Guan Hin Homemade Carrot Cake

Fried carrot cake, or chai tow kway, is a dish that I will definitely introduce to my overseas visitors whenever I do food tours with them. That’s because the savoury radish cubes are so different from their carrot cake which is usually eaten as dessert.

I have a soft spot for carrot cake because my grandfather would always buy it back for supper or tea break when I was still a child. Till now, I still eat it very frequently. Especially the black version, it’s so irresistible. Guan Hin Homemade Carrot Cake (元兴自制菜头粿) has been under the radar for too long. I have been seeing it on my friends’ feed for a few months and I finally get to try it!

At the stall, you will see huge round aluminium trays filled with homemade carrot cake. It’s such a rare sight because most of the carrot cake stalls do not make it on their own and are getting it from suppliers already. But everyday, the old coupe still makes it on the stall, cuts them up into huge chunks and frying it upon order.

Each piece of carrot cake is so chunky and stir fried with garlic and preserved radish. There is an option for white or black version. I preferred the black one where the old uncle mix it with thick and rich black sweetened sauce for extra umami. Plus, he is generous with eggs too!

Guan Hin Homemade Carrot Cake has moved to a temporary stall at Chinatown Complex #02-180 for one year. Updated as of 24th Nov 2016. Thank you AK for updating us!

MissTamChiak.com paid its own meal at the stall featured here.

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