Ang Mo Kio 409 Fried Carrot Cake（菜头粿） —Chomp Chomp Food Center
Chomp Chomp Food Centre might be smaller in size as compared to other hawker center but the place is packed like a sardine can almost every evening. At this place you can find food that makes Singapore special. We will recommend you to have fried carrot cake（菜头粿). It is a common dish or dim sum of Teochew cuisine in Chaoshan (China), Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, consisting of stir-fried cubes of radish cake. In Singapore, it is more commonly cut into pieces and stir fried with eggs, garlic, spring onion and occasionally shrimp (both dried and fresh). There are two variants: the “white” version does not use sweet soy sauce, and the carrot cake is fried on top of a beaten egg to form a crust; the “black” version uses sweet sauce (molasses) and the egg is simply mixed in with the carrot cake. Their white carrot cake ($3/$4/$5) is more worth than having than the black one. It is fried until it is crispy and fragrance attained. It is said that their secret recipe give their carrot cake an extraordinary flavour which is unique only to them.
Though the stall is called “carrot cake”, we noticed that many diners order their fried oyster omelette (from $5) too. As compared to other stalls elsewhere, the oysters here are more plump and juicy with a very subtle raw taste. The plate of eggy is well prepared, featuring a gooey texture that’s nicely flavoured. The punchy chilli sauce completes this dish.
Ang Mo Kio 409 Fried Carrot Cake
Stall 24, Chomp Chomp Food Centre,
20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
Opening Hours: Tue-Sun 4pm to 11.30pm.
Closed on Mondays.