Char Kuew Teow

CHAR KUEY TEOW

Char Kuey Teow, literally known as "stir-fried rice cake strips", and is a popular noodle dish in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The dish is considered a national favorite in Singapore. Furthermore, in Malaysia, almost in every restaurant put Char Kuey Teow as one of it menu recipe. And Char Kuey Teow have been invent to be in many different name which can be attractive to attract it customer such as Char Kuey Teow Basah, Char Kuey Teow Kungfu, Char Kuey Teow Kerang, Char Kuey Teow Banjir and many more. Even it use different technique to cook and have different taste, but it still have some of same ingredient and it own charm. People all around Malaysia actually have taste it and become one of the famous dishes. Even though, Char kuey teow has a reputation of being unhealthy due to its high saturated fat content. However, when the dish was first invented, it was mainly served to labourers. The high fat content and low cost of the dish made it attractive to these people as it was a cheap source of energy and nutrients. When the dish was first served, it was often sold by fishermen, farmers and cockle-gatherers who doubled as char kway teow hawkers in the evening to supplement their income.


For more information about Char Kuey Teow, go to this link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_kway_teow