Chong Jia Food - Lu Rou Fan @ Blk 493 Jurong West Street 41

Over at Jurong West Street 41 is a coffee shop named Tahoe Garden. Inside, you can find Chong Jia Food, a stall specializing in Taiwanese lu rou fan (braised pork rice), special marinated drumstick steamed rice and congee. 

I was greeted by the cheerful stall owner who prepared my order for a plate of lu rou fan. The ingredients were all ready cooked so it did not take her long to assemble everything together.

On my plate of white rice sprinkled with black sesame seeds were a generous serving of lu rou, braised peanuts, two halves of a hard-boiled egg and a bed of lettuce. It came with a free bowl of vegetable soup.

I guess the lettuce is there to help cut through the richness of the lu rou but really, I wished they were suan cai (salted vegetable) instead, for a more authentic Taiwan lu rou fan experience.


The two side dishes of braised peanuts and hard-boiled egg were pretty standard. 

I wished there were more of that delicious gravy on the rice.

The soup is rather watered down. It would have appealed to me more if there were more robust flavors in it.