Chee cheong fun has got to be one of my favourite noodle dishes. It’s steamed soft rice flour noodles. We buy these from Fook Kee at Spencer Village International Food Hall, 200 Spencer Road, Thornlie. Fook Kee serves the chee cheong fun rolled up and chopped into segments, served with a sweet thick sauce and fried beancurd skin, topped with fragrant sesame seeds.
For me, happiness is sitting at my computer chatting on a friend online while eating these soft noodles.
For more info including what the words “chee cheong fun” mean, read the Wikipedia entry on chee cheong fun.
The photo in this post shows the plainest way to eat chee cheong fun – it’s plain and simple and my favourite way; Jac says that’s much too simple for her taste. I’ve featured variations of chee cheong fun before, including chee cheong fun stuffed with prawn and with barbecue pork. See:
Dim sum at Emma’s in Victoria Park
Dim sum at Marigold in Haymarket, NSW.
I'm TFP, a food blogger from Perth, Western Australia.
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YUMM!!!! I love this too!!!! You live near Spencer Village? I lived in Perth for a few years. Ventured out to Spencer Village a couple of times, had a bad experience though – assam laksa with SARDINES… so I dont think I thought highly of the place.. although… the chee cheong fun looks amazing.
TFP, I have missed your chee cheong fun posts.
(Gcroft to take note of this place). I love ccf served with sweet red sauce, topped with sesame seeds and pickled green chilli’s. Simple, but such a comforting dish.
catty,
I wouldn’t say we live “close”, but we live “close enough” that we can eat there fairly regularly. I’ve featured Spencer Village meals many a time here at the blog. A search for “Spencer” brings up lots of posts and photos!
I really love chee cheong fun too. The best thing about too about it is that its guilt free (apart from the deep fried tofu skin). In fact, I just went to dim sum this morning and it was lovely. Egg tarts, shirmp chee cheong fun, deep fried shrimp dumplings, siew mai, deep fried squid tentacles, vegetable dumplings, and seafood noodle soup. It was sooo good. I prefer small quantities exquisite food rather than a large portion that is mediocre.
catty
I think most shops here make their Penang laksa with SARDINES. Its hard to get fresh unfrozen kembong fish here. Some of my friend, instead of using Sardine they will use Tuna in a can for their Laksa. We called it instant Penang laksa made from instant perencah/mixes.
FD
Chee chong fun for brekky. Love it for brekky.
Hi there TFP! Old lurker, first time posting :) Love your blog and your adorable cats!
I had chee cheong fun on Friday from Spencer Village (Fook Kee) and I do agree, very simple and delicious. Unfortunately it will be a while before I can go back (no longer working in the area). Still, ccf is a great light lunch.
Mmmm I LOVE this soft white noodle. I buy the ones with dried shrimp and green onion specks in them, drizzle in soy sauce and sesame oil and eat it warm for breakfast!
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that are the most satisfying. My most simple “food” that I like to eat is a sausage bun! (A mantou with a chinese sausage inside it). So simple but so satisfying :D
So very frustrating, though, that they only sell chee cheong fun on certain days at Spencer Village. It’s about a 15-20 minute drive from my house, and I’ve gone multiple times with the intention of a ccf lunch only to find out that they’re not selling it that day :(
I always feel guilty about the lack of vegetables too :P
chee cheong fun is one of my favourite things ever, in all its various forms. i’ve yet to try the kind with a you char kueh in it though…but it’s on my agenda.
I LOVED cheong fun growing up and always ordered it with BBQ pork and bok choy. SO good with a bit of chili sauce!
Never heard of it. :-)
I’d give it a try.
Nerd ;)
Me too. Although my version would be instant noodles. Hehe
i’m watching a programme online at the moment, and the television chef is on a tour of the far east. he was in penang (i think?) and he had chee cheong fun – it looked amazing. :) and, beef rendang, and hainan chicken rice, and nasi lemak. he went to one of those hawker stalls and it looked awesome.
i’m seriously SO jealous – we just don’t have anything like this in the UK, at all. not even really in the big cities, like london. it sucks.
but, yeah, it was like TFP, but on video!
Gcroft,
Mmm, I haven’t had it with pickled green chilli, but I reckon I’d enjoy that!
i_love_eating,
I love chee cheong fun and would happily eat it “guilt-free” without the fried tofu skin (but of course the fried tofu skin makes it just that much yummier).
flower,
Yes – it’s a fantastic breakfast dish. When we were kids growing up in Malaysia we went with mum to the market before morning school. I would have a tough decision what to eat for breakfast: fish ball kway teow soup, char siu wantan mee dry style or chee cheong fun. My brother was the chee cheong fun boy – that was his choice every time.
Cheers, Archie!
Mmm, I wish I could have it for lunch on work days – that would be fantastic.
Megan,
Mmmm… it’s 12:20am as I type this, and my tummy / brain are feeling peckish…
clekitty,
Yum, sausage buns…
erin,
I hate it when all I feel like eating out of everything available at Spencers – is chee cheong fun, and they are all out. Re: vegetables, you could always order chee cheong fun along with a plate of steamed green chinese veg with oyster sauce(when they have it) – that would be a balanced meal!
dea,
I haven’t tried that one yet either… and now I really want to!
Cookie,
That sounds so good right now!
Cindy,
I hope you do get the chance to try it.
C,
Takes one to know one! :-P Hehehheheh.
Instant noodles make me happy too.
jessi,
That all sounds yum – especially chicken rice, nasi lemak AND chee cheong fun. Rendang I like but not in the same way as I love the other dishes. Like TFP on video, eh? You reckon there’d be demand for TFP on video? :)
ooh… i love soft, silky smooth cheong fun too. my favourite way to eat it would be just plain light soy sauce with a drizzle of sesame oil. i’m not really a big fan of the sweet sauce (that’s how they serve it in Singers).