Beef Noodle and Beef Kway Teow are both noodles with beef parts (beef slices, tendons, tripe, meatballs). But beef kway teow is usually associated with Teochew while beef noodle is more Hainanese. Of course this is not the only difference but a beefy soup enhanced with gula Melaka (palm sugar) and galangal (lengkwas) is Teochew and gooey gravy thickend with starch is Hainanese. The Hainanese style is popularly known as dry version but there are Teochew style dry version which is more like kway teow tossed with oil and chilli sauce topped with beef parts (this type is quite a rare find). Beef noodle that is synonymous with Hainanese-style in Malaysia is Seremban Beef Noodle (city 70km south of Kuala Lumpur). There's one stall in Singapore that serves this Seremban Beef Noodle at Marine Parade Central. The noodle is usually thicker and chewy, the gravy is starchy of course but I cannot pin-point the dramatical difference here in the gravy with the local Hainanese version (pic below, local Hainanese Beef Noodle at Hai Nan Xin Zhou). Anyhow, it is very curious for a non-Singaporean like myself, why soup is Teochew and gravy is Hainanese... and which came first? Through my web search though, I now learn that Shantou is famous for beef noodles. I've also had some awesome beef noodle while in Taipei. Of course you also have pho in Vietnam and similar ones in Thailand. Knowing that Teochew people migrated to these countries, it isn't so off the wall to mention that, if it weren't for the Teochew people, there may not be beef soup noodle/kway teow in these countries.
Humble Japanese, trying to de-mystify Singapore cuisine and food culture. This is not a restaurant / stall rating blog.
11.12.2012
Seremban Beef Noodle 芙蓉牛腩粉・牛肉粉
Beef Noodle and Beef Kway Teow are both noodles with beef parts (beef slices, tendons, tripe, meatballs). But beef kway teow is usually associated with Teochew while beef noodle is more Hainanese. Of course this is not the only difference but a beefy soup enhanced with gula Melaka (palm sugar) and galangal (lengkwas) is Teochew and gooey gravy thickend with starch is Hainanese. The Hainanese style is popularly known as dry version but there are Teochew style dry version which is more like kway teow tossed with oil and chilli sauce topped with beef parts (this type is quite a rare find). Beef noodle that is synonymous with Hainanese-style in Malaysia is Seremban Beef Noodle (city 70km south of Kuala Lumpur). There's one stall in Singapore that serves this Seremban Beef Noodle at Marine Parade Central. The noodle is usually thicker and chewy, the gravy is starchy of course but I cannot pin-point the dramatical difference here in the gravy with the local Hainanese version (pic below, local Hainanese Beef Noodle at Hai Nan Xin Zhou). Anyhow, it is very curious for a non-Singaporean like myself, why soup is Teochew and gravy is Hainanese... and which came first? Through my web search though, I now learn that Shantou is famous for beef noodles. I've also had some awesome beef noodle while in Taipei. Of course you also have pho in Vietnam and similar ones in Thailand. Knowing that Teochew people migrated to these countries, it isn't so off the wall to mention that, if it weren't for the Teochew people, there may not be beef soup noodle/kway teow in these countries.
登録:
コメントの投稿 (Atom)
1 件のコメント:
Hi I'm a Singaporean living in Japan. I've never liked Singapore's local food but your blog is really intriguing and now I'm tempted to find my roots. By the way, your restaurant serves pretty delicious chicken rice.
コメントを投稿