Bukit Merah View Kway Chap — Restaurant in Singapore

Listed in an elusive part of lakeside, unless you're a nearby resident chances are you relied on online means to know of this place. At least I did.

Not going to lie, was extremely excited with the generally high reviews and praises of "best kway chap in the west" shouts.

Ordered the $5.50 braised set and $0.90 Kway (large). Portion was fair at best, almost leaning toward being slightly lesser than desired.

First bite, I took a kway and ate it on its own. The texture was spot on. However, the kway itself was tasteless. I don't know how to fully explain it, but some stores have a slight nuanced taste of the kway which makes all the difference.

When I tried the soup, I was impressed. The soup had the usual salty kway chap broth taste, and an added kick. This added points, I must say. They paired some deep fried onion bits, which well contrasted the soup. The soup immediately elevated the kway.

As for the meats, I must say standouts were the intestines and fatty pork. Tau pok was overly dry and I didnt like the texture. Same for the egg, a bit underwhelming. Other components were okay.

Chilli was average. Nothing game changing about it.

I did enjoy the meal. The kway is distinctive in its taste with the soup, and a strong effort. However, the fickle performances of the other components makes this desirable, but nowhere near the top echelons in my opinion.

Who knows? Maybe this is the best in the west - I don't know its kway chap compadres.

But I know for a fact North has a much better kway chap, and its even cheaper than this. But that's...

Extremely good kway chap stall in a very unassuming location (tiny hawker center of 7-8 stalls under a car park in the middle of residential neighborhood). I'd say it's better than the same products sold in chain shops or more upscale locations in Singapore. Note that it only opens during lunch time. I usually come in Saturday if I crave for kway chap when the crowd is always minimal, but I've heard the queue is long in weekdays (and this despite being located in the middle of nowhere).

I usually don't eat intestines, and just opt for other meat cuts, fried tofu, and egg. The rice noodle is soft and at the right amount of springiness. The meat, tofu, and egg are all well-braised in a very flavorful broth. The broth itself is the star of the dish - not bitter, meaty but not heavy, and of right degree of herbal addition (not too overpowering but you'd immediately know it's there). The sambal is a nice complement - sour with fine grind, but not too dilute as many sour sambals out there. This menu comes at very reasonable price ($3-5.5, depending on portion) for the...

Ordered the one person portion for $3.50. Portion was huge and affordably-priced. Quality was no compromised and this is indeed one of the above-average kway chap stalls in Singapore, way better than some “highly raved” stores.

Innards were thoroughly clean with just a hint of “porky” taste. Pork belly was fragrant and acceptably tender. Pig skin was also boiled to the right texture, not too nua. All items in the platter were well-infused in braised sauce - a light yet aromatic kind that was not heavy on the spices.

The kway was silky smooth. Broth was also fragrant and not...