Came for the fish soup but stayed for the Macau Egg Tart — whilst Arcade Fish Soup is one spot that most office workers would head to for a reliable bowl of fish soup in the Central Business District, another one of those establishments that we would mention when thinking about fish soup would be that of Fish Soup Paradise. Operating two outlets in the Central Business District, the CIMB Plaza would be the newer of the two; the other being situated at Republic Plaza. These folks do seem to have been rather innovative with their fish soup offerings — not only do they serve the regular Teochew and Tomyam Fish Soup; both being rather commonly found dishes in stalls specialising in serving up fish soup, but they do have rather innovative renditions of the dish such as the White Pepper Batang Fish Soup that is inspired from the local rendition of the Bak Kut Teh, as well as a Curry Batang Fish soup dish as well. Most recently though, what caught our attention here isn’t their innovative fish soup dishes; it is however the offering of the “Macau Egg Tarts” that are prominently displayed at the front of the stall.

Being folks whom love their egg tarts, it is needless to say why the Macau Egg Tarts had captured our attention so much that we had decided to make a trip down to their CIMB Plaza location to give them a try. Whilst one would usually associate the term “Macau Egg Tarts” fairly loosely to the Portuguese Egg Tarts, it is noted that the Macau Egg Tarts from Fish Soup Paradise here does bear a similar aesthetic to the trendy egg tarts that one can find from establishments such as the Malaysia-based Oriental Kopi, NAN YANG DAO 南洋岛 and Swish Rolls, which are also sized slightly larger than the usual ones commonly seen at bakeries elsewhere. Having tried NAN YANG DAO’s rendition of the egg tarts on several occasions, we do feel that Fish Soup Paradise’s Macau Egg Tarts are the better-made ones; definitely one that we would find it hard to resist even. Taking a bite into the egg tart, the tart pastry itself is crisp and flaky; beautifully layered without being overly greasy or buttery — just a good balance whilst also able to hold up all the heft of the egg curd over it very well. The egg curd also hit the spot for us; wobbly and soft — nothing gelatinous whilst also carrying an eggy note without being overly sweet. The entire deal was just absolutely delicious, and got us grieving a little when we realised that the entire egg tart had just gone into the stomach — definitely good enough that got us craving for more. These go for $2.50 for a single piece; quite a reasonable pricing considering how they are sized, though one can grab a box of 4 for $9.50 — we reckon that this would work to share with colleagues for tea break in office, though we can’t guarantee if we would just keep them all for ourselves if we were to do just that!