On rainy days like the past few days, I just crave for a good Teochew porridge as my comfort food. Easily gone unnoticed at a HDB void deck unless you are staying in the area, Xing Xian has been offering Teochew porridge and some authentic Teochew dishes in a zi char style for the past 2 years.

Salted vegetable with shark meat ($5) is a common dish that goes with the porridge. The tender shark meat here came in chunks and despite looking spicy, it was manageable even for someone like me with a low spicy threshold. Fermented soy beans added a slightly yeasty flavour to the dish in addition to the saltiness from the large pieces of salty vegetable.

Stewed cabbage ($2) is something that I would never miss too, but what's special was on top of the usual ingredients like black fungus and vermicelli, some day lilies were thrown in as well, adding a crunchiness.

But of course the highlight had to be the braised platter ($10). You could customize the platter with their available braised items like braised duck, intestines, beancurd, egg, tau pok etc. They were really generous in the serving, the rooster plate was completely filled with each of the 3 items that we had chosen. I was impressed by the pig intestines here that were dealt with, pretty cleanly such that there wasn't any unpleasant odour.
Mum was impressed by the braised duck; Being a Teochew, she's really particular about how braised ducks sold outside are authentic given that she grew up with home cooked ones. Most of those we find outside nowadays are braised with dark soya sauce to get the dark colour on the duck skin, but she says the traditional way is to braise with sugar and the secret to identifying whether it was done traditionally is the glazed duck skin that shimmers! So we were really glad that we found it here and the portion was substantial.
Foresee ourselves coming back again and again to this cheap and good Teochew cuisine eatery that keeps our bellies happy. Next up, try their Teochew dishes!
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