Old school char kway teow (CKT) at Smith Street Food Center, Chinatown.
There is always a constant queue of over 10 people at this stall which stretches to the coffee stall that’s behind them, during their operating hours. The wait is about 25 minutes to get your order.
They only open 3 days each week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Standard orders are $4 or $5.
I ordered the $5, who is bigger in portion and comes with an additional prawn. Within are bean sprouts, slices of Chinese sausage and cockles.
What I like is the pork lard that’s chunky and crispy. Noodles are fried eel with some wok hei.
What’s also interesting they add some chives to their version of CKT.
The uncle pre-fries a batch of yellow noodles and kway teow for 3-4 plates, before dishing them out and frying up each order. He also constantly adjusts the gas valve that controls the fire to the wok. Hard work! 😓
Recommended! 😋
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Jenn Wong
5
Located at an obscure corner, the stall is manned by an elderly couple for more than 50 years. Opened only 3 days a week with cash payment ($4/5), they dished out smoky flavoured old school char kway teow that was not too garlicky or dry. The clams were fresh with every spoon, the noodles had "wok hey" and were al dente, it's hard to find such good CKT in Singapore nowadays. Good food requires patience, waited 30 mins for it as he stir fries in batches of 3. Come before they retire.
Jaws Lee
4
Was there on a Thu at 10.30am. Already long q of at least 10 pax. Since need to q so long, ordered their $5 ones. Chinese sausage was good, cockles were fresh, prawn fresh too, but only 1 prawn :(
Awesome that there were pork lard. However, no wok hei. An abit above average plate of CKT, not really worth the time to q.
Will eat again if no long q :)
Mike Yong
3
Went about 5pm on Friday; most stalls were closed. Saw a small queue, decided to try…
10min wait for my $5 fried noodle
Taste above average with some wok hei, but there were only 2 tiny cockles - what a letdown!
Patrick Lau
4
We were here early before 9 am, queue was already 5 pax deep
Q is on the side of the stall facing the street. So when u get there, JOIN THE QUEUE. Please do not crowd in front of the stall as that confuses the stall helper and other new patrons as well
The CKT was well worth the wait! Lots of wok hey and ingredients were fresh. I ordered with extra chilli which was a wee bit too rich on the spicy side
Will definitely order again!
Good stuff!
CK C
3
The fried kway teow was flavourful but too mushy for my liking. The noodles were fried until they have lost their textures. I like that the plate contained a generous amount of bean sprouts and spring onions. Blood cockles were quite plump but there was no add-on option. Overall portion was substantial at $4. Cash only.
Teck Chong Law
3
Their fried kway teow tastes good 👍 and is a little on the wet side.
The hawker fries a wok for 3-4 servings. Then refry again for each individual order by adding the ingredients.
I queued for 45 minutes for my $5 portion during lunch time.
To me, the Bedok South stall fried kway teow tastes better.
Wye YO
5
The old school Char Kuey Teow need to queue for half an hours. Worth the wait if are a Char Kuey Teow.
Shihao Foo
5
This has been my favourite CKT for years. I last came on a Saturday afternoon at about 3pm. There was a short queue ahead of me, but as they fry upon each order, I took about 15-20min to get the ckt. Ordered the $5 portion. The $5 order usually comes with prawn, but you can tell them to exclude the prawns (as I usually do - I think I get more hum in return). For fans of hum like me, do note that they do not allow adding of hum alone - when I’m craving more I order a $6 portion instead (even though the signboard says $4 or $5, they accept $6 orders too). My absolute favourite ckt stall, it’s a pity the owners are old now and they don’t have a successor, so grab a plate while you still can!
Sky “Sky” T
4
First time trying Fried Kway Teow, cant really judge if it that good. But taste fine for me nice char flavor.