bak chang festival

[leetahbar]

it's bak chang festival now. as usual, profiteering is virulent. most bak changs are up except those selling in sheng shiong which was $1.50 each. are those really nice and edible? they are mostly from matland and u know matlanders have the habit of adding lots of unwanted discarded leftovers as filings.

so are those safe to eat?

where can we still get reasonable bak chang? pls skip KIM CHOO. their quality has deteriorated alot

was at CRYSTAL JADE the other nite. they sold their bak chang from $5.20 onwards. they let me sample their abalone bak chang and frankly, at $22.50, i think better skip that. not worth it.

[leetahbar]

bak chang festival is also known as TUAN WU JIE in remembrance of a patriotic poet - chu yuan, i think his name was who committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. the peasants prayed to him by offering polished rice wrapped - bak chang -in bamboo leaves and thrown into the sea. the bamboo leaves wrapper prevented the fishes from devouring the offering and henceforth BAK CHANG FESTIVAL was born.

[erection2011]

that kind of price i may as well add a bit more and get wet abalone and 2 bak pows

it's bak chang festival now. as usual, profiteering is virulent. they let me sample their abalone bak chang and frankly, at $22.50, i think better skip that. not worth it.

[erection2011]

double post...sorry

it's bak chang festival now. as usual, profiteering is virulent. they let me sample their abalone bak chang and frankly, at $22.50, i think better skip that. not worth it.

[zeddy]

Last year when I just moved into my new home, my next door neighbour a Chinese Muslim convert chap and his wife gave me and my wife a few pieces of Bak Chang.. They told me that they bought the Bak Chang from this Halal Chinese restaurant at Upper Changi Rd.. The stall belongs to a Chinese Muslim couple from HK.. Taste quite good..

[Narong Wongwan]

The original is best.....the type with added salted ege yolk is the limit.

those restaurant trying to reinvent the wheel or fix what is not broken by those abalone, expensive ingredients are waste of time.
no longer bak chang.....taste like expensive glutinous rice only.
the only new variant i dun mind is the spicy shrimp versions.....

[Fishypie]

Just gimme those good oLd 'hum-yoke-chung', i wouLd be a happy man.You can find them at the food centre at
BLk117 ALjunied Avenue 2; behind the GeyLang PoLycLinc, going for $1.50 on reguLar days.
TrueLy authentic Cantonese styLed..

[leetahbar]

there's one very solid bak chang stall in hong lim hawker centre. there is always a long queue. b4 they are famous, their bak chang only sold for $1.50. it's now like $3. dunno whether any increase during bak chang festival.

it's many times better than KIM CHOO's. the polished rice is very springgy QQ and tight. the fillings are very generous too. for $3 at this type of quality, it's still worth it. the queue can confirm how good their bak changs are.

by the way, their bak changs sell out very fast!

[po2wq]

... where can we still get reasonable bak chang? ...

get from dat burger in red ... can u c ze aunties like dem so much? ...

[leetahbar]

The original is best.....the type with added salted ege yolk is the limit.

those restaurant trying to reinvent the wheel or fix what is not broken by those abalone, expensive ingredients are waste of time.
no longer bak chang.....taste like expensive glutinous rice only.
the only new variant i dun mind is the spicy shrimp versions.....

that one is HAY BEE HIAM or spicy dried shrimp filling. i tried once from KIM CHOO which was quite expensive. it was like $2.80 per dumpling. after eating, u thirst like hell for water!! the over-saltiness of the hay bee was mushed up by excessive sugar n probably msg. the thirst was damn unbearable!

[leetahbar]

u should show the pic of him making the super small bak chang. is he hinting it as the size of his manly wifey?

[leetahbar]

and it's FREE!!

today joined in the dimsum session with my li'l brother leetahsar and his gang of laukuaybus. wow! couldn't believe it!! they were all armed with their own home-cooked version of bak changs. i was lucky to be able to try a few of them and boy! they were best! all real solid ingredients. honest to goodness stuffs! which are rare to find nowadays

[joetys]

that kind of price i may as well add a bit more and get wet abalone and 2 bak pows

Poseidon have many to choose la bro

[joetys]

Last year when I just moved into my new home, my next door neighbour a Chinese Muslim convert chap and his wife gave me and my wife a few pieces of Bak Chang.. They told me that they bought the Bak Chang from this Halal Chinese restaurant at Upper Changi Rd.. The stall belongs to a Chinese Muslim couple from HK.. Taste quite good..

zeddy so what you think they use for the bak? chicken or kambing? hey it sounds interesting.

[zeddy]

zeddy so what you think they use for the bak? chicken or kambing? hey it sounds interesting.

They used mutton and deboned chicken meat for their bak chang.. I asked my neignbour the location of the shop at Changi Rd.. Did drove there once, but failed to find the place..

[joetys]

They used mutton and deboned chicken meat for their bak chang.. I asked my neignbour the location of the shop at Changi Rd.. Did drove there once, but failed to find the place..

Thanks for the info. Very interesting indeed. If you ever eat again please photo la

[halsey02]

Last year when I just moved into my new home, my next door neighbour a Chinese Muslim convert chap and his wife gave me and my wife a few pieces of Bak Chang.. They told me that they bought the Bak Chang from this Halal Chinese restaurant at Upper Changi Rd.. The stall belongs to a Chinese Muslim couple from HK.. Taste quite good..

With Halal Pork? or the Nonya Type or with chicken or other meat?

[zeddy]

With Halal Pork? or the Nonya Type or with chicken or other meat?

This one with chicken.. What I find it interesting is that the HK guy who owns the bak chang stall is a Muslim.. Rarely heard of HK Chinese Muslims.. Its taste good too.. Will try to check out on the place again..

[halsey02]

This one with chicken.. What I find it interesting is that the HK guy who owns the bak chang stall is a Muslim.. Rarely heard of HK Chinese Muslims.. Its taste good too.. Will try to check out on the place again..

There are Bayi's in HK that speaks Cantonese better than any of us...HK is a place of racial intergration, long time ago...we shouldn't be surprised & their governing body, don't need to tell the people to integrate the 'foreigner's for they come, they have to adapt!

[halsey02]

get from dat burger in red ... can u c ze aunties like dem so much? ...

The one next to "mee Siam mai hum" is smiling in glee, for his elbow is rubbing the auntie "bak chang", and afterwards he will say, : "auntie, your 'bak chang" very firm & hard", "hou suan"! "sarap"!