Hill Street Char Kway Teow

I used to work downtown and would eat at this food center just next to the hill street Fire Station and once in a while would order this fried kway teow.  Friend introduced their new location at Bedok South and finally got to eat it again after many years.

Ambience:  It's a hawker center,  but a relatively secluded hawker center, and not to be mixed up with the Central Bedok food center (which I went to ).

Food:  Good quality sausages,  medium sized cockels, lots of goey eggs, well fried noodles and fresh towgay.  All mixed up to taste pretty good as fried kway teow.  Don't think they swithced to veg oil yet.

Value:  Still relatively low priced.

Service:  Self service,  so low points for service.

Whenever i have a craving for CKT, there is only Hill Street CKT which can hit all the right spots. A Makansutra legend and arguably one of the best plates of CKT you can find on the island, be prepared to wait quite long. For $2.50 a plate, its bad for your health so its one of my guilty pleasures, but when you behold a plate of beautifully cooked CKT, its really one of the simple pleasures of life.

i was pleasantly surprised to see no queue at the stall. turn out u place your orders and come back for it and the wait is approx 20mins. haa.

the first thing i tasted when i took my 1st mouth of ckt was LARD. of cos ckt uses lard but it was kind of overwhelming for me.

plently of bean sprouts, lap cheong, spring onion. hum could have more, haa.

overall not too oily but not my cup of tea. for the lard lovers, this would probably please your palate =)

Here's my thing with Hill Street Char Kway Teow - I have been eating it so long I feel there is a huge difference when the old uncle fries vs a younger lady doing it. With a dish like Char Kway Teow it is not about recipe. Fire control, timing and innate knowledge simply cannot be pass on so have it while he is still able to do it....

I only order if I see uncle frying otherwise I eat the fish ball noodle opposite. The fish ball is just damn soft yet bouncy.... good stuff =) Recommended if you are there anyway....

My doctor has advised that I stay away from fried kway teow, but when I was told that this guy has been frying away even before Singapore became independent, I had to have a plate even though I had already had my lunch.

The "wok hay" is really good and I can see why so many flock here to eat his fried noodles. Also I liked the fact that it is not too oily. Mr. Ng is also a very sociable guy, and if you catch him at his off hours he will tell you his life story.

You can catch this guy cooking at the Big Eat Out on 22 November at the Peranakan Museum. Not to be missed!

I love this char kuay teow. Have to be there early, usually sold out by 7.30pm. I love the green on the plates, the uncle is very generous and always give lots of veggie.

We were introduced to this place by friends who guaranteed that it would not disappoint. So, with half-filled stomachs from lunch, we ventured to taste a Makansutra Legend's ware.

At 2pm, there was no queue and most of the patrons seated around that section weren't here for it Char Kway Teow, which really surprised.

Good:

Generous serving of RAW cockles & crunchy beansprouts. Am not a fan of crispy pork lard but I am sure it will appeal to many.

Bad:

The noodles lack the oomph! (or wok hei) and taste was lacking.

Even our friend agreed that it wasn't so good.

Okay, I must first admit I ain't a Char Kway Teow addict.

Ate this yesterday for lunch, waited 15 mins for my order (w/o hum