So which is worth the calories?
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With Chinese New Year bounding in like an enthusiastic puppy, it's time to splash your abode in shades of auspicious red with bulbous silk lanterns, blinking firecrackers, spring couplets, and of course, an array of red lid-touting containers filled with your favourite festive goodies. From perennial favourites of crunchy arrowhead chips and smoky bak kwa squares to trendy ones such as salted egg yolk chips and fried fish skin, these addictive snacks will leave the fingers all dusty and crusty with sugar and spice during this joyous occasion.
Out of the lot, we zeroed in on our personal favourite CNY goodie: The pineapple tart.
A delicious staple during the festive shenanigans, the pineapple tart is flaunted like a prized pig by bakeries from around the nation, each vying for your attention with promises that their buttery creation is the best.
We'll be the judge of that, after eating our way through 10 brands of pineapple tarts.
10. Ya Kun Kaya Pineapple Balls, $16.80 per bottle
Milk powder, milk powder, milk powder – that’s all our taste buds can glean from Ya Kun Kaya Pineapple Balls. With the kaya (or pandan) aspect poised to be a titillating enhancement to the CNY goodie, we can’t seem to quite locate the flavour even though the tart is in a promising shade of green (’cause pandan, right?). But what is even more alarming: The absence of the pineapple flavours. Perhaps Ya Kun should stick with what it is best known for – making kaya toast. That, we can certainly get onboard.
Available at Ya Kun outlets
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