Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen has a low profile within the media nevertheless it isn’t essentially due to their natural recruitment of loyal followers. The aged couple that helms the shop constructed their enterprise based mostly on the inflow of standard foodies that crave and admire their old-school plates of wok-hey tze char.
Located within the inexperienced part of Chinatown Complex, they’re notoriously notorious for lengthy waits because of their reputation. And once they closed hastily, many had been left confused. Now that they’re again in enterprise, prep prematurely for the lengthy queues that everybody has been ready for! I can let you know that it will be so value it.
The stall is owned by an aged couple, Hong and his spouse. Hong himself runs a one-man-show, from cleansing all of the substances to churning out dishes upon each order, he’s actually the maestro of his hectic hawker stall. For them, peak hour lasts for 4 consecutive hours contemplating their restricted opening hours of simply 4 hours! Cooking with out relaxation have to be tiring.
From an Instagram submit up on 2 Dec 2022, it was revealed that the shop reopened after closing for a number of months as a result of the woman boss was recovering from an damage. However, those that didn’t know of this information sparked some fear and rumours that the stall is perhaps closed. Fret not although, I solely include excellent news for us, as a result of they’re again and as busy as ever!
One factor that I await is a scrumptious dish that may be very generally seen throughout Chinese meals. Their Sweet and Sour Pork (S$7) is completely completely different and of a better high quality as in comparison with most tze char stalls. Their ku lou yok is marinated with hawthorn as a substitute of artificially sweetened ketchup and has a way of smokiness to it from the random charred edges. Hawthorn provides it a flavour that permits diners to savour the pure sweetness of the pork. Accompanied with onions, peppers and preserved lemon peel, Hong perfects our favorite dish.
Uncle Hong additionally churns out many off-menu dishes on the retailer, so you can attempt suggesting one thing like candy and bitter fried fish and perhaps he might whip it out specifically for you! Furthermore, a enjoyable truth about Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen is that just about all their dishes are available claypots— how uncanny.
As I write this, I truthfully can’t comprise my pleasure as I can’t wait to go down and savour his magical wok-hey tze char! One phrase of recommendation is to be affected person with him and never rush him whereas he’s cooking; unfold love and persistence in occasions like this particularly when that he’s dealing with the shop on his personal. Welcome again, Uncle!
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Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen
335 Smith Street, Chinatown Complex, #02-83, Singapore 050335
Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen
335 Smith Street, Chinatown Complex, #02-83, Singapore 050335
Operating Hours: 10am – 2pm (Mon to Fri), Closed on Sat & Sun