Chye Tow Kway



Chiak Ba Boh?

Located in a dingy coffeshop along Upper Bukit Timah Road (Off Bukit Panjang, Opposite Mindef, next to the new condo project (The Linear). This inconspicuous stall "Mei Fa Na Shou Cai Tou Guo" probably makes (imho) the best Fried Carrot Cake on this side of the island - much better than the one (and many fake ones) at the nearby "7 mile" market across Beauty World Centre. I used to patronise the one at "7 mile" when I was young and was probably one of my favourites. The old skinny old uncle with white hair fries the carrpt cake to perfection and there was usually a long wait for a $1.50 plate. I don't know whether the uncle is still around (i dunno but the uncle then didn't particularly looked in the pink of health - i hope he is still well and healthy) but I think the current standard has dropped tremendously.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand - This stall (Mei Fa that is) makes their own carrot cake and fries it to crispy perfection. Order the white one rather than the black one and you will know what i mean. The carrot cake is crispy on the outside and soft in the inside. Compared to the famous carrot cake stall at Redhill market (one of my faourite), the "kway" is a bit harder but this is more than compensated by excellent frying technique which the Redhill one lacks. The Redhill one on the other hand has the tastiest and smoothest "kway" (imho) of all the carrot cakes that I have tasted so far. Prices start at $2 and the stall is open most days.

FatPapa Rating: Mei Fa (3.5 out of 5 stars); Redhill (4 out of 5 stars)
Pull radius: Mei Fa (20km); Redhill (50km)

Remarks: The coffeshop also has a stall that sells Prawn/Pork Intestine Noodles. Unlike the usual Prawn noodle, this one uses black soy sauce, the style more commonly found in Malaysia. Either you love it or you hate it - I found it quite ok, worth a try.