Hidden Gem Kway Chap in Jalan Berseh Food Centre @ Lao Liang Stall #02-37

Lao Liang in Jalan Berseh Food Centre serves one of the best kway chap or stewed pork offal with rice sheets in Singapore.

Restaurant name: Lao Liang Pig Trotter Jelly & Shark Meat 老两猪脚冻沙鱼肉Address: Stall #02-37, Jalan Berseh Food Centre, off Jalan BesarHours: 11:00am - 3:00pm (Mon off)

Many people know Lao Liang is the best place in Singapore to get authentic pork trotter and shark meat jelly or aspic.

Pork trotter aspic is made by boiling pig skin until the collagen is dissolved. It is then mixed with chopped meat and skin, and chilled until it turned into jelly. As Lao Liang do not use any jelling agent, their pork aspic is served with ice. The aspic melts in the warmth of your mouth and releases its savoury sweet flavours. Shark aspic is made in the same way with shark meat and skin. Personally, I like shark aspic even more.

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Lao Liang is one of the handful of places in Singapore that still serve pork and shark aspic and the only one that I know that do not use jelling agent. And that's the thing, Lao Liang's pork and shark aspic is so famous that most people do not know that they serve one of the best kway chap in Singapore too. Alamak..., hidden by the fame of their own dishes 🤔 It's the best kept secret of Lao Liang's loyal fans who followed them since their street side days at the old Thong Chai Medical Institute (intersection of Eu Tong Sen Street and Merchant Road). I just found out today too 😂

Lao Liang braise their pork and offal till soft with a mild well balanced savoury sweet herbal braising stock. The stock is not too dark and does not lean on the salty side like many kway chap places nowadays. The offal are very well cleaned. I can taste the pork's natural sweetness underlying the savoury sweet herbal taste of the infused braising liquid.

I like it that Lao Liang slice their stewed pork belly thin. Nice tender chewy texture with savoury sweet herbal flavour infused into its naturally sweet soft fibres.

The floppy stewed pig skin, oh... so... soft.

The flavour infused skin is like a wet sponge for the savoury sweet herbal braising stock.

The tea coloured soup in the bowl of kway (rice sheet) was pretty potent (I mean potently addictive). The soup has a good smooth body and mild savoury sweet herbal taste. Bits of fried shallot and a teaspoon of aromatic shallot infused oil added another layer of flavour and aroma. There's a subtle heat from a secret ingredient (not only pepper). The slurpy kway (rice sheets) were thin, smooth and picked up the flavoursome soup well.

I like it so much that I asked for a second helping of the kway (this was my third meal stop of a whole day food trail and it was only lunch time 😱 ).

Must also get their stewed pork trotter which is cooked to just the right doneness. The meat, fat and skin were tender, juicy and had a soft chewiness to the bite. Same savoury sweetness with underlying fresh pork sweetness. Pork fresh, meat not over stewed and braising liquid not overly salty - really worth the calories and cholesterol.