Chee Cheong Fun success!
Desperate cravings call for desperate measures!
Gin and I surveyed some dim sum restaurants in the surrounding towns (Hamilton and Tauranga) and they are pretty alright. Nothing compared to those back home BUT like I always say, "It’s as good as it gets, don’t complain!" 
We discovered that the kids down the plain Chee Cheong Fun like soup! Before I can get to it, it’s gone!
So I decided to search online for a recipe. Can’t be that hard right? Like flour only…
Well, I actually managed to find a pretty idiot proof recipe (I think i need to call my blog idiot proof recipes.com)! I followed it word for word (minus the fillings and garnish) and I used a normal plate to hold the Chee Cheong Fun in the microwave. I find that letting it stand for more than 1 minute is better for rolling. It’s a bit different for different microwaves so have to experiment a little.
For the sauce, I improvised and made my own using ABC Sauce (Kecap Manis), bit of Soya Sauce, bit of Sesame Oil and sesame seeds.
Voila! All ready to eat! It’s close to what we get at home at the hawker centers (in my opinion, even better than the supermarket ready ones, prob coz I made it myself! Ha!) but still not quite it BUT like I always say "As good as it gets!".
(P/s other thing I’m trying to master is the breakfast fried bee hoon you get at hawker centers that you eat with fried egg, luncheon meat etc… can’t quite get it right yet. Can’t seem to get the right taste and dry enough. Anyone with some ideas, let me know?)
April 27th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Hi … I am blog hopping from Pauline and came to yours.. i love chee cheong fun too.. my fav! just to share a bit about the fried bee hoon… try to soak the bee hoon in cold water till it is really soft so that you do not need to much water to cook. After you fried the ingredient you are putting in, add the bee hoon last and then add in the sauces and stir or mix it abit using chopsticks till you get the right texture you want and in low fire so that it doesn’t get burned and it will turn out real good
enjoy!
jean
April 27th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Hi Jean, Ooo thanks! I’ll try that the next time! How do you season your bee hoon? I’m trying to get the taste of the hawker center one, the plain one without ingredients.
May 1st, 2010 at 3:55 am
Hi Ailing, I use oyster sauce and sweet black sauce. Add some bean sprout… the taste is good. Sometimes soy sauce if taste too bland. and don’t forget to add some hot water ..just some so that while mixing the bee hoon with sauce, it will not stick to the wok
happy cooking!!
jean
May 2nd, 2010 at 1:01 am
Ah, a tip on the mee hoon is add the sauce into the wok with the bean sprouts, then add the bee hoon will make sure it seasoned well. I don’t usually add water into the mee hoon anymore if i do it this way as it might get a bit wet. Have a try and see how it goes
Ummm now I feel like mee hoon!