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goes by the name veron. a definitive leo born august 1, 1984. a solo traveler. loves cats, coffee, sensual music, yummy food and technology. when she's not at her job as an IS developer for the government, she's likely to be out dining, or visiting an interesting art gallery or event.
in the mood for teochew kueh (chinese pastry, typically steamed)? get it all at kuehs and snacks, a bakery shop along bukit merah lane (near alexandra village food centre). while its english name is descriptive enough, i personally prefer the shop’s endearing chinese name, which translates to “aunts’ and grannies’ teochew kueh”.
this air-conditioned shop is run by an elderly madam chia siew yin, who oversees that all her kueh are freshly handmade daily.
a crowd favorite is the ang ku kueh that comes in a dazzling array of more than a dozen flavors with attractive colors to match.
Ang Ku Kueh
Price: $0.60 per piece
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Price: $0.60 per piece
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with popular flavors that include green tea, coconut, peanut and even durian, each priced at an affordable 60 cents, it’s no wonder that customers are buying these pastries by the dozen! i like that the kueh isn’t too sweet, and i can eat a few of these at one go without getting tired of the taste.
Soon Kueh
Price: $6.50 for a box of 5
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Price: $6.50 for a box of 5
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soon kueh is a form of a steamed chinese dumpling made of rice flour skin. it is eaten with sweet dark soy sauce and chili paste. most modern renditions of the dumpling have chopped turnip strips as filling. but at kuehs and snacks, the soon kueh is made the traditional way with soon (bamboo shoots) as filling.
at $6.50 for a box of 5, the soon kueh here tends towards the pricey side. but you do get your money’s worth. each one is a chunky piece overloaded with delicious filling. even with the ample ingredients, the chewy and elastic thin skin is somehow able to hold the generous filling without breaking.
Peng Kueh (Glutinous rice snack)
Price: $0.90 per piece
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Price: $0.90 per piece
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when it comes to teochew kueh, the beautiful pink peng kueh is a staple. stuffed with glutinous rice, this kueh is normally eaten with the same sweet dark soy sauce and chili paste as the soon kueh.
i find the peng kueh here to be rather dull though. while i have no complaints about the texture which is soft and just nice, the ingredients are rather bland with just a wee bit of peanuts and nothing else.
what i have yet to try is this novelty item, the black kueh. it resembles the peng kueh, except that it has an uncommon black skin like its name suggests. made with a special chinese herb, this is perhaps one of the most unusual kueh you would find! if you have tried this, let me know what it’s like. i’m quite curious about the taste.
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that’s chi kak kueh! sth like ang ku kueh, with chi kak leaves mixed into the skin. not really a big difference in taste, but if you concentrate hard enough, you may detect this herb-like fragrance. the filling is just mung bean paste, sweet or salty. but i think kuehs&snacks also use the sweet version.
ohh did you try the ang ku kuehs at poh cheu? it’s at the block behind kuehs&snacks. those are good too. =) View all comments by wenxiu
The ang ku kuehs look so colourful, I simply wanted to get a bite of each of the different coloured ang ku kuehs. View all comments by py
the pastries so colourful :)
btw, have a nice nice day! :) View all comments by TeReNcE
wenxiu: You sure know your kueh! Somehow I think the black skin may leave a dark greenish tinge on the teeth. Not pretty! Yup I have tried the other ang ku kueh stall you mentioned. That’s actually my mom’s favorite stall!
py: I love the shine on them!
TeReNcE: Same to you :) View all comments by Veron
haha nah it won’t leave a stain. yepp, i’m teochew, and my mommy taught me the teochew delicacies well! haha. poh cheu is my fav too. =) View all comments by wenxiu
I was so attracted by the colorful ang ku kuehs on your blog that I went to alexandra just to buy them! Unfortunately, I find them a bit too oily. :( The taste and texture is great though! View all comments by norven
Come to think of it, I found them a tad oily too. I took that as part and parcel of eating ang ku kueh, which tends to be oily more often than not.
Like wenxiu mentioned in the first comment, there’s another stall in Alexandra Village selling colorful ang ku kueh too! View all comments by Veron