Hawker Food @ Tong Kee
When we were younger, my dad used to bring us to Tong Kee for dinner. Tong Kee is a hawker stall serving dishes and rice at dinnertime. They also sell double boiled soup. This particular stall is quite famous and they tend to be very crowded during dinnertime.
My sister and I revisited the place lately, because we missed the food.
This is the khauyuk, or braised pork with yam slices. The pork and yam are both tender enough, and the gravy is done just right. We always eat our rice with the gravy.
This dish is ready made, so if we are very hungry we always order this, and ask the server what the other tables had ordered so that we can order the same thing and thus, get our dinner faster.
This is the pao siu yuk. This dish is made by stir frying roasted pork with garlic, dark soy sauce and sugar. The combination of the tender meat, springy lard and crispy skin is just irresistable. This is a must have when we have our dinner there too.
A vegetable dish to balance the meal. We ordered stir fried kailan with pork slices this time round.
And for the soup, we opted for a bowl of double boiled lotus root and bone soup. Sis and I both agreed that it wasn’t exactly as good as last time.
Last I heard that the second generation is taking over the business right now, although I could still see some old, familiar faces during my last visit there. Maybe a change of chef is the reason of the difference in taste.
This place also serves roasted pork, white cut chicken, as well as some other dishes. They have a variety of soups too, which includes watercress and chicken soup, bittergourd soup, salted vegetable soup and a few more. This place caters for dinner only, and be ready to wait for a seat during peak hour.
