There are days that he will want to eat Cantonese style congee and not TeoChew style congee and we will go to Tim Won, a nearby coffee shop for a bowl of hot and affordable congee priced at around MYR 7. Fatty Mok yong tofu coffee shop also has Cantonese style congee. Now that we are not dining out, we couldn't do so. But we could buy takeaway congee and eat it at home so we did just that. Although the price is higher when we order it via the food panda app, we did that because we didn't want to hang around the coffee shop where people have removed their masks to eat their food and some are still hanging around having a good leisure time sipping their coffees with their masks off, happily chatting animatedly to their friends, not realizing that they shouldn't be letting their saliva fly everywhere, to wait for the congee to be prepared.
Teochew style congee has clear soft expanded individual grains of rice swimming in water whereas Cantonese style congee is just a mushy bowl of smooth thick liquid cooked from rice, grains of rice are not visible at all, they have been cooked until they all seemed to have melted into the water.
Been eating a lot of porridge lately, cooking my own with whatever leftover rice there is...instead of frying it like before.
ReplyDeleteNon oily porridge is better but since you are watching your sugar level, better to eat 8 grains congee instead of white basmati congee.
DeleteI prefer canto style congee. Can jst swallow without chewing. If the deep fried dough stall is open, i will tapao the youtiau along😋😋
ReplyDeleteTim Won is near Lai Lai so congee and youtiao both easily can get. 😋😋
DeleteI like Teochew porridge. Not that I could find Cantonese congee over here as not many.
ReplyDeleteOh, you can cook your own cantonese style congee. Got many recipes online.
DeleteHave not been eating porridge for quite a long time. :D Would want to try some these days.
ReplyDeleteYou can cook the congee yourself easily.
DeleteAh so that's the difference between the styles. I just order Hon Kee famous porridge and hubby as usual was complaining he didn't like that kind of porridge. Which would be Cantonese style according to your post.
ReplyDelete*ordered. Using the Sama2 lokal which is back with some T&Cs. But need to order early since it's limited to 1600 redemptions a day.
DeleteYes hon kee is cantonese style congee. Your husband prefers teochew style with biji biji rice clearly?
DeleteThanks for the info on sama2 lokal. See when I diligent enough to go order early.
DeleteMy hubby just dislikes this particular type where it's cooked to a paste. Ya if can see biji-biji will pass.
DeleteHahahaha, means he likes Teochew style congee. Next time don't buy Cantonese style congee for him la.
DeleteI didn't know it would turn out to be that type. Anyway no harm since I had his share hehe.
DeleteHahahaha ya, u can eat so no issues.
DeleteGrab also gives good discounts these days... I just ordered 3 dishes and came to RM40 from a nyonya restaurant...
ReplyDeleteGood good. Better to just stay home.
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