Geylang Famous Beef Kway Teow

We headed down to Geylang Famous Beef Kway Teow (237 Geylang Lorong 9, 9388-0723) for a late meal tonight. This time, I made sure to order the "dry" beef hor fun version to see how it would stack up to Hong Kong. The good thing is that it largely turned out well. Freed from the misery of that gooey brown stuff on top, this one burst of a greasy aroma like I wanted it to. There were some very minor differences, such as the use of celery tops and egg in it (not to mention a borderline excessive use of ginger), but by and large, it was better than I was hoping for. Still, I have to admit that I wasn't completely satisfied due to the fact that this place was missing the key Cantonese chili oil. Sure, they had some sliced pickled chili peppers and a sweet red chili sauce available here, but it was still not that Cantonese chili oil that I absolutely love. Oh well.

Actually, the kway teow shop shut down its location on Lorong 9 for renovations, so they had a sign that said that that they were temporarily operating across the street at MongKok Dim Sum (214 Geylang Lorong 8, 6841-5133). That meant that we also got some dim sum while we were there. And just as with the hor fun, it couldn't compete with HK, but at least it was bearable. The Thai coconut here was also much tastier than that one I got in Bali the other day.