Jian Bo Shui Kueh
Chwee kueh (4 for S$1.00).
Jian Bo Shui Kueh is a Singapore household name synonymous with great chwee kueh (steamed rice flour cakes topped with chopped salted radish). Having been ages since the last time I had their chwee kueh, we popped by Tiong Bahru market last weekend for an afternoon snack.
Their chwee kuehs are still as good as ever. A perfect equilibrium of softness and firmness, the texture of the plain rice cakes was oh-so-smooth. The sweet-salty chai poh (salted radish) had been fried till fragrant without being overly oily. Who would have thought a marriage of humble rice cakes and salted radish would taste so heavenly?
Char kway teow (small, S$2.00).
Still feeling peckish, we ordered a small char kway teow to share from Tiong Bahru Fried Kway Teow, the stall opposite Jian Bo. Surprisingly, it was pretty good. R and I thought this version was almost as good as the one at Zion Riverside, whose standards seemed to have slipped a bit lately.
Jian Bo Shui Kueh (01-06)
Tiong Bahru Fried Kway Teow (01-40)
Tiong Bahru (Temporary) Market & Food Centre
2A Kim Pong Road
cheers!
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Ooohhh I love Chwee Kueh so much! This post actually made me drool.
Posted by: tscd | Sunday, October 09, 2005 at 09:41 PM
hi tscd,
I love chwee kueh too. Jian Bo's were wonderful; very more-ish. :)
Posted by: Julia | Sunday, October 09, 2005 at 09:50 PM
My favourites..! chwee kueh.. and CKT...! i can only dream of them now.. :(
Posted by: Big BoK | Sunday, October 09, 2005 at 11:45 PM
oh dear this is making me very homesick, especially since i'm a major chwee kuay and ckt fan. boohooooo
Posted by: gwenda | Monday, October 10, 2005 at 08:28 AM
Julia, I love the Tiong Bahru's chai kuih. Msians always complain Spore has no good hawker food but they have not discovered this great chai kuih which is so much better than the ones you get in Msia.
Posted by: boo_licious | Monday, October 10, 2005 at 08:06 PM
Hi Julia,
I love chwee kway. My friend is coming to Hawaii in a couple of weeks and will be bringing some of the chwee kway molds for me so that I can make them here. I just need to find some chai poh.
BTW...I hope you ate more than just the four on the plate there. =P
Posted by: Reid | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at 12:15 PM
everytime i'm at tiong bahru market, even if i try not to, i end up finding myself in the queue for Jian Bo's chwee kueh... it's a pavlov's reaction!
Posted by: eatzycath | Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 12:50 AM