Dessert Today: Yam Paste

If you had attended Teochew wedding, you most probably had yam paste or orh nee for dessert. Yam paste is nutritious with vitamins c and b5 and minerals. When I first had yam paste at my aunty's wedding decades ago, I told myself that if I'm going to be married, I must have yam paste for my wedding dessert. A great yam paste should be silky smooth with pumpkin. 

Today my mum just prepared simple yam paste for us. Although it's not silky smooth, it is quite delicious. It is healthy version with no oil. As I also like honey macadamia nut, I just added some to my yam paste. 

I added some honey coated macadamia to my yam paste

Mei Heong Yuan Dessert at Chinatown

After dinner at G7 Liang Kee Restaurant, my relatives treated me Chinese Dessert in Chinatown  Mei Heong Yuan. I enjoyed eating with my relatives as we can share a wide variety of dessert. We had hot dessert like egg pudding with ginger which to me taste like preserved egg. Mango and green tea snow ice are quite ok. I won't say they are impressive because I tasted better snow ice in Taiwan. 

They also serve hot Chinese snacks like chee Cheong fun, glutinous rice and yam cake. I prefer their yam and carrot cake as compared to their snow ice.

Website: http://www.meiheongyuendessert.com.sg/index.php/our-menu

Address Chinatown 

No.63 -67 Temple street

                                  Mango snow ice

              Matcha green tea snow ice.

      Milk pudding and egg pudding with ginger.

3 colour cakes with pumpkin cake, yam cake and carrot cake.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Today is Mid-Autumn festival when we gather together as a family to eat mooncake and maybe to admire the beautiful moon. Wow this year I ate alot of sweet mooncake and I feel quite guilty. Maybe I need to do aerobic dance later! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

My elder brother received this free mooncake from his friend.

 Baby yam

 This is lotus paste mooncake with salted egg yolk.

 My favourite is yam paste mooncake! Tonight I'm eating one yam mooncake!

 My mum brought this snow skin durian flavor mooncake from a bakery shop today.

These are vegetarian mooncakes that my parents took to pray to my late maternal grandparents yesterday.

Yummy Desserts at Honeymoon Dessert at Ion Orchard

One of the main reasons why I go to Ion Orchard shopping mall is to satisfy my craving for double-boiled milk with walnut and almond dessert, follow by a trip to the bookshop at Ngee Ann City. The silky smooth dessert with crunchy almond and walnut just makes me happy. Hmm, maybe next week I go to Ion Orchard to have my favourite dessert!

 Green tea ice-cream with durian dessert

 Mango 

  My favourite double-boiled milk with walnut and almond. 

Double Boiled Milk with Almond and Walnut at Honeymoon Dessert

Every time I'm at Honeymoon Dessert shop at Ion Orchard,I always indulge in my favourite double boiled milk which is silky smooth with crunchy almond flakes and chopped walnuts. Yes, every time I have 2 bowls. Sometimes I have it every week or when I'm busy, every month. Hmm, feel like eating this after looking at the photo of my favourite Chinese dessert.

My favourite double boiled milk with almond and walnut

Taiwanese Desserts in Singapore Jurong Point

Thanks to my relatives who took me to Jurong Point shopping mall on the first day of 2016, I got to try Taiwanese popular dessert at Blackball store which sells Jiufen taro and sweet potato ball. Yeah, now I don't have to travel all the way to Taiwan to try Taiwan dessert. Frankly speaking I prefer the version here compared to Jiufen taro ball. 

I really love the blackball signature dessert ($5.40) with winter melon crushed ice, grass jelly, taro and sweet potato balls, yam q and golden sweet potato. This is highly recommended. There are many branches in Singapore, including Tampines 1. Hey buddies, let's go to Tampines 1 to try this awesome dessert! 

http://blackball.com.sg/

BlackBall Signature Dessert with red bean, winter melon crushed ice, grass jelly, golden sweet potato, yam q, taro ball and sweet potato ball.

The Best Tau Sar Piah Thye Moh Chan in Singapore

Everytime I visit Chinatown Point, I will buy a box of traditional Teochew pastries at Thye Moh Chan which is established since 1943. My favourite tau sar piah is the traditional sweet tau sar piah with flaky skin filled with silky smooth mung bean paste. Though it is expensive at about $1.60 per piece, I still find it worth it as others tau sar piah don't taste as good as Thye Moh Chan even though its cheaper. Eating the traditional sweet tau sah piah reminds me of home. Of course, if I buy 8 tau sar piahs, it cost $10.80. I realized that some Toastbox cafes are also selling the tau sar piah which make me happy as I don't have to travel all the way to Chinatown, Vivocity or Paragon to buy. 

Of course, just to share that the awesome taste is partly because of the pork lard in the tau sar piah. It just make the pastry so fragrant and delicious. 

I'm glad Thye Moh Chan is still around and is still around selling traditional and delicious Chinese Teochew pastries. It is important to preserve traditional heritage.

For more information, you can visit their website here.

 They also sell pastries for wedding gifts.

 Besides traditional sweet tau sar piah, there are also different filling like salty type, yam, cranberries and many more.

At Chinatown branch, it is about 5 minutes walk from Chinatown MRT station.

Honeymoon Dessert at Ion Orchard

If you are looking for traditional Chinese dessert and fusion dessert, Honeymoon Dessert (originated from Hong Kong) is the place to go to. They serve both hot and cold dessert. With about 100 desserts from their menu, there is something for everyone from the young to seniors. 

There are a few branches in Singapore. The shop I went is located at Ion Orchard Basement 3. 

 Healthy Mixed Fruits Grass Jelly ($6.50)

 Durian in Vanilla Sauce with Green Tea Ice-Cream ($8.00)

 Mango Pomelo Sago ($5.90)

My favourite dessert is Double Boiled Milk with Baked Walnut and Almond ($5.00)

Peach Garden Noodles House at Gardens by the Bay

If I want to enjoy a plate of delicious springy noodle, I will go to Peach Garden Noodle House at Super Tree Dining Gardens by the Bay. It offers the best noodle at an affordable price (less than $10.00) in restaurants in town. It also offers a wide range of traditional and cute dim sum. 

I love the Peach Garden Noodles House at Gardens by the Bay. After touring the garden, I will have my meal at Peach Garden for a plate of hot noodles and dim sums.

GARDENS BY THE BAY

18 Marina Gardens Drive, Super Tree Dining
Singapore 018953
 6604 6733

Operating Hours: 10:00am to 10:00pm

Beautiful prawn and scallop dim sum.

Noodles with Fresh Prawn Dumpling
Delicious fried rice

Glutinous rice with meat

Noodle with Chicken Drumstick

Pork dumpling with scallop and roe

Chilled Fresh Avocado cream with Ice Cream in Young Coconut. A great finale for our lunch.

ChinaPoint Shopping Mall at Chinatown

Chinatown Point is a relatively new shopping mall and there are many established travel agencies like CTC Travel. You can also buy the famous Tau Sa Piah (Chinese traditional pastries), Thye Moh Chan near the Toastbox.  Thye Moh Chan is a established brand with about 70-year history. However, at $1.60 per pastry, it is twice the price of similar product. After trying the flaky pastries with different fillings like yam, green bean, I'm quite happy with the quality. 

 Beautiful ceiling at Chinatown Point

There are many established travel agencies in this shopping mall

Long queue at Din Tai Fung restaurant 

Famous Tau Sa Piah, Thye Moh Chan, Chinese Teochew traditional pastry with sweet filling like yam, green bean, red bean paste and salty version. Cost $1.60 each which is twice the price of others brand.

My Favorite Chinese Dessert

Went to satisfy my sweet craving at Honeymoon Dessert at Citylink mall. I really love mango pomelo sago and double boiled milk with walnut and almond. Besides they are healthy dessert.

Refreshing and healthy Mango pomelo sago

 Double boiled milked with crunchy almond and walnut

Mango pancake.  It is creamy rich. Not so delicious.

Best Chinese Dessert: Honeymoon Dessert

Personally I think the shop that provides the best Chinese dessert is Honeymoon Dessert Group established by a Hong Kong company. There are many branches in Asia be it China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore.

In Singapore, there are many branches in the city area like Orchard road and Cityhall area. I had the dessert at Citylink mall which is located outside Cityhall MRT station. 

I love this cold durian with green tea ice-cream served in vanilla sauce and watermelon ball. You must try this. Have this to cool down in hot Singapore. It cost about $8.00.

 This is double-boiled milk served with generous dose of almond and walnuts! This is cold dessert. 

Baked Mashed Taro Sago pudding.($4.80) This is one of the popular hot desserts they served. It is piping hot so don't be in a hurry to eat it. It is creamy rich with generous taro (yam pudding) and sago. Definitely one of the must try!

Website: Honeymoon Dessert