A delayed shoutout to everyone - Happy New Year and Huaaaaaaaaat ah!
For this year's Chinese New Year, we decided to change the table snacks quite abit - change is good for sure! Instead of the usual pineapple tarts, kueh bangkit...and suggee cookies, we headed different. Takashimaya Food Square is a good avenue to sample as much as I need to and make the purchases within the day. Nothing beats having a whole row of pineapple tart shops and trying them all until I reach the eureka moment. Alternatively, the family will usually head to the market next to Fu Lu Shou Complex to stock up on dried goods and during CNY, there are tons of knit knacks going for a fraction of those found at Takashimaya.
Fried Rice Paradise ($45)
Cookie Museum
Savoury cookies seem to be inching their way into the cookie platter this year with quite a number of places offering. I reckon this is easier to accept than savoury mooncakes, somehow. Herbs or meat in mooncake still needs more getting used to. Cookie Museum has long had a range of savoury cookies with flavours like laksa, fried rice and even nasi lemak - Uniquely Singapore I say! Down to the last 3 tins, this cookie cleverly captures the flavours that makeths a plate of fried rice paradise.
I have to admit this is probably the most expensive tin of cookies ever purchased and I never quite got the reason for its following - at $1.40 each, it is mad pricey but so very worth it.
Prune Lapis ($48)
Blue Magnolia
Tightly wrapped.
I only know Blue Magnolia for its outlet at Macpherson and recently chanced upon it at Market Street. Not much is known to me about them but their kueh lapis was arguably the most memorable. Buttery and moist, fattened with a generous portion of prunes.
Pork Floss Knots ($16/kg)
Incredibly crunchy and tasty, sore throat alert for this one! No oily taste either, two thumbs up. Instead of lobster rolls which seemed to have faded off the radar in the last couple of years, this year's new addition are these knots.
Sweet Macadamia Nuts ($32/kg)
These tasted a tad oily though still crunchy.
Sweetened lotus seeds for a good year ahead, always!
Loveletters, Giant
As much as I love my cheap and good Giant love letters, these were a tad over baked.
I lamented over twitter on the neverending queues at bak kwa shops and even questioned the need for it over a festive period that not only inflats the price but causes much emotional upheaval - a friend queued eight hours for her lim chee guan and suffered swollen legs because of that! Unfortunately, bak kwa completes new year, whether I like it or not. Unless a substitute gets discovered soon enough to relieve us all of this stressful purchase.
Kim Peng Hiang
They ran out of pineapple bak kwa this year, by the time we got to the store. Down to the last 1.5 kg of regular bak kwa - take it or leave it. These were originally a tad saucy, methinks they were packed too early since demand would outstrip supply anyway. After some panfrying, these were alot better - tender and fragrant bites. Still as delish but pineapple is still a personal fave. I wonder how more tender can their kurobuta bak kwa taste!
Bee Cheng Hiang
For novelty's sake and possibly one of those without a queue at all - thanks to their online ordering system, buying from Bee Cheng Hiang is a breeze. Yet, standard has dropped so drastically - too salty for comfort though has the bite I love.
Let the dragon year bring us all the fire we need in what we do - meanwhile, I am back to tucking into these yummies till the new year ends!
For this year's Chinese New Year, we decided to change the table snacks quite abit - change is good for sure! Instead of the usual pineapple tarts, kueh bangkit...and suggee cookies, we headed different. Takashimaya Food Square is a good avenue to sample as much as I need to and make the purchases within the day. Nothing beats having a whole row of pineapple tart shops and trying them all until I reach the eureka moment. Alternatively, the family will usually head to the market next to Fu Lu Shou Complex to stock up on dried goods and during CNY, there are tons of knit knacks going for a fraction of those found at Takashimaya.
Fried Rice Paradise ($45)
Cookie Museum
Savoury cookies seem to be inching their way into the cookie platter this year with quite a number of places offering. I reckon this is easier to accept than savoury mooncakes, somehow. Herbs or meat in mooncake still needs more getting used to. Cookie Museum has long had a range of savoury cookies with flavours like laksa, fried rice and even nasi lemak - Uniquely Singapore I say! Down to the last 3 tins, this cookie cleverly captures the flavours that makeths a plate of fried rice paradise.
I have to admit this is probably the most expensive tin of cookies ever purchased and I never quite got the reason for its following - at $1.40 each, it is mad pricey but so very worth it.
Prune Lapis ($48)
Blue Magnolia
Tightly wrapped.
I only know Blue Magnolia for its outlet at Macpherson and recently chanced upon it at Market Street. Not much is known to me about them but their kueh lapis was arguably the most memorable. Buttery and moist, fattened with a generous portion of prunes.
Pork Floss Knots ($16/kg)
Incredibly crunchy and tasty, sore throat alert for this one! No oily taste either, two thumbs up. Instead of lobster rolls which seemed to have faded off the radar in the last couple of years, this year's new addition are these knots.
Sweet Macadamia Nuts ($32/kg)
These tasted a tad oily though still crunchy.
Sweetened lotus seeds for a good year ahead, always!
Loveletters, Giant
As much as I love my cheap and good Giant love letters, these were a tad over baked.
I lamented over twitter on the neverending queues at bak kwa shops and even questioned the need for it over a festive period that not only inflats the price but causes much emotional upheaval - a friend queued eight hours for her lim chee guan and suffered swollen legs because of that! Unfortunately, bak kwa completes new year, whether I like it or not. Unless a substitute gets discovered soon enough to relieve us all of this stressful purchase.
Kim Peng Hiang
They ran out of pineapple bak kwa this year, by the time we got to the store. Down to the last 1.5 kg of regular bak kwa - take it or leave it. These were originally a tad saucy, methinks they were packed too early since demand would outstrip supply anyway. After some panfrying, these were alot better - tender and fragrant bites. Still as delish but pineapple is still a personal fave. I wonder how more tender can their kurobuta bak kwa taste!
Bee Cheng Hiang
For novelty's sake and possibly one of those without a queue at all - thanks to their online ordering system, buying from Bee Cheng Hiang is a breeze. Yet, standard has dropped so drastically - too salty for comfort though has the bite I love.
Let the dragon year bring us all the fire we need in what we do - meanwhile, I am back to tucking into these yummies till the new year ends!
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