ma tie soh @ ming ang confectionary

after some shopping at the sports shop followed by nice refreshing cooling dessert at snow city dessert,

we walked out of ksl city mall & walked over to ming ang confectionary nearby on 28.6.2016. ^^

ming ang confectionary

this a famous long standing confectionary 老字号. the Ma Tie Soh 马蹄酥 is crispy slight charred on the outside & nice slightly sticky for the filling inside. 🙂

in my last trip here a month ago with all these friends, i bought some Ma Tie Soh 马蹄酥 & also tau sha pia, & they were both extremely good…

ma tie soh & pastries

for the Ma Tie Soh 马蹄酥, they have “buy 10 packets then 1 packet free”.

we bought like 20 packets + 2 free. i brought home 5 packets & gave 3 to my OPS friends!

ming ang confectionary tau sa pia

i like the “salty” tau sha pia here very much too.

the tau sha was also excellent!

c.h.e.f andy

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Ming Ang Confectionary

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S$4.50 prawn bakut noodles

went to pay some bills at axs at esso station at dunnearn road this afternoon.

on the way back dropped by & parked at Sixth Cafelink 15 Anamalai Avenue

decided to give the prawn noodles stall a try. 🙂

i ordered the S$4.50 prawn & pork rib noodles.

S$4.50 prawn bakut noodles

the pork ribs were actually very well done, perfectly braised, tender, has bite & very tasty…

there were actually about 5 pieces of pork soft bones. i only took photo after eating 2 pieces.

& there were 3 prawns, which were fresh, quite nice. plus like 6 thin slices of lean pork (tasteless like paper).

soup was also ok…

S$4.50 prawn bakut noodles

the big disaster is the sauce.

chilli seemed ok but there were a pool of sweet dark sauce that destroyed the prawn noodle taste.

it might have been the pork rib braising sauce. & actually the pork ribs though great in texture & taste, may be better taken with rice & other dishes. with noodles it seemed to be the wrong taste.

so i took the ingredients but left 1/2 the noodles uneaten.

not sure if i asked the stall holder not to add the sauce, the result might be better…anyway not sure i want to try this again also…

so far where prawn noodles is concerned –

• the one i consistently like is why eat har.
• the one i used to like even better than why eat har is wah kee prawn noodles. but it’s getting so expensive now I not sure if i would like it as much now.
• the one convenient for me nearby & which i don’t mind is adam road noo cheng prawn noodles.

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Sixth Cafelink

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durian ice, tau huay, 杨枝甘露

after buying banana cake at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory & nice coffee, we went in 2 groups to ksl city.

a friend’s bil who lived in JB came to fetch some of us in his MPV 7 seater. the others took a cab to ksl city.

we bought some Ts & shorts etc at the sports shop, then we went to level 2 to have dessert at snow city dessert Snow City Dessert 雪山飞糊.

durian ice

we ordered the usual durian ice shavings. i think we ordered 4 to share. the MSW durian ice too ex so we skipped that.

durian ice

the combination of a very flavourful durian mousse, durian ice shavings, some sago etc made it a very enjoyable, refreshing dessert.

i am having this for the second time, still liked it, but didn’t need too much of it either. 🙂

sesame & peanut dumplings

the dumplings 汤圆 was good. we ordered 3 to share.

sesame & peanut dumplings

the ginger sauce also very nice.

sesame & peanut dumplings

i preferred sesame to peanut. 🙂

durian kueh

the durian kueh so so can do without. we ordered only one.

tau huay

the tau huay tib was good too. very smooth & again a bit of ginger sauce.

tau huay

we ordered 1 to try first then added 2 more.

杨枝甘露

the one dessert never to order here is 杨枝甘露. that’s an absolute disaster! one friend among us can make this dessert & taste 10 times better. actually not a good comparison as this 杨枝甘露 real flop…very sweet, pasty mango, not edible la…

this our second trip & a repeat visit to snow city…got to find another dessert place next round la…

c.h.e.f andy

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Snow City Dessert 雪山飞糊 KSL City Mall

Address:

Contact:

+60 7-330 5616

Opening Hours

hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

after a most satisfying fish head curry at kam long restaurant,

our friend led us through several streets to hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory. ^^

constant queue hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

there was a very long queue!!!

supposed to be the best banana cake. even my daughter heard of the shop when she saw the banana cake i brought back.

make a guess. all singaporeans?

constant queue hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

one friend started queueing.

i think in the end 8 out of 11 of us bought the large box…

what to do, Singaporeans la!!! ^^

hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

a true factory production. the long pieces of banana cake coming out.

hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

& the lady cutting & packing the small box (one row) & large box (2 rows).

banana cake @ hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory (large packet)

we got 8 packets.

fresh from the oven, very hot! we were told to leave the box open so there would not be condensation falling back on the cake.

according to johorkaki, hiap joo was started by an englishman & operating since 1919, and handed over to the great granfather of the current owners in the 1930s. and they have used the same wood fired clay brick kilns from when the time it started operations.

it was a very nice cake really, slightly charred outside, not too sweet, not too dense, perfect texture spongy & moist…

but of course i am never to queue for this thing myself.

nice coffee – several friends said over roasted

the rest of us sat at the coffeeshop opposite (restaurant kin hua) & ordered coffee.

i enjoyed this coffee though a few friends rmarked that it was over-roasted. the evaporated milk for my kopi c gosong very “pang” & very well smoothly blended with the flavourful coffee. almost like the nespresso at my running mate house very week where he added evaporated milk to nespresso.

some durian pastry

there was some stall at the coffeeshop selling this durian kueh.

some durian pastry

i didn’t think much of it. took 1/2. there were like 2 piece left so some friends not taking too.

after that we movd in 2 groups to ksl city mall.

c.h.e.f andy

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Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory

Address:

13, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Opening Hours:

Mon to Sat – 7.30am to 5.30pm