Snacks
Tau Fu Fa - Soy Bean Pudding Dessert at Tengkat Tong Shin Kuala Lumpur
I am averse to soy bean based products but I will always make an exception for good tau fu fa or tau foo fa, a dessert made out of soy beans. The soy bean milk is congealed into a pudding or custard consistency and is usually served hot with sweetened syrup.
One of the better tau [...]
Nyonya Pineapple Tarts
What is visiting Melaka (Malacca) without having some traditional Nyonya cookies? My favourite cookie of all is the Nyonya Pineapple Tart or what I call the “Open Pineapple Tarts”; so called because the jam is visible and placed in the middle of the pastry, instead of being rolled up inside the pastry. I call those [...]
Pasar Malam food: Fried Potato Chips on a stick
I love going to the Pasar Malam (Night Market) because there are always so many types of street food available that you don’t normally find in coffee shops or stalls. I found this one at one of the biggest night markets in Kuala Lumpur which is held at Taman Connaught, in Cheras on Wednesday evenings.
This [...]
A Taste of Seremban Siew Pau
Siew Pau or baked pork buns seems to have made itself into a Seremban specialty. I’ve eaten similar style baked buns in Hong Kong so I don’t think its a Malaysian thing per se. Maybe it is the filling is unique to Malaysian or Seremban style siew pau.
There are many bakeries selling siew pau that [...]
