Kakilang Char Koay Teow CKT
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Chiefeater Eddie Low tried out the CKT at Kakilang Char Koay Teow in Balwyn


Szechuan
We be back at Chamoon Hot Pot again. This is my style, exhausting the menu. The recent visits paid off - the Szechuan natives who run the floor and the chefs running the kitchen came out to say hi. Today I tried their cordyceps soup base - and it’s proving to be the best one yet. Last visit - I thought their mala offerings was supreme. The visit before, I was duly impressed with their mushroom hotpot.

At Chamoon Hot Pot, I find myself strategising what to order, as everything is good. The servers from Szechuan are really proud of the fact that most ingredients are flown in fresh from their hometown - including the decorative pandas on deserts and food platters!


The star dish for us today was the in-season (winter) pea shoots from Szechuan. This is a notch above the Taiwanese pea shoots I’ve grown to love over the years (my favourite vegetable = doumiao). Blanching my first few bunches of pea shoots into my cordyceps soup broth was magic. Just 10-15 secs and without any sauce or condiment for the first taster.
The peashoots are 8/10 straight out. Mic drop.

Absolute magic! I’ve never tasted fresher vegetable before. I loved it so much, the server from Szechuan packed me a few more bunches FOC to take home. Bless her.
Chamoon Hot Pot doesn’t come cheap, but every visit reminds me that I’m having a slice of China, specifically a slurp of Szechuan. Not to be missed!


The other stand-out dish today was the claypot chicken stew. The amount of garlic bulbs thrown in was insane! Definitely another effortless 7.5/10.

Even the simple century egg has Szechuan mama flair infused. Fine balance between the nuttiness, umami packed flavours of a good century egg, and the zing of a well poised mala oil emulsion. Just wonderful at 7.5/10

Chamoon Hot Pot is batting at 7.5/10 - currently the highest consistent ranking for hotpot offerings in ASEAN. This is Taiwan 101 artisanal hotpot range that they are operating in.
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Opens Daily
11:00 am to 02:00 pm
05:00 pm to 10:00 pm
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Chiefeater Eddie Low tried out the CKT at Kakilang Char Koay Teow in Balwyn
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