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Favourite tau suan + grass jelly with attap seed ($1.50 + $2.50)!
Heritage dessert run — warm tau suan with youtiao and iced grass jelly with attap seeds at an old-school dessert shop. $1.50 + $2.50.
Heritage dessert run — went for two old-school Chinese desserts: warm tau suan + youtiao and iced grass jelly with attap seed. $1.50 + $2.50. 😋
What was on the table ($4 total):
- A bowl of tau suan (split mung bean dessert) — clear amber syrup loaded with split yellow mung beans, with pieces of freshly cut crispy youtiao on top for the dipping. Warm, comforting, slightly thickened with potato starch.
- A bowl of iced grass jelly (chin chow) with attap seeds (palm seeds) — finely shredded black grass jelly, ice flakes, translucent attap seed cubes and a sweet brown sugar syrup. Cold, refreshing, with that mild herbal bitterness from the grass jelly.
Tau suan was the headline — the youtiao stayed crispy at first then softened in the syrup, exactly how it should. Grass jelly bowl was the chaser.
Total: $4 for both bowls.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. Both desserts were the kind of heritage flavour that’s getting harder to find — properly made, fairly priced. The tau suan + crispy youtiao combination is unbeatable. 😍👍🏼
