I am always on a diet crusade but there are always obstacles that derail my plan! My recent obsession is with char siew; the strips of caramelised roasted meat, often with charred bits, that appeal to me more than chicken rice!
Remember the Yu Pan dry noodle that i blogged earlier this month? Housed within the same coffee shop is another stall that often puts me in a dilemma as i had a hard time deciding if i should have noodle or get a serving of their delicious looking char siew; that stall is Shun Li Lai Traditional Roasted Delight (顺利来传统烧腊).
Char siew rice it shall be this time! p.s. especially since i needed to clock in an entry for this blog. At S$3.30 a plate, the portion was sufficient even though i could never say no to more pieces of char siew.
As you could probably see from the above, the meat was the lean type which i would usually reject for a lack of flavourful marination. However, the char siew hits the right note when it comes to taste and that's amazing when the sauce wasn't the overly sweet kind that sometimes masked the meat's blandness.
My only grouch - i should have requested for the fattier strips! It's disappointing that i could only find two pieces with significant fat content. Well, let's hope the boss wouldn't reject my totally reasonable request; leave the lean parts to those health-conscious individuals!
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Address
28 Dover Crescent,
7 Stars Coffee Shop,
Singapore 130028
Menu
As above.
Pricing
Char Siew Rice - S$3.30 a plate.