Anyway, DH and I enjoy lui cha once a week and we usually buy it from a coffee shop at Chow Yang. With the number of vegetables for this dish, I find it too tedious to prepare it. Besides this one taste pretty good and without the hassel. They also sell a 'spicy' version but I haven't tried it before.
All you have to do is to mix the 'green tea paste' with some hot water and mix it in with the rice. Alternatively you can eat them separately. I do a combination of both, mixing some soup with the rice and also have additional soup in a separate bowl.
I still vividly remember my first introduction to this dish. We were invited to a family friend's house for dinner and was presented with a big noodle bowl and told to scoop a spoonful of all the vegetable dishes on the table and believe me, my parent's friend really filled the table with a vast array of dishes. By the time I tossed in the last condiment being the peanuts, I was very concern by the large amount of green vegetables in my bowl. Not only that I was told to pour in some green soup and give it a quick mix before eating.
It started ok until my parent's family insisted that we refill with more vegetables after a few mouthfuls (customary wor???). I did it once out of courtesy but since the food in my bowl wasn't moving, I tactfully avoided any further refills which was a good thing since I barely finished it and also was nursing my tired and aching jaw with all the chewing.
Needless to say, it was an eventful first experience.
Taste wise it is rather unique, a little green (but heaps much better than wheat grass) and perhaps need some getting used to but honestly I really enjoy it and find it tasty.
Updated: The name of the corner coffee shop.
For more reads about this Hakka dish read here, here or here.
9 comments:
Hm.... I love Lui Cha, since there is a good one in Chow Yang, I gotta go there 'tapao'-d. Thanks for the info.
Love this!!! I can have it everyday and still look forward to it. Yummy!!
glad that we all share the same love for this dish - ha ha, perhaps we should get together and u tell me whether pass your standard or not?
kel - this stall is situated right on the opposite end of the Kayu, same row. The wanton noodle stall suppose to be good too.
bento pet - don't mind it everyday too esp since its healthy. can you cook this? *hint hint*
i have never had this dish before. which cow yang coffee shop? is it the one behind nasi kayu kandar?
wen, its not the coffee shop directly behind the nasi kayu kandar but on same row as kayu right at the other end (past Chilli pan mee and the taiping ho chiak shops). hope not too confusing as quite a number of eateries in that block but only two coffee shops.
hope you like it, really good dose of veg!
hey hey...another lover of lui-cha here, hahaha. surprisingly, my boys love them to bits too :D
looks like a lui-cha eating gathering sounds good, haha..
but too bad, like u said it's too complicated to made ourselves:)
i rather pay to eat this, think i know which stall, thks for sharing.
there r quite a no. of good ones around too.
I would love to try it, I wonder if anyone makes it here in Hawaii? Is it a Chinese dish?
hi jacss, hope u and bub going well. where do u usually go for your lui cha fix??
Susan, it is a Hakka chinese dish. Yeah, do let me know if you can get it in Hawaii too. You can try making it and I've posted some links for you. Even when my MIL makes it she normally buys the ready made green tea paste. He he he...otherwise, if u are ever in KL (maybe book tour or something)let me know and can take u around!!
Thanks for the links javapot! :)
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