Monday, June 21, 2010
Food In Singapore 8: Curry Puff

In this post I will be talking about the snack Curry Puff.

Curry Puff: Introduction

The curry puff is a snack that originated from Malaysia, but Singaporeans modified it and came up with something unique. It is a small pie that consist of curried chicken, potatoes, a small slice of hard boiled egg and covered in a thick, deep fried pastry shell.

Curry Puffs in Singapore
Curry Puff is a common snack in Singapore, available at shopping centres, markets, or night markets (Pasar Malam).
The franchise stall of Old Chang Kee is famous for selling puffs and snacks, particularly their Curry Puffs.

Other than using curry chicken as filling for the curry puff, there are modified versions of curry puff in singapore that use "exotic" fillings for curry puffs, such as yam, durian, corn, red bean, nata de coco, grass jelly or birds nest. Other more common fillings are tuna, sardine or black pepper chicken.

Other than Old Chang Kee, stalls famous for curry puff include A1 Curry Puff, Sim Sun Pastries, Pie Connections, Polar Puffs and Cakes and Delifrance. However, the type of curry puff may vary from stall to stall.



Personal Opinion
To me, curry puff has never been something that can fill my stomach. I have always thought of it as a snack that you eat in the afternoon.
Anyway, I personally prefer the "authentic" curry chicken curry puff. I don't really like sardine, tuna or any other filling; and the simple reason is because I think that curry chicken filling taste the best. Period.

I personally feel that the curry puff should have a small slice of egg, because egg taste nice with curry puff? But I'm not saying that a curry puff MUST have a slice of egg, as long as the other ingredients taste nice, I'm okay with it even if there is no egg.

Personally I only like the curry puff from a stall from Ang Moh Kio. It taste delicious and freshly fried, not like the usual curry puff that Pasar Malam stalls sell. It has been there for so long, cold, and I always have the impression that their oil is dirty. Thus I have never eaten a curry puff from Pasar Malam Stalls.

Food For Thought

For curry puffs, which filling do you like the best, out of so many? What about the stalls, which stalls do you frequently patronise?
Post it as a comment!

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