Albert Centre Market & Food Centre is not where I consider a comfortable place to have a meal due to the heat and the congesting human traffic in the afternoons. #introvertwoes
I would fatt mang zang whenever I am there (albeit unwillingly) to help the folks with their dried goods shopping on the floor above the food centre.
As such, I was never in the mood to explore the food centre even though we have eaten there a few times before heading upstairs.
It is time that I give myself a chance to discover what this place has to offer.
I decided to get round the problem of bad ventilation and overcrowding by reaching there real early at 7am on a weekend. The downside is that not many stalls are opened yet.
Fatt Kee Shou Shi is one of the few stalls that are fully operational at that timing.
The stall offers old-school Cantonese style breakfast like char bee hoon, char mee, chee cheong fun, peanut porridge, yam cake and rice dumplings.
All the items here are priced at $1.20 per serving except $3 for the rice dumplings. Do take note that this is the price for dine-in. There is a different set of pricing for takeaways.
I am full of anticipation for this one as they uses charcoal stove to fry their bee hoon and cook their porridge.
The char bee hoon, unfortunately, did not live up to my expectations.
I find the texture rather stiff which makes swallowing difficult. I wonder if the bee hoon was not reconstituted long enough or it was intentionally made this way?
I like my bee hoon soft and moist to be honest.
Judging by the sales, however, it seems like the bee hoon is actually quite well-received as it often gets sold out before closing time.
As for the chee cheong fun, it is the run-of-the-mill type so there is really no element of surprise other than a strong presence of rice aroma.
I like that they used the pink sauce here which I preferred over the brown sauce.
Like a star attraction, a giant pot of peanut porridge sits atop a charcoal stove by the entrance, bubbling away for all to see.
A hot bowl of porridge seems ideal for a chilling morning so, I ordered a bowl to try as well.
Served with a dash of pepper and deep fried crispy bee hoon, the porridge is as comforting as it gets.
Out of the three items I have tried, this is what I enjoyed the most.
FATT KEE SHOU SHI 發記熟食
Albert Centre Market & Food Centre
Blk 270 Queen Street
#01-168
Singapore 180270
Singapore 180270
Business Hours
Tue - Fri: 7am - 11am
Closed: Sun/Mon
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/awCsentBXbhqPsEa7