Thunder Tea Rice

[jw5]

Any fans of thunder tea rice (lei cha fan) here?

Where can you eat the best and most value for money thunder tea rice?

I heard that there is an outlet in the food court in vivo city selling, but I've never been there. Anyone tried before? How is the taste and the price?

I know of 2 good places, one in Geylang (one of the odd numbered lorongs) and one in the Yishun northpoint foodcourt.

 

[Pica_NA]

Bro jw5, I'm not a fan of thunder tea rice.... but I can recommend you a place at Amoy Market... I heard their thunder tea rice is not bad.... Heard only, yet to confirm.... just a suggestion from me...

 

[Conan the Barbarian]

Any fans of thunder tea rice (lei cha fan) here?

Where can you eat the best and most value for money thunder tea rice?

I heard that there is an outlet in the food court in vivo city selling, but I've never been there. Anyone tried before? How is the taste and the price?

I know of 2 good places, one in Geylang (one of the odd numbered lorongs) and one in the Yishun northpoint foodcourt.

Vivo City has never be synonymous with good value. So thats out.

Amoy's is not bad. Think they all taste the same, can't go wrong on any.

 

[lolabunny]

Any fans of thunder tea rice (lei cha fan) here?

Where can you eat the best and most value for money thunder tea rice?

I heard that there is an outlet in the food court in vivo city selling, but I've never been there. Anyone tried before? How is the taste and the price?

I know of 2 good places, one in Geylang (one of the odd numbered lorongs) and one in the Yishun northpoint foodcourt.

You can't get value for money thunder tea rice. It's a Hakka con job.

The Hakkas like to bluff that a lot of hard work goes into it. Then they charge you sky high for that. People pay that kind of money because they are stupid and want to keep healthy but don't eat enough veg day to day.

Who in the world actually likes the taste of thunder tea rice except Hakkas?

Just boil some mix veg and top a bowl of rice, then pour hot green tea into the whole bowl. You can easily get the basil and mint from the supermarket.

Put it this way, a person won't normally eat the veggies put in thunder tea rice if it wasn't so expensive and he was told that it was good. These are the main ingredients in thunder tea rice:


Green Tea: Powerful anti-oxidant, helps to lower cholesterol.
Basil & Mint: Anti-stress, for cooling & calming effect, aids relaxation, relieve colds.
Fuliksum: Remove body toxins and fluid wastes, strengthen immune system.
Chinese Parsley & Coriander: Ease digestion & gastric, combat flu & headache.
Ginger & Ngal: Expel body winds & gas.
Sesame: Maintain youth & enhance beauty.
Groundnuts: High in protein, good for stein.

The first four herbs are usually detested by people, normally meat lovers who do not like the grassy taste of veggies.

The last three are cheap ingredient meant to spice up the food by adding fried elements.

Thunder tea rice does not have enough beta carotene, which is a very important antioxidant. You can get that in carrots for example.

 

[Zombie]

The Hakkas like to bluff that a lot of hard work goes into it.

Maybe you have only seen Lei Cha done by the modern shortcut methods.

 

[lolabunny]

Maybe you have only seen Lei Cha done by the modern shortcut methods.

Yes, I am referring to the Lei Cha sold in food courts done by the "the modern shortcut methods" talked about on the thread.

The original one, which I've learnt to prepare (from an old granny) in a Hakka friend's house is much more tedious of course. Even the tea powder is ground by hand. Authentic versions of most local food will tend to be much better than mass produced stuff.

If you can find that in food courts, then good for you.

It's like Hokkien mee -- how they claim so much hard work goes into the stock and frying etc. When you eat at the famous stalls' franchise, it almost never taste as good. Why? It's because they will scrimp on some details to be able make it faster.

 

[Cthulhu]

The Hakkas like to bluff that a lot of hard work goes into it. Then they charge you sky high for that.

Just like how they bluff people that running this country requires exceptional talents with even more exceptional paychecks?