Street Food - Roast Meats, Char Siu / Marinated Barbecued Pork, Siu Yuk / Roast Pork Belly

Also Known As:
Roast Meats, Barbequed Meats,
Char Siu, Char Siew, Marinated Barbecued Pork, Chasu, Cha Siu, Cha Shao,
Siu Yuk, Sio Bak, Roast Pork Belly, Siew Yuk, Siew Yoke, Siew Bak


Average Price Per Serving:
SGD $2.50 - $8


Description:
In Singapore, Roast Meats refers to a stall selling Cantonese style roasted meat. A Roast Meats stall will typically have 2 types of roast pork, namely Char Siu / Marinated Barbecued Pork and Siu Yuk / Roast Pork Belly, as well as roast duck, taiwanese pork sausages (Xiang Chang), chinese pork sausages (Lup Cheong) and braised hard boiled eggs.

Char Siu / Marinated Barbecued Pork typically uses either cuts of pork loin, pork shoulder, pork collar, pork belly or pork butt. These are cut into strips, and marinated with honey syrup, garlic, chinese 5-spice powder, sugar, shaoxing wine / chinese rice wine / sherry, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, red fermented tofu and seafood hoisin sauce.

Some hawkers also include oyster sauce, pepper, soy bean paste, sesame oil or red food colouring. The Char Siu / Marinated Barbecued Pork is then skewered and long 'forks', and roasted in an oven / over charcoals.

This gives Char Siu / Marinated Barbecued Pork a deep red / brown colour, with a nice char from caramelisation. The meat should be firm, with a bit of juice, and a slightly sweet taste.

Siu Yuk / Roast Pork Belly uses pork belly cuts, which is then dry rubbed with chinese 5-spice powder, salt and pepper. The meat is then roasted, and white vinegar is brushed onto the skin.

This gives Siu Yuk / Roast Pork Belly a salty, savoury taste, and crispy skin. The meat should be firm, with a bit of juice.

A Roast Meats stall will serve Char Siu / Marinated Barbecued Pork and Siu Yuk / Roast Pork Belly with plain white rice, sliced cucumbers, shrimp paste (Belacan) and a spicy chili sauce.


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Roast Meats is one of those foods I wish I could eat everyday... Especially those done well!

These are the top 3 stalls which I feel serve the best Roast Meats in Singapore.


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Fatty Cheong
@ ABC Brickworks 6 Jalan Bukit Merah 01-120
Opening Hours: 11am - 7pm Closed Thu






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Alex's Eating House
@ 87 Beach Road #01-01
Opening Hours: 9am - 6pm Daily






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Hua Fong Kee
@ 116 Toa Payoh Lorong 2 #01-140
Opening Hours: 8am - 8pm Closed Thu






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