AngKuKuehs

Today Lingjia recommended me Ang Ku Kuehs from Silat..which is Jalan Bukit Merah there. Block 146 I remember. We walked all the way from SNEC to Silat under the scorching sun and humid weather. But I guessed its quite worth it cos' the AKKs are nice and rather unique.

The AKKs there..really got lotsa variety which comes in durian, yam, corn, peanut, coconut, saltish..etc etc flavours. Priced at only 50 cents each regardless of flavour. I bought 5 Durian ones (Pop loves durian), 5 yam ones (Mom loves yam but hates durian), 5 saltish ones. And its cute cos' for every 10 AKKs that you purchase, they give you one turtle-shaped agar agar. Haha. The freebie agar agar I got today is mixed fruit de..so its a fruity turtle!

Durian akk! The skin is thin..you can almost see the fillings inside..and its smooth..the texture is just nice..not too soft, not too tough. Thin, not-overly-chewy, melt-in-the-mouth soft.

Yam akk! I just love the purple colour.

The saltish akk! For those who haven't eaten the saltish ones before, its not really really those saltishness that you get fr savoury food. The saltishness is just very subtle. Quite interesting to eat.

Ang Ku Kueh literally means Red Turtle Cake. It originated as a pastry of glutinous rice flour dough stuffed with sweet mashed mung beans. The dough is dyed red for good luck, and the cake is pressed into a "turtle" mould, to symbolise longevity.

The Hokkiens and Straits Chinese would give away ang ku kueh together with red hard-boiled eggs (to represent new life) to celebrate the first month of a baby. But obviously, Ang ku kueh is no longer just a festive food item. Available everywhere and at any time of the year now. And of course, they are not just red coloured. They come in all sorts of colours now.

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Peanut Paste, Hua Sheng Hu in chinese. Looks like chocolate cream. Is this considered the chinese traditional version of peanut butter? Haha. But its not used on bread. Eat it the way it is. As a dessert, eaten warm. Can also be eaten with Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Flour Balls). There's a new stall in TM that sells it with douhua. Dump the paste over douhua, eat it and feel contented.