Happened to pass-by Chun Kee at Cheong Chin Nam Road, which is directly opposite the famed Beauty World shopping center.
It was already after lunch hour, there were not many customers there. It happened that the owner, the gentleman in a shirt in the photo above, was there to entertain his family and/or friends. Someone once said that the best assurance a restaurant owner can give to the patrons is to eat the food from his own restaurant, thus I felt very assured that day.
The place is divided into two sections. The inner section has air conditioning, while the outer section doesn't . Choose what you prefer.
Seafood White Bee Hoon, $5.80
I ordered the seafood white bee hoon, their signature dish, for $5.80. No GST, no service charge. The ingredients are quite simple. Two pieces of prawns, a few pieces of squid, egg, vegetables and of course, the mee hoon (vermicelli). The bee hoon came piping hot, as it was cooked upon order. A word of caution: It is really hot, especially the broth. I almost burnt my tongue. So you have been warned, be patient!
The broth is strong-flavored. It was said that the broth was cooked with chicken stock and lala clams, no wonder it was sweet, and had this pleasant smell of the sea. The egg was first fried till a bit burnish, then cooked together with the rest of the ingredients. The fried egg and the broth mixed together and created the strong flavor in the dish. A nitpick is it is a bit on the more salty side. If they can use slightly less salt, it would have been perfect.
The vermicelli retained its shape well, not a big patch of unidentified objects. The best part is the vermicelli managed to absorbed the broth nicely without being over-cooked.
Overall, I think the food was good. It is a more memorable version of the seafood white bee hoon found in Singapore.
