The Dead Cockroach: Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow @ Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre

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Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow is one of those legendary stalls at Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre that commands a long queue of customers who willingly wait in line for a plate of their fried kway teow.

I arrived just a few minutes after they had opened for the day and the queue has already stretched to the stall opposite. I thought I would wait for the queue to clear by taking a walk round the food centre but with each extra round I took, the line only gets longer than before.

I decided to take the plunge and join the queue like everyone else. It was painfully slow but that did not seem to deter the line of people from forming behind me.

After an agonizing thirty minutes later, I finally reached the front of the stall where the uncle could be seen frying behind a glass panel.

It was only then did I realize the reason for the slow moving queue is because each plate of kway teow is fried individually.

Their fried kway teow is available in three sizes ($3/$4/$5) and I ordered the medium plate.

I noticed the color of the fried kway teow is not as dark as others. Due to the subdued sweetness from the sweet sauce, the savoriness stood out more. I find the kway teow well infused with a alluring wok hei.

In between mouthfuls, you get a bit of chye sim, bean sprouts, fried egg, lup cheong, pork lard and cockles.

Worthy of a mention here is the crispy pork lard which provided the occasional burst of crunchy saltiness to each mouthful of slippery noodles.

Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow used to operate for four days a week but probably due to the uncle's health, it is down to three days now. With no successor in sight, he may just decide to call it a day and bring down the shutters for good.

Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow found favor with the inspectors from Michelin and is listed in the Bib Gourmand list on September 10, 2019.