notes — the spiciness being rather mild and pretty manageable for most.

Its location feels relatively hidden for now but the coffeeshop is situated in a HDB block just next to one of the exits for the new Mayflower MRT Station along the Thomson-East Coast Line (glad how they are relatively nearby to my place by train). There are many places that actually serve Chee Cheong Fun around, but their version is something I have yet to experience until now — a hidden gem that is worth checking out if Chee Cheong Fun is totally your jam!