Tiong Bahru Market - Many great food options other than Lor Mee & Wanton Noodle!

• Stall Name: Kampong Carrot Cake (#02-53)
• Operating Hours: 7.30 AM to 3 PM
• Operating Days: Daily
• Address: 2nd Floor of 30 Seng Poh Road, S 168898

The newly renovated Tiong Bahru Market was installed with 4 big fans like what you can see in those outdoor MRT stations nowadays. So today we've come to visit a few of the food offered here. Starting off with Carrot Cake...

Fried Carrot Cake, commonly known as Chai Tow Kway is a food in Singapore which Singaporeans eat throughout the day at breakfast, lunch, dinner or even supper.  Do not confuse yourself with the Western carrot cake eaten as dessert. 

Tiong Bahru Kampong Carrot Cake offers both the black and white version from $2.50 to $5.00. Kampong Carrot Cake is more popular for the black carrot cake, so we decided to get the black version. While we were ordering, we asked for another chopstick but the owner told us if we wanted to get another chopstick, we need to get a bigger portion of carrot cake. So something for you to take note of.

Very rare you will see places serve carrot cake with banana leaf nowadays. Fried with eggs and sprinkled with spring onion, the difference of Kampong Carrot cake compared to any other fried carrot cake stall the radish cake is of bigger pieces.

The style and taste of this black radish cake very much give you the same feeling of eating the same along the road side’s stalls that perhaps can only be found in Malaysia now.

The fried carrot cake was not of the melt in your mouth variety but taste wise was quite ordinary and nothing to shout about.

• Stall Name: Tiong Bahru Tau Suan (#02-55)
• Operating Hours: 7.30 AM to 2.30 PM
• Operating Days: Daily

I used to think that to solve this unbearable heat is a scoop of ice-cream. But I’ve come to the conclusion that a bowl of hot Chinese dessert is the key to making yourself feel cooler on a hot day. I found a stall called Tiong Bahru Tau Suan, selling only 3 desserts, namely Tau Suan, Pulut Hitam and Bubur Terigu.

The beans can be tasted separately and not mashed up like any others.

A bowl of Tau Suan previously only costs $1, but now they are sold at $2 per bowl. The portion isn’t very big but I think that’s what desserts should be like. It shouldn’t be too heavy; something small to close the meal. In my opinion, the Tau Suan was very good. Unlike many bowls of Tau Suan, the sweetness of the thick base did not mask the flavor of the mung beans. Steamed just before added to the base, the mung beans are then further cooked with pandan leaves to give this classic golden dessert the additional aroma. I always love how the You Tiao absorbing all the flavor of the dessert. It not only gives additional texture to the dessert but also goes especially well with the beans that simply crumble in the mouth.

This tau suan has a good consistency, neither diluted nor overly starchy. The beans are nicely steamed beforehand and aren’t mushy or overdone.

I haven’t got a chance to try the Bubur Terigu and Pulut Hitam as they were sold out, but I think that the quality of it can’t be too far off from the other two desserts. Do give it a try if you’re at Tiong Bahru Market in the morning. It can never be too early to have desserts!

Do note these desserts are only available for sale in the morning (till they sell out) so do come early if you want to give it a try.