Maxwell Market is food heaven, it's also food house of mirrors. Step in and you'll get mesmerized by the hordes of people as well as the rows and rows of food stalls selling pretty much similar stuff! If you disagree with me, go and count the number of chicken rice stalls with a blue signboard running white words.
I gave up staying in line for chicken rice (Mama Lim makes them better anyways) so I spent another 15 minutes looking around the entire hawker center before settling for a somewhat believable stall. Fu Shun Roasted Meat Specialist.
It's a pretty long queue, about 10 minutes of waiting? (The ones for the big name chicken rice stalls were stupid long, maybe 30 minutes) I decided on this stall also because of a nearby seat I could place my skateboard on as I stood in line.
I don't know what got into me. I didn't get the noodles, neither did I get the roasted duck. Aren't those stuff supposedly the number one representatives for any roasted meat houses? Bah! Anyways, I got the mixed meat rice, which consists of shio bak and char siew for a low price of $3.50! That's pretty damn cheap if you ask me!
This is the char siew. Note the texture of the flesh!
And this is the char siew with that thick gravy smeared over! Notice how it coats the meat nicely yet holds nicely within the flesh? HEAVEN! The meat was chewy, with each bite you get more juice flowing and more flavour as a result. There are burnt bits around the meat which adds a slight smokey touch to the aroma. If you are health conscious, I suggest you NOT EAT AT ALL! It is called CHAR siew for a reason hehehe.
This is the shio bak with a generous amount of their very spicy chili sauce lapped on top. Shio bak essentially a slab of pork belly roasted in a mega hot oven until the skin burns. To which they scrape off the burnt bits AND THEN ROAST IT AGAIN! The result is a beautiful tri-layer of chewy lean meat, melt-in-your-mouth fat and crispy/crunchy skin. How good is the skin?
I'll go back to finding more food now. Here's the address to Maxwell food center!
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