Established in June 1996 and said to be the first and oldest Indian mithai / sweet shop in Singapore, they're known for a vast variety of colourful dessert confectionaries, made daily with fresh cow's milk.
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Their rendition is the largest and most intensely coloured, with a firm crunchy texture that melts slightly with a soft chew, carrying floral sour sweet spice flavour.
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Only available for takeaway, as there's no seating at this kiosk.
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Jalebi
Moghul Sweet Shop
@ Little India Arcade, 48 Serangoon Road #01-16
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Opened in December 2014, this humble hawker stall sees good traffic throughout the day for their wallet-friendly South Indian savouries and North Indian sweets.
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Their version is part chewy part soft in texture, with bright floral sour sweet spice flavour, a tad more puffy in shape than elsewhere.
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Feels so decadent, yet enticing.
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Jalebi
Neha Tiffin Centre
@ Tekka Centre, 665 Buffalo Road #01-274
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This gourmet interpretation features granny smith green apple slices coated in a cardamom and turmeric spiced batter, immersed in an aromatic rose water syrup.
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Dusted with crushed pistachios, you get a soft juicy crunchy bite to texture, with tart sour sweet spice fruity floral nutty flavour.
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Delicious and addictive. Served with a creamy spiced yoghurt on the side, lending milky sweet spice flavour.
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Jalebi
Awadh
@ The Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road #01-33H
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Founded by Kulanthaivelu Muthusamy Kaunder in 1924 with a name meaning 'House Of Bliss', this is a popular vegetarian casual eatery.
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The range of sweets are displayed in appetizing fashion behind a glass display, all made in-house. Guests self-service after payment, so you'll need to know which is which before ordering.
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Their rendition is among the more crispy, with the thin arms of the dough fritter cracking easily. Has bright floral sweet flavour, yum.
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Jalebi
Ananda Bhavan Restaurant
@ UE BizHub East, 8 Changi Business Park Avenue 1 #01-29
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Serving since December 1985, this brand is known for their well-spiced rendition served in large hearty portions.
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The turmeric stained long-grain basmati rice is fluffy moist loose with gentle grainy sweet spice flavour, enhanced by crisp fried shallots that lend a burst of salty savoury flavour.
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The bone-in mutton chunks are large but so tender, pulling apart easily. Generous in portion, the mutton carries meaty savoury spice flavour, yum.
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I also like that they serve a bowl of curry on the side to enhance your experience with its spicy salty savoury flavour.
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Biryani
Cahaya Timur Briyani House
@ 5 Changi Village Road #01-2013
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Established in 1990, this hidden find is 'cheap and good', beloved by taxi drivers and labourers for their fresh ingredients and large hearty portions. No surprise they draw long queues during meal times.
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The soup is clear and non-greasy, yet robust with a gentle sweet savoury flavour. Garnished with crisp lettuce and fried shallots which lend vegetal savoury sweet salty flavour.
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The large boneless fillets of mackerel fish, both fresh and fried, are chunky tender flaky in texture, with lovely sweet savoury flavour, very clean-tasting and fresh. Really quite addictive.
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They also offer optional add-ons, including bitter gourd, fish roe, and more. I like adding some of the chopped bird's eye chili / chili padi for added salty spicy kick.
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Fish Soup
Soon Lee Fish Soup
@ Ayer Rajah Food Centre, 503 West Coast Drive #01-10
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This well-loved 30+ years stall is known for their generous portions, and their wide variety of Singaporean desserts.
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A light and refreshing rendition with wobbly smooth soft juicy springy textures, and bright floral fruity sweet zesty sour herbal honeyed flavours.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Tian Tian Yuan Dessert House
@ Tiong Bahru Market & Hawker Centre, 30 Seng Poh Road #02-15
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This humble stall has been operating even before 2012, with locals returning time and again for their tasty desserts, friendly service, and affordable pricing.
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Their version differs more than any other, with the fig seed gel (derived from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig) moulded into an accordian-shape rather than the traditional slices.
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This wobbly aiyu jelly is then placed over, rather than under, the smooth shaved ice, drizzled with lime juice and a simple sugar syrup. The juicy diced fruit cocktail (pear, pineapple, peach, cherry, green grapes, nata de coco) sits around it.
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Carries enticing honeyed earthy floral fruity sweet sour zesty tangy flavour, yummy.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Soon Huat Cold & Hot Dessert
@ Hougang Hainanese Village Centre, 105 Hougang Avenue 1 #02-43
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Operating well before 2017, this well-loved stall is known for their generous portions and wallet-friendly prices.
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Offering a refreshing rendition, their dessert has wobbly aiyu jelly, smooth shaved ice, a splash of lime juice, and juicy fruit cocktail (peach, pear, green grapes, pineapple, cherry, nata de coco), combined for floral fruity zesty tangy sour sweet flavour. Nice.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Keng Huat Cold & Hot Dessert
@ Eunos Crescent Market And Food Centre, 4A Eunos Crescent #01-23
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When quality of ingredients is mostly standard (since it's all canned or processed), the other factors to compete on are portion size, price, service quality, convenient location, or creativity.
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It's all about convenient location for this stall, with a largely captive audience that goes for takeaway or delivery.
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Their rendition is refreshing. The base of wobbly aiyu jelly and smooth shaved ice with lime juice, topped with juicy fruit cocktail (peach, pear, green grapes, longan), has a lovely floral fruity zesty sour sweet flavour.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Hundred Flavours Desserts
@ Bukit Batok West Shopping Centre, 155 Bukit Batok Street 11 #01-322
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Operating since the early 1990s, this long-serving stall is known for their generous portions and wide variety of desserts.
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Over a mound of soft shaved ice and wobbly aiyu jelly, is drizzled a simple syrup and lime juice, stacked with juicy fruit cocktail (peach, pear, green grapes, nata de coco), and springy rainbow tadpole jelly.
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Refreshing burst of fruity zesty sour sweet floral flavour, great to cool off.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Blanco Court Cold & Hot Dessert
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-137
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Opened in November 2007 by wife-husband team of Wong Peck Lin and David Yim, this brand is renowned for its bold gourmet flavours, particularly their alchohol infused ice cream.
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Having expanded into Southeast Asia, the brand boasts around 100 flavours of ice cream in its catalogue, with around 30 flavours on offer daily.
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The Rum Rum Raisin, in a cup, has juicy black raisins soaked in rum, then mixed into a creamy smooth, rum-infused ice cream. At 3.9% alcohol level, this has a punchy boozy fruity spice sweet floral flavour.
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The Baileys & Bourbon and Emperor Mao, in a crispy waffle bowl with grainy sweet flavour, is garnished with crunchy honey almond granola which lends nutty grainy sweet flavour.
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The former is infused with Baileys Irish Cream and bourbon whisky resulting in a robust boozy milky smoky sweet flavour and creamy smooth texture at 3.3% alcohol level; while the latter has 50% choice mao shan wang durian flesh and 50% durian infused ice cream resulting in a pungent fruity bitter earthy savoury sweet flavour and a chunky sticky soft texture.
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Ice Cream
Udders Ice Cream
@ 212 Hougang Street 21 #01-345
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