Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Poh Hwa Fuzhou Oyster Cake


Fuzhou Oyster Cake, $1.40 ($1.80 for extra ingredients)

During Singapore earlier days, we were introduced fried oyster cake from our forefathers who are China immigrants. These were later named 'UFO' for its resemblance to UFO spaceships. How cute. These days, few stalls sell this snack.

In the coffeeshop with Da Jie Famous Wanton Mee stall, at 209 Jalan Besar (Sam Leong Rd), we have this Singapore styled UFO. And it is pretty good. Why do we say it's the Singapore UFO? Because seaweed and bountiful cabbage were missing from its ingredients. Instead, you have some minced meat, prawn, oyster and crunchy peanuts - not bad at all.

The closest we have to that from Fuzhou, China (with seaweed and cabbage) is from this one food stall at Sims Ave. The stall is still there after these many years and you should go try it; without having to travel all the way to China to get the real stuff.

3 comments:

Chef and Sommelier said...

There used to be a stall at Maxwell Food Center selling this oyster cake. Unfortunately, it is not there any more... What a pity...

Beary said...

We think this is a better stall than the Maxwell ")

Beary said...

Poh Hwa had shifted into level 2 of the nearby Jalan Berseh Food Centre. Price starts at $1.80 now, and tasting as good.