Deep fried bread stick
Sep 21st, 2007 by Neo
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This local delicacy has many names, it’s well known by the name “yau ja gwai” by the Cantonese speaking communities and the Hokkien people call it “u char kway”. But who doesn’t know it’s also referred to as the youtiao, or literally “oil strip”? So many names, but they all mean the same thing, the “oil-fried devil”.
I haven’t had this devil for a long time and by chance I was at this famous road side food court in Puchong Jaya (beside Tesco) which serves lots of hawker food. You can have a variety of wonderful dishes here… so many varieties until you can’t even remember what your surname is! Haha… the aroma from the “yau ja gwai” was felt from far away and it made my taste buds water. I had to buy a pack to try it!
I was a little shocked to learn that the price has jumped again! This time, it costs RM0.60 a piece! Wow… years ago it costed only RM0.20 in my hometown and every family member could have a stick of his own with only RM1! Haha… of course that was many years ago. But I still feel RM0.60 a piece is too pricey. However, since I had not had this devil for years, I bought 4 pieces for my supper!
That’s the place where I bought my pricey deep fried oily bread, the “dai ma” food court where it’s jam packed with patrons especially in the weekend evenings. You can see the food court operators still trade outside at the road side. How come not afraid of the MPSJ ah? Got urut traditional (traditional massage) above, not sure got hanky panky there hor? 
What’s the devil’s pricing in your area? Are they good?
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That’s very near where I live ;D Love these yau jar gwais but then cannot eat them too often! I like ham jin peng better ;p
Yummm! Love it too!
Yau char gwai cost around RM0.40 or RM0.50 at my area.
That little fired flour cost RM0.60? RM1.80 a kilo or flour liaw la… Diu~~~ I hate one thing at my place here… Milo Ice for RM1.90…
it’s been a while since i had those.. duno where they sell kuei over here… haih…
Narrowband,
You Puchong people too ah?
Che-Cheh,
You are so lucky!
Wong,
Want to become yau ja gwai peddler? or distributor?
Clement,
Where are you now?
sabah.. but will be back to sibu 2 weeks from now..
once i saw a shop call it chinese donut here..hahahahah
now i feel like eating porridge n yao za guai!!! hehehe
Dun know how much it costs over here. It’s been a long time since I last ate it! Will go and treat myself one of these days!
[…] The regretful thing was that they didn’t have any other dishes other than bakuteh because their chef wasn’t around at that hours. Not even deep fried bread stick which is almost always eaten with bakuteh. Too disappointed can die! They said all these will be available in the evening…. […]
Does anyone has ham jim peng recipe? please, I really like them.
May I have the You Tiao recipe please.
Found You Tiao recipe at Kuali.com/recipes/viewrecipe.asp?r=1331 but what are alum and ammonia powder? Where do I buy them from?
Hi Sunny Ang, Found Ham Jim Peng recipe for you. Look up at roseskitchenett.com ?p=314