Review: Lao Shan Kwey Chap

We are very selective about our kwey chaps.  Nothing mediocre will do.  The kway has to be smooth, the pork has to be tender, the lor has to be tasty, the ingredients cannot be porky, the chai buay must pass my test.

What's my test, you may wonder.  It is a sourish, soft but yet with a bite taste and nothing too oily please.  I have taken chai buay since I was 5 so I am very exacting in my requirements.

For a small unassuming little stall tucked in a kopitiam in Ang Mo Kio, Lao Shan meets all of our requirements.  The most rated item has to be the kway.  Which makes me wonder - don't all of them get kway from the same supplier?  But why are some better than the others?  And can such a small stall make its own kway?

The pork belly is ok, tender but not the best we have had.  But the kway really does make up for EVERYTHING.

We always go there in the mornings for breakfast after we drop off our girl, so there's no queue whatsoever.  I wonder if it is popular for lunch and dinner.  Looking at their opening hours, I really pity the old man.  I don't see any son or daughter helping out at the store, so this is really a gem to be treasured.  May not be around much much longer.


Lao San Kway Chap
Blk 232 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
6am to 12mn
Closed on Monday