(Closed) Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun – Satisfy Your Late Night Cravings Here!

Chee Cheong Fun (steamed rice rolls) is always on my order list on my dim sum supper runs. The Singaporean version of Chee Cheong Fun is served with dark sweet sauce. The Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun, however, is usually filled with savoury ingredients and served in soy sauce.

We chanced upon this stall situated in the corner of Mee Sek Foodcourt. Everyone will be able to guess what their specialty dish is from the name of the stall — Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun. Greeting you with a friendly nod and taking your orders is the soft-spoken and humble owner, Mr Goh Yong Nguan.

Mr Goh has been in this business for the past 18 years! Formerly located at a coffeeshop in Blk 107 Lor Ah Soo, the stall moved to Mee Sek Foodcourt a decade ago. Mr Goh offers a variety of classic Hong Kong dishes which include Chee Cheong Fun, Steamed Dumplings and Congee. All his ingredients are made by hand daily! The rice rolls are made-to-order too! After taking your order, you will have to wait for about 5 minutes before going back to collect your food.

We couldn’t wait to get our hands on the Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun ($3)! Mr Goh offers it in three flavours: Shrimp, Char Siew and Mushrooms. He starts preparing the ingredients in the early afternoon. The rice rolls are made from a mixture of rice flour, tapioca flour and wheat flour. For me, the thickness of the rice roll is what determines if it’s good. Many a times, stall owners tend to make it a little too thick for my liking. Looking at how Mr Goh prepared the rice rolls, I can only imagine how much practice and skills it takes to consistently make good Chee Cheong Fun.

Mr Goh does the rice rolls so well. They were so thin, we could almost see the ingredients wrapped within it. He was very generous with the fillings and the rice rolls were soft and chewy. The prawns were fresh and sweet and gave a nice crunchy texture to the dish. The char siew was tender and was slightly sweeter than the prawn version. It is quite a tough call to decide which flavour I preferred as both were as yummy.

If the rice roll was the main actor, allow me to introduce the supporting actor — their homemade chilli. Mr Goh’s secret homemade chilli is so fragrant and is good with any of the dishes he serves. If you are a fan of shrimps, you will definitely love this chilli. He told us that the secret ingredients consist of shrimps, shallots, buah keluak, garlic and fried chilli. You might want to experiment with these ingredients at home if you want to replicate it!

The phrase ‘don’t judge the book by its cover’ accurately describes this dish! We did not expect the steamed dumplings ($4) to be anything spectacular since their signature dish was the Chee Cheong Fun. However, we were pleasantly surprised by it! The dumplings were packed with flavour! The dish was a perfect combination of well marinated meat, sweet prawns, and crunchy chestnuts and black fungus.

Being curious, we also tried his Century Egg Porridge ($3). He offers quite a range of porridge with different ingredients. Initially, I thought we will just be having a huge bowl of congee with a few slices of century egg. However, I was impressed to find a few thick slices of well marinated lean meat and a generous portion of century egg. The meat was soft and tender, and the porridge was slightly salty with a strong peppery taste.

In conclusion, I feel that Mr Goh has definitely mastered his craft in the past 18 years in this business. The stall is open till 1am daily, but note that the Chee Cheong Fun is available in limited quantity.

MissTamChiak.com made anonymous visit and paid its own meal at the stall featured here.