My Mum used to tell me of the days when for a few cents she could have char kuay teow. And now, I am telling my children that in my days for 20 cents I could have char kuay teow.
Ah, we almost never resisted telling our children or the young kids at work about the days when we could run down to the nearest hawker, often within 100 steps from our home, to buy our favourite char kuay teow with lots of chilli and fresh and raw “hum” (cockles) and with the eggs we brought along.
The roaring fire from the wood or charcoal made the fried kuay teow simply delicious!
Tags: Char Kway Teow
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I have heard about this before. I heard that many of the hawkers back then would not charge extra for cooking the eggs for their customers who have brought along their own eggs. Ah….the children whose families had chickens which laid eggs would probably be the fortunate of the lot?
Posted on June 10th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I suppose in those days when one did not have a fridge to keep the eggs cool – remember those collapseable wired baskets to keep eggs? – it might be fresher if one brought the eggs to be cooked. (^^)
Posted on June 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I think the main reason is cost. In those days, eggs where quite expensive and so the difference in price bet char kuay teow with eggs and without eggs is quite big; more than if you were to supply the egg yourself. So when you brought your own egg, you pay for the lower price. This is especially so when you are buying a few packets for the whole family.
Posted on June 16th, 2008 at 4:56 am
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