Wing Wah Bakery's booth at the Takashimaya Mooncake Fair is one of the largest and the most generous with samples, with samples available for almost all of their products. The size of their mooncake samples were much larger than the tiny squares offered by other stalls too.
I found Wing Wah's mooncakes alright, but what captured my attention most was their walnut cookies. Crumbly, airy and fragrant, these were a steal at $2 for a pack of 6. Not all of Wing Wah's cookies were too my liking though. I found the texture of their almond cookies too hard, neither was their pineapple shortbread impressive.
Lao Po Bing 老婆餠
I'm not particularly fond of 老婆餠, but Hang Heung Bakery's famed version left a favorable impression on me. The superbly thin and tender crust flaked away to reveal soft and chewy candied winter melon innards with much ease. Though the texture of the soft filling was commendable, it was a tad bland for my liking and could have done with a bit more sugar.
Piglet biscuit 豬仔餅 from Hang Heung Bakery
Rich in taste, with a dense and slightly chewy texture, I declare Hang Heung Bakery's piglet biscuits a tasty and affordable alternative to mooncakes . The biscuit's interior was tender, but its crust could have been slightly less stiff.
Takashimaya Mid-Autumn Festival
26 August (Thu)-22 September (Wed)
taicheong *droools* you shd give hang heung's egg rolls a try, no looking back thereafter. ;p the wonders of lard and hk pastries, methinks.
ReplyDeleteyums, love the wife's biscuit from hk ;)
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foodaholic: i love hk-style egg rolls! will give them a try i visit the fair again (:
ReplyDeleteoysterdiaries: haha you're pretty well-travelled (:
I am not sure if it is just me but somehow or rather, I do find Singapore's egg tarts and 老婆餠 quite good.
ReplyDeleteWhen I visited HK, my concern was to visit the patisseries in HK and have neglected the more talk-about dim sum, egg tarts and other HK pastries. I do recall when I asked the tour guide of where to get egg tarts, she mentioned all are good, just that it should be eaten at 3pm when the hot and fresh ones are out from the oven. There is only one egg tart store we tried after hearing her comment and that is Tai Cheong Bakery. Strangely, I didn't carve for the second one...
I can't remember where I bought the 老婆餠 from but my colleagues were raving how good they were. As for pineapple shortcake, nothing beats the ones from Taiwan. Love them...
fen: haha this shows that food is subjective cos i've heard from quite a few people that tai cheong's egg tarts are unbeatable. crystal jade my bread sells nice 老婆餠, do you know where else we can get nice ones in Singapore?
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