#fragant

It is not easy to buy this Salty Pandan Tau Sar Piah (香兰咸豆沙饼) at Moji Bakery. When I go to work in the morning, these snacks were not out of the oven yet. On the way home in the evening, they are usually sold out for the day or left just a couple of pieces which I find not worth the value since they are sold for S$1.20 each or 3 for S$3. Enclosed inside the flaky pastry are half each of sweet pandan flavoured tau sar (mung bean paste) and savoury bean paste with almond flakes on top of the crispy pastry. You get the additional pandan flavour mixed with the traditional tau sar taste.

Bought these Salty Pandan Tau Sar Piah (香兰咸豆沙饼) at Moji Bakery within the Sembawang MRT building. They are selling 1 for S$1.20 or 3 for S$3 so naturally I went for the value for money option. :D It is made flatter yet wider in diameter than a traditional tau sar piah and filled with the usual salty and grainy mung bean paste plus a second layer of smooth and sweet pandan flavoured bean paste. On top of the golden brown crust, you get almond flakes to give it some crunch. When you bite into one, you get pastry flakes falling all over then you taste the saltiness, sweetness and fragrance dancing inside the mouth.

Eating these Coffee Bun ☕️🥖 and Pandan Bun 🌿🥖 (S$2 each or 6 for S$10) from Roti Mum brought back fond memories of me queuing for Rotiboy in the year 2004. Singaporeans was introduced to this fragrant coffee bun with butter 🧈 inside by this Malaysian 🇲🇾 bakery from Penang. As its buns became famous, imitation products from Roti Mum, Roti Papa and even bricks and mortar bakeries started selling them at a much cheaper pricing. The Rotiboy craze was however short-lived as suddenly in 2006, Rotiboy closed all their outlets in Singapore 🇸🇬 before making a comeback 15 year later in 2021.

If you are not fussy on your Durians (榴莲), you can buy the no name varieties and still enjoyed the King of Fruits. These two boxes contain the seeds of five durians and they cost only S$30 in total, a fraction of the price of Mao Shan Wang (猫山王) or Cat Mountain King. They are a little moist but you can keep it in the fridge for a few hours to firm them up.

It is durian season again! Durian (榴莲) season occurs between the months of June and September, with a “minor season” from December to February. During this time, durian prices drop significantly as supply increases – providing durian-lovers more opportunities to indulge in fresh, great-tasting durians. So, just how good is durian for you?