Beef Kway Teow 
From Singapore Hotels & Singapore Lifestyle
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Beef Kway Teow, also commonly known as "Beef Hor Fun", is the beef version of the Kway Teow dishes. It is a favourite dish and staple of Singaporeans, commonly found at Cze Cha stalls.
The Hor Fun is first pre-fried so that the smoky wok "hei" smell is steeped into the noodle itself. When ordering, you should ask for the "si chap" version, meaning that you want fermented black beans in the mix. The beans, chilli and garlic will bring out the flavour of the beef, which is sliced into thin pieces. To complete the dish, the cook will fry the pre-fried Hor Fun and beef mixture together with green vegetables and sliced large onions. Some will also add cut chillies for a slightly spicy taste. The finished product is quite wet, with a starchy gravy.
Some stalls serve a drier version of the Beef Kway Teow. For this, the Hor Fun is pre-fried and kept aside until it is needed to fulfill an order. The thin pieces of beef are tenderised and marinated with salt, pepper and a secret ingredient. The latter varies from stall to stall, but people have speculated that it is most likely papaya juice.
