One of the newest additions to the list of recommended stalls by the Singapore Michelin Guide with a Bib Gourmand, Kwee Heng Duck Rice 貴興 is not a stranger to patrons of the famous Newton Food Centre.
This makes the number of duck hawker stalls on the Michelin-Recommendation list even longer.
There are also Chuan Kee Boneless Braised Duck at Ghim Moh, Ah Heng Duck Rice at Hong Lim, Boon Tong Kee Kway Chap Braised Duck at Zion Road, and Cheng Heng Kway Chap and Braised Duck Rice at Holland Drive – though their styles are quite varying.
As for Kwee Heng, with more than 40 years under its belt, the stall has its loyal band of customers.
Go during lunch hours and you can expect a long queue, even if it does move fast.
Their menu is pretty wide-ranging and confusing to first-timers though. Like wah, they sell ’everything’.
These include Fried Rice, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Boneless Duck Rice, Duck Noodles, Chicken Noodles, Crispy Chicken, Duck Porridge, Kway Chap, Beah Sprouts, Wanton Noodle, Roasted Pork and Char Siew.
Get what I mean?
Although there are other roast meats available, the Braised Duck is the main draw.
Prepared by simmering a whole duck in braising liquid for hours, the result should be tender and packed full of flavour.
For myself, I picked up a plate of Braised Duck Rice ($4, $5, $6). Having been deboned, all I had to do was get a piece of thinly sliced duck with some of the white rice.
There was a good balance between the chew of the meat and the softness of the skin.
This was a decent plate of Duck Rice, but I wished that the duck pieces were chopped into bigger pieces to savour more of that meatiness.
But I suspect they still want to keep the prices affordable (at $4) in a more expensive hawker-climate.
The rice came served with a bowl of soup. The deep brown colour made sense after I had a spoonful of the deeply herbal soup, which helped to refresh the palette.
Braised duck here also comes in the form of Braised Duck Noodles ($4, $5, $6) in which you can choose from kway teow or Hokkien yellow thick noodles.
The plate was generously laden with sambal chili, pork lard, herbs, black vinegar and savoury braised soy sauce that brought out the tender and succulent flavours of the braised dusk.
The gravy was quite rich and flavourful. Probably my favourite plate between the two.
If you insist on having something else, look for the Hainanese Chicken Rice ($4, $5, $6), Char Siew and Roasted Pork Rice ($4, $5, $6), and Roasted Chicken Rice with Oyster Sauce Vegetables ($6, $7, $8).
Having been around for ages, Kwee Heng Duck Rice is clearly one of the heavyweights at Newton Food Centre.
Say you have not heard of them – you do now.
Kwee Heng Duck Rice
Newton Food Centre #01-13, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495
Opening Hours: 9am – 10pm (Mon – Tues, Thurs – Sun), Closed Wed
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Read: DFD Singapore Michelin Bib Gourmand Reviews
* Written by Daniel Ang and Dean Ang. Follow @DanielFoodDiary on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube for more food news, food videos and travel highlights. DFD paid for food reviewed unless otherwise stated.
