Friday, September 25, 2020

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap, Holland Village

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap

First time having Thai kuey chap. Never had them in Bangkok though I've visited a number of times. Assuming that what we had was representative of how it is in Thailand, the obvious difference between this and the local variety is that the latter is accompanied by side dishes that are entirely braised/stewed. What we had from Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap (17A Lorong Liput, tel :  +65 8822 5637) were accompanied by dishes that are cooked in other ways.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - tofu

Braised tofu. Texture was rough but tender. Nice.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - cabbage fish sauce

I had hopes for the cabbage stir fried with fish sauce. This was a little disappointing from the lack of flavour from the fish sauce and that it was pretty oily. But the stir frying that they did was well done with speckles of char.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - eggs

Stewed eggs in dark soy sauce. Not bad.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - fried pork belly

Followed the sheep and ordered their fried pork belly. While they were obviously no match for the specialists, I couldn't complain. The idea of pairing them with dark soy sauce and chilli never occured to me. Works.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - fish sausage

This was fish sausage. Couldn't taste any fish in it. They were sweet, savoury and fatty - not dissimilar to lup cheong. Pretty addictive.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap -  fried pig's intestines

There was fried pig's large intestines. Nicely done with a light crisp exterior while the insides were tender with a bite. Quite salty though.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - pig's stomach soup

Spied their pig's stomach soup near the order counter and ordered a portion. Wasn't on the menu. The sliced pieces of pig's stomach were tender and chewy. Liked it. The soup/broth was exactly the same as the kuey (rice noodles).

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - kuey chap

Their kuey came in scrolls. Curled up rice rolls with more bite than the tender local variety. The broth was herbal, spicy and had a lot of pepper. I enjoyed it, even though it was a little more salty than I normally like. At $3 a bowl, it was pretty expensive.

Yaowarat Thai Kway Chap - green tea

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