My friend from Singapore, Alfred, is coming again next week so the other day, I decided to go back to that stall at the mall here to buy some more of the kacang tumbuk (rolled crushed peanut cake) for him…and then I got word from my good friend, Lim, telling me that he would be going to Kuching the following day and asking me if I could give him a lift to the airport so I decided to send the whole lot to an aunt of mine there through him. On the way home, after dropping him off, I stopped by the mall again. The lady was shocked to see me – she could not believe that I had eaten all that I had bought the previous day! LOL!!!
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I did hear sometime ago that the tau sar peah (bean paste biscuit) from this stall was very nice so I decided to buy some to try. Goodness gracious me! They were so very small…and did not come cheap either – 60 sen each, 10 for RM6.00!!! Nonetheless, I just bought a few to try. I did not buy any of those with or tau sar (black bean paste) as for some reason or other, my missus’ head would go spinning whenever she ate that so she would not touch it with a 10-foot pole.
I got the pek tau sar (white bean paste) ones…
…which were indeed very nice – small, expensive…but nice. The filling was very fine and so smooth…
…and not really sweet. I would say they were a little nicer than the very nice ones that I received not too long ago from my cousin in Miri but theirs were very much bigger, by 25%, at least, I think.
The lady asked me to get the other type that she had as well – she said it was savoury, not sweet so I agreed to grab some of those…
…to sample.
The filling was a shade darker…
…and yes, it was not sweet…or perhaps, very very slightly nor was it really salty either. I would say this one had a perfect balance and was very nice. Somehow it reminded me of the celebrated tambun biscuits in Penang and the surrounding areas up north but the filling was finer and a bit on the moist side, not as dry and on the whole, I would say that I liked this one a lot more.
Will I be buying them again? Well, maybe yes…and maybe no, the only deterrent being the price which I thought was kind of steep for something so small. I would rather go to the shop/stall to the left of the mall, located by the side of the building where they sell all kinds of fritters and stuff. I had bought the fried or koi (yam cake) once before and I thought theirs were really good, nicer than many others around town.
They were selling that at 50 sen each…
– a little cheaper than the small tau sar peah and a bit more substantial in comparison. I bought some for tea that afternoon and it went absolutely well with the homemade hand-pounded chili and garlic dip that I had in the fridge.
These were cheaper – the fried chiew chu koi (tapioca cake)…
…selling at 3 for RM1.00 and yes, they were very nice – not sweet, not hard or rubbery – just right!
That makes two things sold at that shop/stall that I like – I certainly would go back there again to check out what other nice things they have to offer.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 