Dean’s Cafe

A feel of al fresco eating ambience, especially after sun set. Tables n chairs are quite tightly spaced though. Their crispy duck n cai por hor fun are unique and are their signature dishes to try.

Dean’s café was featured on a channel u food programme on interesting zhi char stall. The 3 dishes that were featured on tv were the crispy duck, the cai por (preserved radish) hor fun and its been hoon with crab. The missus and I decided to give it a try after watching the TV feature. Took us a while to find the place. The 3 dishes featured were now extra popular and there were signs everywhere featuring the 3 dishes.
Dean’s Café is essentially a chinese restaurant, in a coffeeshop setting and prices. The cai por hor fun is super nice and value for money. The hor fun is cooked like and has the texture of carrot cake. The cai por hor fun is supposedly now a very rarely-​found dish in Singapore.
The crispy duck was a little disappointing mostly because we bought it to go, so by the time we reached home, the duck may not taste as good. Would recommend eating it on the spot.