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<\/p>\nCNY Goodies for Foodies <\/p>\n
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Besides gathering with relatives we don\u2019t get to see very often and getting red packets from them, the next best thing about Chinese New Year has to be the delectable goodies. Safe to say, we all know the feeling of having one too many pineapple tarts, kueh bangit or bak kwa, so why not jazz it up a bit? As our appetite for unconventional food grows, check out these five quirky goodies to add to your Chinese New Year shopping list.<\/p>\n
Whoever thought of adding bak kwa into cookies should receive a Nobel Prize in Chinese New Year Goodies. Bak kwa is a sweet and savoury barbequed dried meat jerky, and is national favourite Chinese New Year snack. Add little slivers of bak kwa into cookie dough and you will achieve the Chinese New Year snack of dreams. At Plain Vanilla Bakery, bak kwa is added to cornflake cookies. The amalgamation of the two creates a perfect balance of sweet and savoury, as well as chewy and crunchy.<\/p>\n
Get a jar of Bak Kwa Cookies from Plain Vanilla Bakery at $38. Another must-have Chinese New Year goody is none other than pineapple tarts. These sweet and sour snacks mainly come in two forms \u2013 pineapple jam topped on buttery pastries or pineapple jam wrapped inside these pastries. In recent years, variations of pineapple tart flavours have surfaced in the market, ranging from cheese to black pepper and even chocolate. If you should fancy something on the fiery side, try the Black Phoenix Pineapple Balls from KELE, where pineapple tarts are sprinkled with cracked black pepper.<\/p>\n Get a jar of Black Phoenix Pineapple Balls from KELE at $25.80. Whereas for local dessert maestro Janice Wong, she cleverly infused a modern twist on traditional goodies, hence achieving the perfect balance between old and new. Such is seen in her Salted Caramel Pineapple Tarts, making it not only a hot favourite amongst the young in pursuit of food trends, but also the old who desire something fresh.<\/p>\n
\n1D Yong Siak Street
\nSingapore 168641<\/em><\/p>\n\n2. Black Phoenix Pineapple Balls<\/h2>\n
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