Steamed Rice Noodle Stall

I don’t see the hype with these steamed rice noodles. Definitely not the same as the ones you get at dim sum. Maybe this is the how they are made at the stalls vs in the kitchen. I do prefer my shrimps to be covered in a thin layer of steamed rice noodles rather than chewing through thick rolled up steamed rice noodles (almost the same size as a churro) with a couple of scattered shrimp pieces. I THINK the shrimp steamed rice noodles were the most expensive ($ 2.50?) while the beef, dried shrimp?, and roast pork ones were less than $ 2. They are only available from 7AM-​3PM. If you miss out on them just order the duck buns… they taste much better anyway.

Everyone talks about the Peking Duck Stall (
) but the rice noodle roll stall tends to go unmentioned and often times unnoticed. Up until recently, this stall was merged with the Peking Duck stall as a result of the recent expansion of the corner fruit stand, thus both the duck buns and rice noodle crepes are now being sold from the same window.
Rice noodles rolls are known in the Canto Dim Sum world as «Cheurng Fun» (Chang fen in Mando), a popular dish of thin rice noodle filled with shrimp, chinese cruellers (yau tieu), beef, or even roast bbq pork. For $ 1.50 each, each one of these rice noodle rolls are available for all hungry mouths to feast on.
Like most Dim Sum dishes, I’ve never seen rice noodle rolls made until I visited this stall. After ordering, one of the ladies will take out a metal tray where she pours a mixture of rice flour and tapioca, which in goo form almost looks like a (rhymes with) foonahkey incident gone bad. From there they’ll add toppings and slip the tray back into the steam machine. Less than a minute later it comes back out, solidified from the cooking, and then scrapped into a box, where it just magically folds into blankets of rice noodle. It’s not as pretty as the restaurants often create, but in a hungry moment’s notice it’ll suffice just fine.
Most of the rice noodle rolls here are solid. Whether or not they’re worth $ 1.50 is of debate, but I think it’s worth it for the dried shrimp and the bbq pork. The addition of a little bit of sweetened soy sauce is a good way to bring out some really solid flavor.
While it may not be obvious, this stall actually belongs to Corner 28 (
), which controls most of this corner as well as both the first and second floors. Combine this rice «crêpe» with the Peking Duck bun and it might be the perfect street meal for less than $ 5.

Located adjacent to the right of the Peking Duck stall is this place. I discovered it a few days ago while walking along Main St. The rice noodle ($ 1.50/ea) is freshly steamed and made to order. I ordered the beef and the roast pork. You can also get the dried shrimp, etc. The beef tasted good but I liked the roast pork one better. Not as much love in this as in Hong Kong, but how can you compare? Two of these babies accompanied with 2 peking duck wraps makes for a great breakfast and a happy Jeff, all for only $ 5 total! Only fans of mine get the lowdown on secret gems such as this :)
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Total came out to $ 3 after everything