Traditional Pastries

Was at Chinatown again yesterday,
since it was raining,
I decided that having a snack at Tong Heng will be a good choice to avoid the rain.

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They carry a wide variety of traditonal chinese pastries. They include lotus seed paste sweet pastries to salted savoury pastries filled with minced meat in heavy gravy. They also have a side counter that sells pastes like white sesame and almond etc.

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The delicious white sesame paste is simply fantastic and the texture is just right, not too thick and not too watery.

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The best snack they serve is the egg tart. The egg tart smells great even before you take the first bite. After taking a bite, the egg custard flows like a thick syrup in your mouth while the rest maintains its integrity in the tart. You can also see from the picture below, that the top layer have a darker yellow colour due to the baking while the core of the egg custard remains runny.

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Another savoury pastry is the lotus seed traditional shortbread with icing and a small little dried fruit (which I believe to be apricot) in the centre.

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Laurens said…
dammit......stop reviewing food u din eat lah...haha