Best Chee Cheong Fun in Singapore: Silky Rice Noodles in Alluring Flavours
PUBLISHED February 2nd, 2022 06:00 am | UPDATED February 8th, 2022 07:34 pm
Silky, thin, and chewy, chee cheong fun is the nostalgic accomplice to our dim sum sessions or our morning breakfast routines. If you’re craving this old-school rice noodle roll, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve lined up some of Singapore’s best chee cheong fun spots, from rolls with simple sauce dressings to those well-stuffed with protein. Enjoy!
YinJi Singapore
It takes expert hands to handle the delicate rice sheets that form chee cheong fun, and all the chefs at Yin Ji undergo a mandatory training in Guangzhou to master the skill. Priding itself on being Singapore’s first cloth-pulled rice roll speciality store, Yin Ji serves up chee cheong fun in Char Siew (S$6), Tender Beef (S$7), Fresh Prawn Egg (S$7.50) and even Vegan (S$5) options. Each sizeable portion comes stuffed with a generous amount of meat and vegetables, packed between the sheets and drizzled with light soy sauce. Pack on some of the house-made chilli for an extra savoury kick.
YinJi Singapore is located at Far East Square, 133 Amoy Street, #01-01, Singapore 049962, p. +65 6443 3875. Open Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat 11am-8pm. Closed Sun.
Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun
Impressing with their assortment of unique flavours like turnip, mushroom, scallops and pig liver, Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun has built quite a fan following over 20 years. This stall never skimps on their thick and juicy meat slices, bathed deliciously in their iconic sweet and savoury Hong Kong-style sauce. Our favourites are the unusual Century Egg Chee Cheong Fun (S$2.50) with its creamy texture and umami flavour, and the fiery Otah Chee Cheong Fun (S$2.50) that pairs surprisingly well with the mild rice noodles. For even more heat, douse your picks in the smoky sambal chilli sauce loaded with anchovies.
Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun is located at Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road, #01-155, Singapore 390051. Open Tues-Sun 7am-8pm. Closed Mon.
Chee Cheong Fun Club
Putting the fun in chee cheong fun, Chee Cheong Fun Club takes this traditional Guangdong dish and gives it a cheeky local twist. Think fragrant and quirky bowls like the SG Special Laksa CCF (S$4) and KL Famous Curry CCF (S$4), each replacing the usual thick noodles with silky chee cheong fun. Soaked in curry gravy that’s thick with coconut milk, the chee cheong fun bursts with rich flavours in every bite. Each bowl comes brimming with fixings like sliced egg, boiled crispy bean curd, tau kee roll, and fish ngoh hiang.
Chee Cheong Fun Club is located at Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street, #01-38, Singapore 069184. Open Mon–Sat 7.30am-3pm, Sun 8.30am-3pm.
Chef Wei HK Cheong Fun
A long queue outside usually means good food inside, and this saying bears absolute truth when it comes to Chef Wei HK Cheong Fun. Helmed by former Peach Garden chef Thoo Chang Wei, this stall promises restaurant-quality Plain (S$3), Char Siew (S$4), Prawn (S$5) and Mushroom (S$4) chee cheong fun, without burning a hole in your wallet. The chef crafts his silky smooth rice rolls with four types of flour (potato, chestnut, tapioca, and wheat starch) and serves the dishes with a blend of dried shrimp sambal. The Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun is definitely not to be missed, bringing together a stir-fried mix of earthy and umami-rich shimeji and shiitake mushroom fillings.
Chef Wei HK Cheong Fun has various outlets across Singapore.
Pin Wei Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun
A hole-in-the-wall stall in Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, Pin Wei Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun is a Michelin Guide-recognised spot. Catch the team in action as they create the dish from scratch by pouring rice flour batter on a cloth over a steamer. The Char Siew Cheong Fun (S$3.50) is undoubtedly the star here, with its tender, smoky pork bathed in a housemade Hong Kong-style sauce. Another crowd favourite is the Scallop Chee Cheong Fun (S$5.50), which is served with springy rice noodle sheets and succulent scallops in savoury sauce.
Pin Wei Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun is located at Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, 41A Cambridge Road, #01-25, Singapore 211041. Open daily 6.30am-2pm.
Anson Town
Serving up Ipoh-centric fare, Anson Town has given the traditional chee cheong fun an intriguing twist. Tempting customers with its Anson Special (S$3.50), the establishment dishes out a sauce-less dry chee cheong fun, together with salted radish, dried shrimp, sesame seeds and a side of pickled green chillies – a combination of silky smooth noodles with crunchy sides. If you’re looking for that true Asian flavour, opt for the Dry Curry Pig Skin Cheong Fun (S$4) instead, drenched in an aromatic gravy made with homemade rempah (spice paste) which creates a riot of flavours in the mouth.
Anson Town has outlets at Changi Road and at ARK@Gambas.
Fatt Kee Shou Shi
Winning over the crowd with its old-school charms, Fatt Kee Shou Shi offers the best of both of worlds with its Hong Kong-style and Singapore-style Chee Cheong Fun. Both affordably priced at S$1, the former comes filled with char siew or prawns, doused with a thin soy sauce, whilst the latter offers thicker layers, served with a luscious spoonful self-made red sweet and spicy sauce, and a sprinkling of sesame seeds. Operating for more than 60 years, the humble stall is famous for using traditional charcoal stoves to cook its dishes even today. Other must tries on the menu are the soft and smooth Yam Cake accompanied by their signature sauce and the homemade Peanut Porridge.
Fatt Kee Shou Shi is located at Albert Market & Food Centre, 270 Queen Street, #01-68, Singapore 180270. Open Tues-Sun 8am – 12.30pm. Closed on Mon.
Rice & Roll – Traditional Freshly-Milled Chee Cheong Fun
Giving the traditional Chee Cheong Fun a modern face lift, Rice & Roll – Traditional Freshly-Milled Chee Cheong Fun offers the quaint dish in about 13 different flavours. Just as the name suggests, the chee cheong fun is freshly made from scratch using their in-house stone mill every morning, before being packed with fillings and served next to a free-flow of crunchy fried onions and sambal chilli sauce. For a hearty breakfast opt for the Meat Trio (S$5) overloaded with char siew, and Chinese and Taiwanese sausages, the Seafood Trio (S$5) filled with prawns, scallops and crab sticks, or the Egg Trio (S$4) with century egg, salted egg and the regular egg wrapped up in silky and slippery rice noodles.
Rice & Roll – Traditional Freshly-Milled Chee Cheong Fun is located at Block 107, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, Food Loft, Singapore 560107. Open Tues-Sun 8.30am – 2pm. Closed on Mon.
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