What is the good food in Yishun? Most of us will probably mention 928 Yishun Laksa or 925 Yishun Hainanese Chicken Rice. Another popular hawker stall in Yishun is 618 Sim Carrot Cake. Coincidentally, it has numeric number on its stall name too. By the way, the stall only fries white carrot cake. It does not sell the black version.
The first thing I notice is the heap of sweet chye poh (preserved radish) on the plate of White Carrot Cake ($3.50/ $4.50). It is not unusual to add chye poh to fried carrot cake, but it is usually fried with the steamed radish cake.
I am not going to complain about the generous serving of chye poh as it accentuated the flavour profile and gave it a delightful texture bite, contrasting the softness of the radish fried cake.
If you realize the fried carrot cake is cut into small cubes and held together by a generous amount of eggs, almost like an omelette. One side is fried to crispy, while the other allows the enjoyment of the egg's fragrant and carrot cake's softness. It is like having two ways of enjoying the plate of fried cake.
681 Sim Carrot Cake indeed serves an excellent plate of white carrot cake. However, my friend told me to have the carrot cake with prawn option as it tastes even better with the crustacean's flavour infused into the fried carrot cake. I will do so on my next visit.
618 Sim Carrot Cake
Blk 618 Yishun Ring Road
Singapore 760618
Nearest MRT: Khatib
Opening Hours:
Mon, Wed-Sun: 630am - 130pm
(Closed on Tue)
Direction:
1) Alight at Khatib MRT station. Take Exit A. Turn left and walk down Yishun Ave 2. Walk to traffic junction Yishun Ave 2 and Yishun Ring Road. Cross the road and cut through the housing estate. Walk to destination. Journey time about 10 minutes. [Map]
I once arrived before 12.30 & it was already sold out. Will try again for the LAST time if I can wake up early. Why only twice? Well, turned out the lady mentioned it twice in a deliberate way that they "were sold out already". Quite annoying.
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