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.
3. Yàn’s pineapple tarts, $28.80 per jar [Editor’s Pick]
It’s hard to stop at one with Yàn’s pineapple tarts. Shaped like a comfy bolster, each buttery gem is delicate to touch, with its pastry disintegrating into a powder-like consistency in the mouth. The filling leans to a sweeter side, but still boasts that distinctive tartness a pineapple tart should offer. While we could use less of the pastry, Yàn’s pineapple tarts will certainly do a number on you – and by that, we mean you getting heavier and a lot happier.
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