Randomly checking out this foodcourt at a neighbourhood, the burnt char siew caught my eye. Unfortunately it wasn’t half fatty, a little lean for me. If not will be 5 Eggs Rating immediately. Also, quite pricey for a coffeeshop.
Taste: 🍳🍳🍳🍳 Portion: 🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳 Service: Self-service. Price: $5.50. Take the combo next time, more worth it. Ambience: Coffeeshop RTE: If I’m around the area
Discovered another hidden gem today while I was looking for undiscovered food places in Geylang area during lunch today. This whole coffeeshop belongs to one owner and apparently their curry rice is quite popular too. But let’s focus on the roast meat stall first. 😉
Stall within coffeeshopYummy roasted meatsSee how much roasted meats on the rice!!!Look at the well defined layers!
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Taste:
Ordered my standard char siew and siew yoke rice as that is my benchmark to test for good roast meats. Siew yoke’s skin was crackling and the meat was tender while the char siew had lightly burnt ends and half fat proportions. Rice was little but I was ok with it as I didn’t wanna eat too much for lunch. The roast meats were charcoal roasted and really yummy. There goes my diet, damn.
Recently I had the craving for kway chap cos I have not eaten that for a long time. Headed to my favourite stall To-richo but it was closed! Damn! So I went around to look for something nice for lunch and I came across this Roast Paradise which I haven’t seen around. So I decided to try it. I also noticed the guy behind the counter is pretty young hence I enquired some info from them via email.
I found out from them they just started on August 2015 only and the 2 partners, Kai and Randall, are in their 20s. Both of them used to work in the night life industry which made me curious why such a big change in profession. I was told that they realised that there are not many true char siew roasters who would spend hours slow roasting their meats to get the right texture. That is why their passion for char siew took over and hence entering the F&B market.
Hawker centre is the natural choice instead of some fancy shops due to keeping overheads lower. Char siew afterall is a traditional local dish which should not cost an arm and a leg. Starting out was tough for them as they have no prior F&B experience hence a steep learning curve for them from day 1. But most importantly, like in all trades, they must enjoy what they are doing and do it with passion. I wish these 2 lads all the best and I hope fellow Singaporeans can support budding entrepreneurs like them and support local businesses. #supportlocal #supportlocalfood #soshiokpork
Stall frontLook at the glorious char siew…OMG…Their version of Char Siew Hakka Noodles ($3.20). Noodles were good but a little bland. But I have feedbacked their minced pork could be a little more saltier, flavourful and saucier so that they can use that to spruce up the taste of the noodles. Char siew is really good, tender, well charred, and locking in the juices. Serving is around 50g which was a little small for me. So I added more char siew in the next dish.Char Siew Rice ($3 + $1) Added $1 char siew. Price is definitely reasonable. Char siew is good as usual. Rice is made to taste like chicken rice style which I reckon was unnecessary. Plain white is good enough with some gravy over it. The little plate of sauce was just too overly sweet, which to me, destroyed the taste of the char siew. Keeping it simple is good enough and let the char siew do the talking. Chilli I would recommend the sambal version which I reckon will go well better with the char siew instead of the chicken rice type.
Rating: 4.5/5. Some adjustments will see them having a perfect score.
Taste: Char siew won me over. Good proportion of fats and meat which makes it more delicious. But the rest of the accompaniments are important too for a better overall eating experience for the customers, so I hope they will work towards improving them.
Portion: Slightly below average.
Service: Self-service.
Ambience: Hawker Centre.
Price: As indicated with the pics.
RTE: Definitely!
Location: #01-122 Old Airport Road Food Centre. Hours: Not given but I believe from morning till 3-4pm. Closed on Mondays.
Guan Chee HK Roasted Duck has been around for some time but I remember only coming to this place a few times. They are located at the corner of a coffeeshop, roast their meats daily behind their stall, hence you can smell their amazing aroma from the roasting from far away. I was here for groceries after work and managed to catch them before they close at around 8pm.
As you can see nothing much left when you’re there after 7pm.
I have to agree…
My dinner
Roast Duck is really fragrant and tasty. A little hard and cold though, which it’s prolly ‘cos of hanging out there too long already.
Amazing chilli paste to go with your meats
Beancurd is totally soaked with the sauce… quite yummy
Check out the char siew, with around 40% of fats. I can only imagine how awesome when it’s fresh out of the roasting!
I can’t believe I didn’t write about one of my favourite places for canton roast meats in Singapore! I reckon it’s prolly because I frequented this place way before I started eatwithroy! Believe me, this place has been here since I started working 17 years ago! (Damn, I’ve just disclosed my age!) My memory about this place can sum up with only one word, crowded. Especially during lunch hours. Nevertheless, they always have enough supplies to serve their customers as they roast all their meats at their simple kitchen facility behind.
I visited this place again recently hence I was able to snap pics of the place and the food. Seriously, the standard of the food here did not drop a bit! Love it when they maintain the food standards so that the younger generation can get the taste of the good foods that we eat when we were young! Check out the pics and reviews below:
The eatery
Presentation is not nice during lunch time… but food is good.
Dumplings soup – The dumplings are filled to the brim. No stinge in fillings! Soup stock is of ikan bilis. Lovely.
Rating: 4/5.
Taste: 5/5. I like it because of the nice roast burnt taste on the char siew. The roast pork is not fatty type, so good for me. Roast duck’s skin is fragrant and very tasty. Love it!
Portion: Average.
Service: 4/5. They are trying their best to serve fast but during lunch hours, they are usually damn busy.
Ambience: 3.5/5. Coffee shop style. No air con. Can get quite humid during a hot day.
Price: Less than $25 for 2 pax. Cash only.
RTE: Yes!
Location: 87 Beach Road (Opposite Shaw Towers) Tel: 6334 0268. Opens for lunch till late afternoon only.
If you are in Guangzhou and you would like to try something that locals have on daily basis, you might wanna check out this place. It’s famous among locals for its roast goose and it’s economical rice. Located just opposite Guangzhou Hotel, at Haizhu Square, the place is very easy to find as it’s along the main road.
Very friendly girl who takes orders and payments first before proceeding to collect your food.
They sell loads of these roast goose daily
So after taking your plate of rice, find a seat, they will serve you a cup of super diluted tea and people will just eat loudly around you. 🙂
My plate of roast goose with char siew and some side vegetables. RMB$20 only.
Rating: 4/5
Taste: Could be better but this is kind alike economical rice. So cannot compare with those retaurant type where you pay like RMB$88 for a small plate of meat. So to me, it’s good enough.
