At the crossroads of Jalan Besar and Kitchener Road lies this famous scissors cut curry rice joint that you should put your diet plans aside for. Come here with a plan to indulge and choose your ingredients with reckless abandon. Get the staff to pile your plate high with the classics — deep-fried pork chops, braised pork belly, ngoh hiang, fried egg and braised cabbage — before watching them cut the ingredients swiftly into bite-sized pieces with their scissors. Be sure to get your plate drenched with thick, flavourful curry that isn't spicy or overpowering, just how our Tastemaker Zhihui Lim enjoys it.
Avg Price: $5 per person
Photo by Burpple Tastemaker Zhihui Lim
Put any diet/eat-clean plans on pause, and triumphantly declare Friday as cheat day — just so you can celebrate with a plate of scissors cut curry rice. Come here with a carefree spirit, and choose your ingredients with reckless abandon. Pile your plate high with classics — from pork chops to braised cabbage, ngoh hiang to tau pok. This meal is cheap, darn good, and super satisfying. Set along the character-filled Jalan Besar, grab a roadside seat for the full experience. Don't hang around for too long though, there's probably a queue of people waiting for your seat. Go on, it's time for a beer.
This childhood favourite certainly calls for a surge of nostalgia. As a child, I would frequent this Scissors Cut Curry Rice stall with my parents, especially for supper since it is only a stone's throw away from where I live. It is not only my mum's favourite, my entire family loves it, even till today. I was told how my dad used to bring mummy on dates there, just because she once told him that she loves it, how unromantic! As a kid, I remember how the gooey mess on the plate totally did not appeal to me at first. But as time went by, I grew to love it! It may be a shame that I can no longer patronize the stall with both my parents again, but dining there with my boy today brings new meaning for me as I recall and share my fond childhood memories with him. #hawkerpedia
