12 Inch Oil Fritters, Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise @ Paya Terubong, Penang

Oil fritters or more commonly known as Yau Chau Kueh, is another pastry enjoyed mostly by the Malaysians especially the Chinese community. Prepared by deep frying the fritters from protein flour dough, it is best enjoyed with a cup of black coffee, a bowl of congeee or even with your favourite bowl of dessert.

I was no exception, indeed I'd always love to have Yau Chau Kueh with a cup of black coffee. While on the way to Balik Pulau during my previous trip to Penang with my family, we stopped by a roadside stall selling oil fritters. Located along Jalan Paya Terubong, Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise offers their signature food of 12 inch long stuffed oil fritters.

Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise

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Whilst most of the oil fritters are being sold in their original taste, they offers a variety of stuffing flavours for your oil fritters. Just pick your flavour from Sausage + Mayonaise to Black and White Sesame Twins.

Choices of stuffing flavour

While waiting for the oil fritters, I'd manage to have a slight observation on how the oil fritters are being prepared. Firstly, the oil fritters dough is hand-tossed on a wide stainless steel platform.

Hand tossing the dough

Then the dough is being laid on the platform before the cutting process to form it into a fritter shape.

Each fritters is being hand cutted

Just like machine, each of the fritters looked very equal and similar in the size.

Look at the precision of each fritters

Time to Yau Chau them which literally means deep frying the fritters. It is being done in a clean looking stainless pool of hot oil.

Frying them!

As you can see, it is a very neat process as those oil fritters are being cooled down before selling them to the public.

12 inch long oil fritters

And the flavours that we ordered were Floss + Mayonnaise and Kaya + Butter. We could already smell the fragrant from the oil fritters even before tasting them.

Floss + Mayonnaise (RM 2.50 for each long fritter)
It never disappoints. Indeed, it tasted better than the the smell and look suggested. The fritters were so fragrant that you could hardly stop munching them. Not only that, it offers a pleasant mild crisp on the outside while being fluffy in the inside. However, I find the stuffing of Floss + Mayonnaise a little weird to go with the fritters.

Kaya + Butter (RM 2 for each long fritter)
This was the bomb! I finished them all almost by myself. The goodies oil fritters blended so well with the aromatic kaya + butter. In fact, it increases the overall fragrance of the oil fritters with extra sweetness kicking in.

No worries if you are not a fan of stuffed oil fritters because they do sell the conventional plain oil fritters as well.

Plain oil fritters (RM 1 each)
This is where you get to taste the originality of the aromatic oil fritters. Awesome!

Oil Fritters: 9/10

Price: 7.5/10

Verdict: Mouth-watering oil fritters that will keep you out of words!

Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise
1250-A, Jalan Paya Terubong
11600, Penang
Malaysia
Business hours: 6am - 6pm daily, Closed on alternate Tuesday.

GPS Coordinates: N05 23.657' E100 16.587'

Homi Chicken Curry Puff @ The Gardens, Mid Valley City

Chicken curry puff is a local delicacy that consisted of curry fillings within a deep fried pastry shell. From smaller size to the bigger size, cheaper to those being more expensive one, my favourite curry chicken puff is still Homi Chicken Curry Puff.

For those SS 2 folks and loyal customers, they should have know that this Homi Chicken Puff is being sold over a stall located at Hock Seng Coffee Shop, just right opposite of KFC restaurant. Just recently, I realized that Homi Chicken Curry Puff is being sold over at The Gardens, Mid Valley City as well. Being curious, I decided to get some of the curry puff to check the validity and the authenticity it.

Homi Chicken Curry Puff, The Gardens

A check with the counter showed that the curry puff is being sold at RM 2 each. At the time of my visit, it was after 8pm and hence I was entitled to a 25 % discount off from the normal price.

25 % off for 8pm onwards = RM 1.50 each

From the huge and layered physical appearance, I'm pretty sure the curry puff are similar to those that are being sold in SS 2

Huge and layered physical appearance
The shell was very crispy on the outside while being fluffy in the inside.

Thick and flavourful curry
Upon each bite, you can taste the buttery fragrant lingering in your mouth that followed swiftly by the thick and flavourful juicy potatoes.

Generous fillings that consisted of potatoes and diced chicken meat
Not only that, it comes with a very generous fillings that will be sure to smack your lips good.

After trying it out, I can conclude that the Homi curry puff in The Gardens is similar with the one being sold at SS 2. Obviously the one being sold here is slightly more pricey due to the higher rental expenses. However, if you happened to be at Mid Valley City and are craving for some curry puff, do try them out and I can assure you of a memorable taste of chicken curry puff!

Chicken Curry Puff: 8/10

Price: 6/10
Verdict: My all time favourite chicken curry puff!

Homi Chicken Curry Puff The Gardens
LG-K-13A, Lower Ground Floor
The Gardens, Mid Valley City
Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Business hours: 10am - 10pm

Seremban Siew Pau @ Empayar Seremban Siew Pow

Seremban Siew Pao, is actually the pastry version of the Char Siew Pau. The bun is being baked instead of being typically steamed. Both might be different in term of textures, however they do share the common Char Siew fillings.

Many would have tasted Siew Pau from different location but I doubt many would know that the best genuine Siew Pao still come from Seremban. From a shop, they have moved to a bigger premise in which they named is as the Empire of Seremban Siew Pao.

Seremban Siew Pau Empire

Fresh from the oven Siew Pau

It is best to have it there when you had just bought it. But honestly, that is not enough, and it is hard to resist to get some home.

The box package

Golden Brown Siew Pao (RM 1.20 per piece)
Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside. Together with the well flavoured Char Siew fillings, you will never complain a pastry of such.

Char Siew fillings

No doubt that you can get Seremban Siew Pao from many places in KL. But nothing beats the real Siew Pao sourced from Seremban. Indeed, one is never enough. As for me, I can never have enough of the Seremban Siew Pao.

Empayar Seremban Siew Pow
LG 1-57, Tingkat Bawah Tanah
Pasar Besar Negri Sembilan
Jalan Besar TBK 4
Taman Bukit Kepayang
70200 Seremban
Negri Sembilan
Tel: 06 - 601 6308
Website: http://sbansp.com/

GPS Coordinates: N2 43.062' E101 54.761'