Katong Chicken Curry Puff: Stuff I ate when I was a kid!
With Smart, iwatch_ueat and carnineviand
Good old Curry Puff: $1
I am glad that somethings never change. This shop has been here for 30 years and they are still doing the same thing. This is the kind of curry puff I grew up eating when I was a kid. I remember that the best part of the curry puff was when you get to that single piece of chicken meat and the piece of egg. It's like a treasure hunt.
Of course, this type of curry puff is the Chinese interpretation of the Malay interpretation of the Indian interpretation of an English food. The Indian curry puff is the triangular pastry which the Indians made for their colonial masters back in the days of the British Empire. Then they brought it over to Singapore and the Malays took on the idea of a pastry filled with curry. But they change the shape of the Curry Puff to resemble the Crescent Moon, the religious symbol of Islam. Then of course the Chinese (probably the Hainanese) also want to get into the action, so you have the chinese version of the curry puff with a pastry that is more buttery.
This is one of smart's favourite Curry Puffs which he has eaten for the last 30 years. He still swears by it. According to this uncle, the Curry Puff at East Coast Lagoon Food Village was an offshoot of this stall. Little wonder that they both still use an old bottle as a rolling pin.
The filling is nice and moist and not overly spicy and the crust is nice and crisp but not too buttery. Great as an afternoon snack! 4/5
Conclusion
Another "traditional" chinese style curry puff to add to my curry puff list!
Katong Chicken Curry Puff
Marine Parade Food Centre
01-132
8am to 6pm
Closed on Monday
Recommended by smart
22 comments:
i really adore ur blog! :) first found it thru ping.sg
ur blog is now my food bible! keep up the great work n bring us yummier treats! :)
do u know anywhere that sells the curry puff that used to be sold at indian mamak stores? the big triangle shaped ones, with puff pastry, and the filling can be either tuna curry or mutton or chicken curry? can't find that anymore!
do u know anywhere that sells the curry puff that used to be sold at indian mamak stores? the big triangle shaped ones, with puff pastry, and the filling can be either tuna curry or mutton or chicken curry? can't find that anymore!
Yeah I'm also on the lookout for the Indian type triangular curry puff. There's a little shop at Joo Chiat selling but the puffs looked quite oily, so I didn't try.
Yes, I love their curry puffs. one of the better ones around. Definitely better than old chang kee.
Camemberu, that shop at Joo Chiat with the yellow painted front have very good curry puffs. They are making them for years. Oily but have very crispy skin in layers.
You can find the triangle curry puffs sold by a man on a bicycle either at the bridge behind the SIR at lavender that links the SIR Building and Crawford Court. He's usually there around 12-2 or a man on a motorcycle outside Paya Lebar MRT during peak hours in the evenings.
They are not there everyday so please pray that they will be there on the days you plan to drop by :)
Is Marine Parade Food Centre at Blk 50A?
Hi smart, thanks for the tip! I shall try them some day and blog about them. :D
There are still lots of triangular curry puffs in ma-ma shops littered around s'pore. Surest gurantee are the ones in Little India (not being duh, but I've seen a number of shops selling it when I was there 2 months back)
For someone who stays in Ang Mo Kio, we get our fix of good Chinese-style curry puff from Tip Top!
This is my fav chicken curry puff. Very nice.
For mutton curry puff and prawn fritters, I would go for the one opposite the old Rex cinema.
It's over at Blk 84 Marine Parade Central =D and the curry puff is worth my visit every week there! Worthwhile indeed for a dollar...
hmm i disagree! my favorite part of the curry puff is the crispy edge of the crust that is crimped :P weird to some of you maybe! perhaps its the carboholic in me :D
for the indian triangle curry puff, try onan road.
Which part of onan rd?
How does this compare to the Tip Top (Ang Mo Kio), A1 (Eunos) and Clementi food centre curry puffs?
its located beside a mosque along onan road
Thx! Anonymouns!
Ah, my favourite curry puff place! You guys better not invade it, I scared too much demand and then standards drop. ^^
tiptop at amk at 2nd place wif merpati at geylang temp market no.1
i tried this curry puff on sun and i tink its comparable to the Fong's Famous curry puff in clementi food center..the fillings r similar and the skin is really crispy and thin..
i know where to find good tasting curry puffs try 124 Onan rd if u dont know where's the place ask taxi drivers they'll know it
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