Traditional TEOCHEW PORRIDGE from an over 100-year-old stall in Chinatown, Singapore! (street food)

[@yet1011]

Hi Grey, do you have the price breakdown for the dishes? thx!

[@GregoryLeow]

no sorry I don't but price is on the higher side for sure

[@aloysiusng5576]

Egg, fish cake is one dollar each, meat dishes is three dollars, cabbage stew is one dollar, porridge is fifty cents per bowl. Fish is market rate as usual but usually very reasonably priced

[@GregoryLeow]

@@aloysiusng5576 thank you! pinning your comment for others!

[@Konushku]

Hi Greg, I’m so happy to have found your channel! Your reviews are unlike the more performative type, you go in search of honest-to-goodness, and you’re very detailed and balanced in your views. I love how your wife speaks Teochew, so authentic and sounds like my parents 😊

[@phyllisbush3693]

Your wife is a beautiful person lovely personality please add her in more often and your lovely children too Enjoy your family very much Be safe always 🙏

[@janalintan9285]

Hi Greg, TQ for the post, I love it when your wife appears. Pity she's so busy. I think I missed this porridge stall cos I'm there usually too early. I actually patronised the other 2 porridge stalls which r opened really early like 6 plus am. They r located on both storeys. Both r on the extreme end near the curry chicken noodles. I think i may like their dishes better from what I see here. Teo Heng too old school for me lah tho their pomfret looks yummy. If u have a chance try the other 2 stalls. The 2nd storey one run by an old lady with white hair. She's a 1-woman show. When she has her pek tor herh, it's filled with egg. I love her spicy sharkmeat n her fried egg n cai poh omelette. The stall downstairs is run by a middle aged man. He has a lady server. Their steamed sotong is the bomb! They r filled with egg, n super tender. I love their sharkmeat which is the braised version. Their vegetables all stir fried with garlic n not oily. Their caipoh omelette also gd. If u like shark meat, these 2 stalls versions r v fresh, no pong.🤗🥳

[@janalintan9285]

Lemme know when u try the other 2 stalls. I'd love to hear your opinion. Btw I love your kids. They r so precocious. Your daughter is v pretty, your son v charming, but u brought them up well. They grow so fast. 😁

[@bobbyong3729]

both stalls on ground floor been there for ages. they are the first batch of Honglim Hawkers. yes. agreed with the caipoh and fry spicy fish meta or fish head.. whatever we call it.

[@jokerholic2422]

Yum! Great to have another new video! Been awhile since your last - was worried that you had finally eaten through the whole of Singapore!

[@pops1507]

He and I just hit many, many hot spots 2 weeks ago.

[@lingth]

I am a Teochew, but I often eat my Teochew porridge with salted egg, Kam chye, fried luncheon meat, and Lor Stuff.. like Lor Meat, Lor Tau Pok, Tau Key. I rarely order fish as I dislike tackling with bones, plus it's often very expensive. Some times I like it with steamed peanuts.

[@pixelgunboy7244]

Nice recommendation Greg, always a pleasure to watch your Food Reviews.

[@sourdurian2839]

wa my fav shop! I used to work nearby and will have it everyday for a year+. now that i wfh, havent been there in ages but glad to see they're still going strong! :(

[@jamestcwong9203]

Hi Greg, warm greetings from Miri, Sarawak! I love this vlog by you and your Mrs! You both make such a good hubby-and-wife team. I enjoy your videos; no beating-round-the-bush, with honest comments! Keep it up! God bless you and your loved ones richly, 🫰

[@chackoche2008]

glad to see you back!

[@lemontree9394]

Glad to watch another new vlog. Looking forward to the next one. Good job bro! p.s. please invite your whole fam to future vlogs. Love to watch them!

[@lingth]

Back many years ago like maybe 2006? In CBD, China Square Food Center, there is a Teochew porridge buffet during lunch time for S$6. I tried it and they serve it with sweet potato porridge, braised duck, luncheon meat, fish cakes, salted veg, and others. It's was a good deal you can eat as many bowls as you want, of cos expensive items are not present. Sadly the stall or restaurant closed down already. I wonder if Singapore still have any Teochew porridge buffet?

[@ketunlimited]

Yum, love that classic teochew rabbit fish, I've always known it as pek toh hur (white belly fish), I can easily polish off a few just on my own 🤤 thanks for the video, I live in the UK and miss all the hawker food so much 😋

[@celestialstar124]

Haha thanks for featuring your wife in this video. ❤️ Never tried this stall before... Most likely I have miss it when I was there. The fish look yummy and the salted veg on it is something my parents like. Will bring my parents there next time

[@pops1507]

Darn! Missed Hong Lim this trip. School him he needs it, Inez!

[@toggie1721]

Hi Greg, appreciate your content! I saw your video on lucky plaza chicken rice and went to try. Was blown away how good it was! Another awesome thing is you intro the stall/food with the history behind it.

[@celestialstar124]

The soup of the porridge is helpful in diarrhea and easy to absorb by body when we are sick. And like your wife said its helpful when we have diarrhea or food poisoning but at the same time help people with constipation too. Help with gut health too.

[@lilyng6533]

Awesome, I must go try especially the kiam chye fish. You can go try the fish cake at Cheng San market porridge stall in AMK, top seller everyday. Got lard n pork in it, love watching a elderly lady making it at the stall next to it.

[@0super]

great video!!

[@Cccyyy13]

Hi Greg, awesome recommendation. Do try Dong Fang Hong Sotong Ball Seafood soup at the other corner of the hawker centre as well.

[@ww00_dxb]

I like the word “salt blast” !!

[@hamjipeng8533]

Hi greg, I would like to recommend the nasi padang stall right behind you. Its one of the better nasi padang stalls i have tried. Heng kee curry mee is also really good

[@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS]

seems so tasty and delicious~ 😍😍😍

[@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS]

😋

[@MegaShaun99]

I quite like the Teochew steam fish cake at Aljunied Mrt coffee shop facing main road, cai fan stall. But not everyday it has it. Try your luck

[@MegaShaun99]

Ket yew, sometimes served with ngoh niang, it citrus flavour cut down oily after taste, but didn’t know it’s used for seafood like squid. Thank

[@charleslee3081]

Thanks for the review. I go to Hong Lim quite frequently for breakfast but didn't try this Teochew porridge stall. There doesn't seem to be a crowd in your video, can share what time you were there? Thanks

[@GregoryLeow]

about 9-9.30am iirc

[@KelvinCrLin]

hope u and ur wife can be together in video often. good video once again

[@MegaShaun99]

Ket yew can be found at Ang Mo supermarket

[@foodleveling]

Nice teochew porridge

[@MegaShaun99]

The aum is important, according to the stall owner at 液上海 Bukit Merah view coffee shop in an interview, if he’s feel faint or sickly he will drink the aum like the old generation saying.

[@lebronandy4519]

Teo Heng also runs ktv right?

[@msngth]

Is that the rabbit fish? a Teochew favourite indeed=)

[@pops1507]

Hey, Inez! 😋

[@chicparisienne]

Hi Greg, how does this stall compare to the Teo Heng in Amoy Food Ctr? Thanks!

[@GregoryLeow]

The items are made at hong lim then transported over to Amoy. So it’s a bit less fresh if you want to nitpick but It’s more or less the same lah

[@kenchan4159]

yes pls do invite your wife to appear more often. keep it up!

[@PS-383]

The plum sauce is for the cuttlefish.

[@janalintan9285]

Oh yah, do you know what happened to the Hock Lam Sreet beef noodle at Old Airport Road hawker centre? They closed down n I'm so upset!!!! Now there's a ban mian stall there. did the beef noodle stall move somewhere else?

[@GregoryLeow]

I think the old man retired. His son still has an outlet at circular road but it’s not great tbh

[@janalintan9285]

Awwwww. Another legend gone with the wind. Thought he came out of retirement. But my fren said he's of poor health so mayb cldnt tahan. I thought at least his daughter wld carry on. When she helms the stall, I find her preparation not bad leh. Haven't tried the son's yet.

[@wangangela0]

Hi Greg, can you also share how much you paid for the dishes?

[@GregoryLeow]

Hi, read the pinned comment for the full price breakdown, thank you!

[@carlongerdidu]

hi greg is it convenient to reveal the price per person...? tks...!

[@GregoryLeow]

honestly I can't remember because I'm always ordering diff things but price is on the higher side for sure

[@carlongerdidu]

np tks...! will go try them...!

[@otterly23]

more food videos!

[@anna_wong]

By any chance is this Teo Heng Porridge Stall related to Teo Heng KTV? 🤪😂 🤣

[@lnwon8836]

Teo Heng porridge also owns the Teo Heng ktv chain ah? Haha just kidding!

[@jessicamong1586]

I eat at the amoy st stall.

[@msngth]

kek yew...aka plum sauce

[@Tinpinming]

no, the ahm is not healthy. it's been known to cause a lot of gastric issues. by ethnicity, the teochew group in singapore has a higher incidence rate of stomach cancer compared to the rest of the dialect groups as well as the other races. i can't quote the exact journal, but i did read it before.

[@nghonpo7348]

Interesting observation. Among the dialect group, I think Teochew have the most dipping sauce….. salty process food. Not going to do any benefit for our body.

[@huangzb8060]

100 years old???? Why not 200 years old???

[@chimmichua1986]

As a teochew born and bred, i can tell u teochew food isnt very good. Cantonese style dishes are waaay bettet 😂😅

[@PS-383]

As a Teochew myself, I disagree with u.

[@chimmichua1986]

@@PS-383 fish is fishy and alot of food is garlicky and lack the refined taste of palates. Cantonese have mastered the art of good chinese cuisine. Im not cantonese but am so impressed w how they cook. Thats the reason why most of the big cbinese restaurant chains in sg (Paradise, Imperial Treasure, Crystal Jade, Jumbo, Tung Lok etc...) all are cantonese

[@mindtwister1984]

@@chimmichua1986 Teochews are good for their braising, steam fish, hee kiaw, fishball and fish cakes, hae chor (prawn roll) and wide assortment of dishes to go with porridge. While Cantonese does a great job on roasting, soups, tim sums and their gooey porridge. I enjoy all Chinese dialect food in their own variations and interpretations. It is great that Singapore has many dialect groups in just one little city state.