VERY DELICIOUS! VERY ASIAN!
January 12, 2008 by Jan Shim
Last August I created a post An Oil Town Legacy. Soi Heng Coffee Shop. but stopped shy of a photo of the very delicious fried kway teow that completes my Saturday morning rituals. At the time, I decided that since it’s quite a tall order to capture the essence of deliciousness that I had written about, I thought this morning I would revisit this opportunity with renewed interest. Since the first post, I’ve had my order included with sambal chili mixed right in the hot wok!
Soi Hing Fried Kway Teow © Jan Shim Photography
How much do I really like it and how often do I have it? I think I’ve established exactly how much I like it—Heaps! Good food, no matter how good follows the same rule of moderation. Some other Saturdays I have Kolomee at several possible outlets in Seria or Kuala Belait or a number of places in Brunei capital too. There are just plenty of kolomee alternatives but there’s really just this one kway teow for me!
i had Fried Kway Teow for breakfast too!!! at M.O.S.T
I made a trip home to Brunei back in July 2007. My cousin Jan brought me to Soi Heng for Saturday morning breakfast. Soi Heng has undoubtedly the best fried kway teow I ever tasted.
Jason Shim
(Jan’s partner-in-crime)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hmm Jas, I’m not certain a testimony from someone who’s defected from his roots puts much credibility to my claim. But life’s like that. Pay 40+% in taxes and cannot have a decent Kway Teow
I consider myself a KT lover and I have not really find 1 store that make me loyal. Should pay a visit to this stall one and check it out.
My fav kway teow is the one from the restaurant near Sg. Kedayan in Menglait.
They say it’s a sister branch of a kway teow place in Seria or KB, maybe it’s Soi Heng.
Remind me to bring you to taste the very best Char Kway Teow here in Singapore ;P the next time you are in town.
I like FKT with egg but could’nt see any meat in your pic. Years ago when I had FKT in Seria, I used to bring along an extra piece of rump or topside beef to add to the KT. It’s a real bliss to eat the FKT piping hot and washed it all down with a cup of coffee heavily laced with condensed milk.
@ Zul
You know how it is. With the best of breed kolomee and fried kway teow (and a certain laksa) originating from Belait, it’s no surprising that the occasional claims of association are made! As long it tastes good, affordable and pratically attainable is all that matters.
@ sgdavid
As a matter of fact, I plan to be ‘in town’ first week of March but understand that you’re due for reservist. I suspect that’s not good enough a reason for the military to reschedule, huh?
@ KB-lad
No kidding? You must really like your kway teow to go the extra length. I recommend chicken over beef when eating @ Soi Hing if you prefer to chew on tender meat. A glass of hot kopitiam local coffee with condensed milk is how I have mine too. I wouldn’t describe mine as being laced but nonetheless that’s my poison! It’s good to hear from you again.
Have u tried the Gadong’s FKT? in front of JinChew. is quite good with mata lembu.
as for Kolomee, i prefer ocean quary’s one. Yummy!
Well Well…reschedule my ICT(In-Camp Training) because Jan Shim in town? I wish I could!
But seriously if you are in town in the second week, I might, coz I will be celebrating my Birthday! ;-P
*hint *hint *hint
@ blacksnail
I’ve tried a number of FKT’s in Gadong including Jin Chiew’s own Sesame Kway Teow and also Sing Yu Me @ Kg Mata Mata when I am not feeling adventurous to try unfamiliar dishes. I already have the best kway teow right in town so I don’t need to eat anymore FKT when I’m away from home.
@ sgdavid
Interesting revelation—we are both March men but I make it a point not to dramatize my birthday since I’ve been celebrating my life every day since I was freed from the crutches of IT so on my B-day I try to have a nice quite uneventful dinner with my wife and kids.
Dude - pure torture! Mouth watering. Missing my “home” food. Seria mee is another one . . . .
Man, I didn’t expect to see Char Kway Tiao on here. I’m from Calgary, Alberta, Canada too and no, no way we can find something close to that here, esp with that price!! Makes me want to fly back to Brunei, just for that!!
BTW, I think you did a very good job in the picture even though you said it’s hard to photograph kway tiao. Hey, at least it makes me really hungry now.
Kel / MT
Putting myself in your shoes, I can imagine just how torturous it must be really to be separated from your roots especially good food. After all, we live to eat and by natural instinct don’t mind that repeating that cycle as long good food remains accessible.
Kel, Seria kolomee isn’t what it used to be. You’ve left Brunei too long and the kolomee operators moved into a new building adjacent to the Seria plaza. Gone are the days of stalls operating in intimate cubicles alongside their competition that we got so accustomed to. Sometimes I think modernization has taken away so much of our roots for all the wrong reasons. Clearly if you watch Travel and Living, you’ll undoubtedly see lots of street food programmes such as Bobby Chinn’s Cafe Asia whom I’ve met in person in Hanoi and many others who I would love to meet some day.
The move has driven me to discover what coffee shops or “Kopitiams” offer in way of delicious food and I appreciate their consistency in that they have been around for decades and have maintained their appearance and quality of food that long is nothing short of amazing!
Kway Teow and kolomee… I still find it used to be much more nicer last time… Somehow it changes… but still better than nothing…
Our kway teoh in Kb and kolomee in seria are just something very different from other places… yummy yummy..
[...] Saturday is also the day my wife and I do our grocery shopping at the open market right after school assembly and before breakfast. The morning market is where these FARM FRESH GREENS are sold and there’s really just a few places we have our Sat morning breakfast, the House of Kolome or Soi Heng Fried Kway Teow. [...]