Best Chee Cheong Fun in Kuching

While the star dish at Chen Fa Kopitiam is undoubtedly the wantan noodles, the chee cheong fun here has been known to turn a few heads. This plate of chee cheong fun is stuffed with pork and shrimp, giving diversity in terms of flavour and texture. One thing that becomes pretty obvious when you first take a look at this plate of Chee Cheong Fun is the generous amount of soy sauce that’s on the plate, which fortunately does not overpower the dish with saltiness. There’s also the addition of some sesame seeds and some chilli flakes, which help to give the dish more fragrance and flavour.

Among the many things you can try out at C121 Food Station, the Chee Cheong Fun is definitely in that list. The Chee Cheong Fun can either be had plain, or with a choice of either pork, vegetable or prawn filling. As far as portion sizes go, it is quite generous, especially when compared to other servings of Chee Cheong Fun out there. Each plate of Chee Cheong Fun from C121 Food Station comes with the aforementioned generous portion of Chee Cheong Fun, and some chilli paste that’s placed on the top of one of the pieces very simply, giving it a slight rustic feel.

Penrissen Court boasts 28 stalls offering some Sarawakian and local favourites such as kolo mee, fish head noodles, and most certainly, chee cheong fun. The chee cheong fun here certainly stands out from the rest. For starters, it’s portion is much larger than most plates of chee cheong fun out there. On top of this, a thicker soy sauce is used as opposed to the lighter sauce, which gives the dish a slightly different flavour and gives it more richness. For more aroma and texture, fried shallots are used in place of the more commonly used sesame seeds, which makes a substantial difference in this regard.

3There’s plenty of variety to enjoy at Siang Siang Food Court, inclusive of the stall that’s dedicated to selling chee cheong fun. There are a number of different options available at this stall when it comes to the filling, but the highlight is most certainly the BBQ pork filling. This plate of chee cheong fun comes with a generous amount of light soy sauce to aid in giving the dish saltiness. On top of the chee cheong fun, sesame seeds, fried shallots, as a few bits of BBQ pork are sprinkled on top, which greatly enhances the flavour, fragrance, and aroma of the dish.

While Min Feng Hao is noted for their congee, their plate of Chee Cheong Fun is certainly no slouch, especially considering it’s a newer entry into their menu. The Chee Cheong Fun here can either be had plain, or stuffed with Chinese crullers, BBQ pork, beef, shrimp; showing a decent amount of variety that can be enjoyed. The plate of Chee Cheong Fun comes in a light soy sauce for more saltiness, with a few leaves of bitter greens to help add some freshness, and a portion of chilli paste on the side should you be looking for a bit more heat in your serving of Chee Cheong Fun.

With all the different restaurants and cuisines that are available in the Pullman Hotel, the chee cheong fun at the Nu Er Hong restaurant in the Pullman Hotel still manages to find it’s place and not get lost in the overwhelming variety. The chee cheong fun here can be of a more simple variety, with Chinese cruller stuffing; or of a more complex variety as seen in their duck meat stuffing, which also contains a slew of other secret ingredients that help make it more moist, slippery, and flavourful. Interestingly enough, there’s not much soy sauce in this plate of chee cheong fun, thus letting the filling carry the majority of the flavours in this plate.

Located in the Boulevard Shopping Mall is Boulevard Restaurant; a relatively new Chinese restaurant specialising in dim sum dishes. While it is easy to get lost in the number of options available in most dim sum restaurants, this is not the case for the plate of chee cheong fun here, in particular, the chee cheong fun filled with BBQ pork filling. One thing to note about the plate is the fact that there’s just the right amount of light soy sauce that’s in the dish, resulting in a dish that has the right balance in terms of saltiness. To literally top it off, there’s a decent portion of sesame seeds, fried shallots, and spring onions sprinkled on top to add more flavour, texture, and fragrance.