Category: Roast Meat

Roast Paradise – Char Siew Roast Meat Noodles at Jurong Gateway Jurong East

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The char siew here was more evenly tender, caramelised and charred with no cris. The sio bak was better flavoured and fatty, with the crackling still solid and crispy. The noodles were a bit softer and in a more watery than greasy sauce, and was not bad.

Happy Hawkers Coffeeshop, 132 Jurong Gateway Road, #01-273, Singapore 600132, open Mon to Sun 10:30m to 7:30pm

Char Siu Lang – Char Siew Sio Bak Noodles at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Both the char siew and sio bak were really tender, with the char siew balanced lean-fat, caramelised sweet, and gummy and crispy at the edges, and the sio bak slightly salty and crackling shatteringly crisp without being too hard. The noodles were soft and nicely greasy, and the soup was really flavourful of cabbage and radish. This has really improved over the last time I had tried them at Brickworks.

Maxim Stars Coffeeshop, 340 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, #01-1697, Singapore 560340, open Mon to Sun 11am to 6pm

Shi Mei Traditional Charcoal Roast – Char Siew & Roast Meat at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The char siew was fatty, tender, caramelised and covered in a nice sticky sweet sauce. The sio bak was equally tender and came with a nice, thin and really crispy crackling. The flavour if the sio bak was nicely balanced and not overly salty. Nice.

226C Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, #01-665, Singapore 563226, open Sun to Fri 7am to 7:30pm, Sat 7am to 8:30pm

Heng Ah Roasted Delight at Toa Payoh Central

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Recommended by SethLui.com. The sio bak had crackling that was thick and shatteringly crisp. The char siew was caramelised in parts and sweet. However, the issue with the sio bak and char siew was that both were very fatty, with each piece of meat consisting mainly or only of fatty meat, making it cloying and unbalanced. The roast duck was normal, slightly tough, with thin and slightly crispy skin.

Coffee United Coffeeshop, 78C Toa Payoh Central, Singapore 313078, open Mon to Sun 10am to 8pm

小弟炭烤烧腊 Xiao Di Charcoal Roasted Delights at Jalan Berseh Jalan Besar

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Recommended by 8 Days and ieatishootipost. The char siew and sio bak were really good. The sio bak had a really crispy crackling of just the right thickness, and a nice layer of fatty meat between the crackling and the still tender lean meat. The seasoning was spot on – of just the right saltiness. The char siew was full on fatty, caramelised and sweet. It still had a bit of bite, and wasn’t fully crispy, but had that smokiness and unctuousness from the pork belly used.

Gourmet Street Coffeeshop, 27 Jalan Berseh, Singapore 200027, open Mon to Sun 10:30am to 3pm

Foong Kee Traditional Charcoal Roaster at Commonwealth Crescent

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The char siew was not bad, as I remembered it from Keong Saik Road – sweet, caramelised in parts and fairly tender. The sio bak was so so though – the crackling was thin and not so crackling.

Commonwealth Crescent Market & Food Centre, 31 Commonwealth Crescent, #02-90, Singapore 149644, open Tue to Sat 11am to 2pm, close Sun and Mon

谭氏•港式烧腊 Tham’s Roasted Delights – Roast Duck Char Siew Noodles at Teck Ghee Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10

AUGUST 13, 2023

Recommended by Miss Tam Chiak, although for their Peking Duck. The soft noodles have been cut up and didn’t have much of a texture. It came in a sweetish soy sauce, and with a sweet and lightly caramelised but slightly tough char siew, and quite normal and again slightly tough roast duck with non crispy skin. Quite average I thought.

Food Haus Coffeeshop, 421 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, #01-1149, Singapore 560421, open Mon to Sun 10am to 10pm

甘牌燒鵝 Kam’s Roast Goose at Wan Chai Hong Kong

MAY 20, 2023

A half an hour wait for this. The goose was fragrant and flavourful, with the skin slightly thicker, oily and crispy, and the meat having bite although quite tender. Overall really very nice, with the standard springy Hong Kong noodles in fragrant goose oil. Everything went down the hatch very quickly and nicely.

226 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, open Mon to Sun 11:30am to 9:30pm