January 28, 2004
Going Tarty
Egg tarts - I love them. Adore them. Monkey and Joe would know. They have seen moi, the egg tart eating machine at work over yumcha at East Ocean restaurant in Sydney's Chinatown.
Those featured in the picture above were bought by me from Tong Heng bakery, a well-known bakery in Singapore specialising in traditional Chinese pastries. The bakery has been around for more than 70 years, and many generations of Singaporeans would have eaten something from Tong Heng at some point or another.
Tong Heng sells many different pastries like 老婆饼， 莲蓉酥饼， 豆沙酥饼， but I think nothing beats their egg tarts. Actually that's the only thing I like to eat from there. I'm not particularly fond of the others. Tong Heng's egg tarts are a little different because its pastry is not the usual multi-layered flaky pastry found in dimsum restaurants (but I do like that type of pastry too). The pastry of Tong Heng egg tarts is lighter, the custard is also of the right sweetness and firmness, all of which sits easier on the palate.
So do excuse me while I go grab another egg tart...
Posted by DSD at January 28, 2004 4:46 PM | TrackBackooh! tong heng is the BEST! and the only egg tarts i eat by the way. would kill for one now..
Posted by: olduvai at January 28, 2004 9:48 PMOoh, I've never seen them in that kind of shape before. How exciting. They look like dominoes, about to fall down, one after another, into my mouth... :-D
YUM!
Posted by: Monkey at January 29, 2004 7:09 AMEgg tarts! Yumbo!! And such wonderful shapes!!
Posted by: -Stephen- at January 29, 2004 8:00 PMoooh..... miss those thingies....does anyone have a recipe?? poor deprived me...
Posted by: tiggie at January 31, 2004 2:46 AMThe proximity to cheap and reliable sources of egg tarts was a major factor in my apartment search. I'm only metres from a shop with bargain basement $1.50 tarts! And they taste so good!
Posted by: joe at February 1, 2004 3:09 PMMay I know the address of Tong heng Bakery? Thanks very...
Posted by: JC at April 4, 2004 10:41 PM