Beef chow fun is wide hor fun rice noodles stir fried dry with marinated beef and bean sprouts over a high flame; its charred wok hei flavour is the test of a Cantonese cook; in Hong Kong we have verified places to eat it in Hong Kong. Start with where to eat Beef chow fun (Gon chow ngau ho) in Hong Kong.
Beef chow fun (Gon chow ngau ho) · Hong Kong
Beef chow fun is wide hor fun rice noodles stir fried dry with marinated beef and bean sprouts over a high flame; its charred wok hei flavour is the test of a Cantonese cook.
Beef chow fun is a staple Cantonese dish of yum cha restaurants in Guangdong and Hong Kong and of cha chaan teng. Its hor fun noodles, also called shahe fen, come from the town of Shahe in Guangzhou, and the dry fried version is now so common that hor fun on a menu means dry fried. Everything rests on wok hei: a high flame, quick stirring that does not break the noodles and careful oil, which makes the dish a major test of a Cantonese chef. Its origin is unknown, though one legend credits a cook named Mr Hui during the Second World War.
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