Ice Kachang Day

Every year without fail, our Muslim neighbours next door, will send us home-cooked food for breakfast on the day of Hari Raya Puasa.

It's a very good breakfast. Makchik is indeed a great cook!

To foster good relations between neighbours, we will leave our main door closed today as there'll be many visitors popping by our neighbour's house. All because of Pee Pee. Her excessive barkings at our neighbours and unfamiliar people has invited many complaints.

Anyway, my whole stomach was filled with ice kachang today. 阿佬 suddenly had a crazy idea to go around the island, hunting for the best ice kachang. I whipped out my makansutra book and suggested these 3 places that's famous for ice kachang.

As you can see, Annie's topping of the crushed peanuts, red beans and  cream corn was very generous. Her ice also came out very fine like snow, so it's absolutely divine to eat Annie's ice kachang on a scorching day! My only complaint is, how come there's no atap chee?

Pui Pui Heng's one was also generous with toppings of peanuts and agar agar at the bottom. But I didn't like their red beans as they're not the soft types.

The one at Chinatown Food Centre was more traditional, with toppings of brown sugar syrup. The ingredients of red beans (very nice and soft), cream corn, atap chee and black herbal jelly were all hidden at the bottom.

Since we're at Chinatown, we popped by "Wuerstelstand", the sausage kiosk, again.

Simply love his sausages, especially the Cheese Knackers!

Comments

[winn]

u have the makansutra book? Is it really good?? hee, i tot of buying :P

[Mindnight]

How I wish have Malay neighbours LOL

BTW, if you do a google search on makansutra, you will find this blog among the top five search results!

[bahgae]

My malay neighbours are really good cooks and every year i look forward to their tasty chilli chicken and nasi briani...
It is the only time of the year we can taste their cooking, after a whole year of only smelling the aroma from their kitchen...

[Michael Chua]

So what's your verdict? Which stall has the best ice-kachang?

When the day is hot
When you sweat a lot
Ice-kachang will make you
Feel like sitting on the top

[smiles]

tt's so neighbourly. so nice. my neighbour sent some deepavali food too.. but they din realise their samosas have gone bad ;p

[Danz]

i tot now modern malays don't give food to their neighbours anymore, cause my parents used to receive it when we were young & in return we bao one ang pow back to them. now my neighbours didn't gv me lei... i love malay foods thouz... hehe

[bohemianlisa]

Aiyo, three ice kacangs at one go? Wah, must be superhigh on sugar then ....

[kucinta]

Winn: Yes I have the book, just for reference.

Midnight: i din know that!lol...

Bahgae: we also gotta eat once a year only. i like their curry and mutton!

Michael: that poem is so cute! u came up with it? pretty creative ^^

I go for Annie's one. My husband likes the chinatown one :)

Smiles: orh oh, so did u tell your neighbours? ;p

Danz: u mean they dun already? we also will give ang pow back just for luck...malay food is nice, but very high in fats and cholestrol leh. cannot eat too often!

Lisa: luckily i share share with my husband, so that is half the sugar content gone :)

[illicitus]

hey

whereabout chinatown is "Wuerstelstand"??

Looks delish and I've gotten cravings for grease bombs lately....

[Danz]

cos we shifted ma and the new neighbour is ard our age, don't think they cook... ;)

[Lee na]

Yup, the sausages look good!!
I love sausages too!
Where is it exactly?

[spinnee]

there's peanut ice kachang at far east square. Darn nice and good. and a lot of variety of ice kachang.. when i free maybe I'll pop by their stall to take their pics :)

yes those sausages are SUGOI!

[Jacinta]

Ooo, the ice-kachangs look good!! :P~

[kucinta]

Illicitus & Leena: i am not sure the exact road name. it's one of those push cart trolley along the roadside one near the food centre market..

Danz: yer neighbourhood is quite young ma, mine all the olf folks staying one...lol.

Spinnee: Far East Square? I tink that is the same branch as Annie Peanut ice kachang? i not sure, or was it China Square *blurr*

Jacinta: i suppose every food pix i post here look good...;p

[venitha]

Makansutra book? Really? If there's really I book, I definitely need to go shopping. Where did you find it? Or maybe you can just look up Penang laksa for me. =)

[kucinta]

Venitha: u can find the makansura book in major bookshops!

[Michael Chua]

Actually that poem was recited by Moses Lim on one of Jack Neo's old comedy albums :)

[QiuSpot.net]

Which part of ChinaTown is Wuerstelstand?

I cannot find it!!

[kucinta]

Qiu: u know along those push cart trolley area? near to the hawker centre...

[bluejane]

i might try to find a chance to steal ur makansutra away.. hehe..

btw, how do u pronouce "Wuerstelstand"?

[kucinta]

Bluejane: no idea how to pronounce! lol...

since u not coming to work in SG, dun tink u have the chance to steal my book! lol..

[Janelle]

BTW ... do u know is is the openin hours for annie's peanut ice kachang ?

[kucinta]

Janelle: hello! sry for the last reply...i am not sure of the opening hours, but i do know they have another branch at the far east square food court...weekdays always packed with the lunchtime crowds.