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2012-03-18
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This is definitely one of my favorite eateries. It is located in a hard to find food court and is basically a stall that sells Chiu Chow style dumplings called "Gwe"粿. They also have a few other items on their menu, namely: Chiu Chow Oyster Cake, Shrimp & Gourd Cake, Fried Vermicelli,Rice Cake with Pork innards in a Special Soy Sauce Broth ("粿杂 Gwe Chap"),Fried Rice Cake in sweet soy sauce,Beef meat-balls in sea weed soup andChiu Chow desserts (Green bean soup...etc.).The Chiu Chow style dumplin
Chiu Chow Oyster Cake,
Shrimp & Gourd Cake,
Fried Vermicelli,
Rice Cake with Pork innards in a Special Soy Sauce Broth ("粿杂 Gwe Chap"),
Fried Rice Cake in sweet soy sauce,
Beef meat-balls in sea weed soup and
Chiu Chow desserts (Green bean soup...etc.).
The Chiu Chow style dumplings had different types of fillings, the most famous being Chinese chives. Turnips, Cabbage, Peanuts, Red Beans and Yam were also available sometimes.
You can choose takeaway or ask them to fry it for you ($3-5 per piece minimum order 3 pieces if you need them to fry it for you). I invariably ask them to fry it:
We ordered 1/2 a dozen of Chives dumplings and 1/2 a dozen of Turnip dumplings. Most preferred the chives.
This is the "Gwe Chap"
I know it might look a bit scary for the health conscious but the soup is not as salty as you might think. It is quite aromatic and made with sweet soy sauce and garlic. The rice cakes were very filling. The pork innards and chopped pork belly were delicious as well.The oyster cake and the shrimp cake were also famous and very delicious:
The shrimp cake with chopped gourd is a bit oilier than the oyster cake so be careful. What pleasantly surprises me every time was how big and fresh the shrimps and the oysters were. I believe they use potato starch and/or glutinous rice starch to make the mixture of the pancakes. Both the shrimp cake and the oyster cake were very chewy and crispy. Both of those are recommended.
The oyster congee and oyster pancake is a standard Chiu Chow fare. This did not disappoint as well. The oysters were pretty fresh and substantial. The fried vermicelli was dry and crisp, which is the sign of a well done vermicelli as opposed to a soggy version that most could do. It was fried together with shrimps, carrots and some spring onions. Simple but delicious.
All these food came down to $40 per person (6 persons)
This seems to be a family business and everyone working there seemed to be related to each other. They may sound a bit rough but very actually very friendly.
It's not easy to find a table though. All the restaurants in the food court seemed to have a simple way of indicating which tables belonged to them. But customers didn't need to worry about it as you could sit at any table and could order food from different restaurants as well.
张贴
