Food Bytes: Can Soon Kueh be considered vegetables? (Mei Zhen Hakka Delicacies)

I'm normally not a big fan of Soon Kueh, but those found at this Shunfu Market stall are worth a mention. The Mei Zhen Hakka Delicacies stall is located on the second floor of the 4 storey HDB market. If you arrive at the wrong time on a Sunday morning, you'll find a long queue in front of it. The queue moves pretty fast however, and there are certain lucky timings where you may find no one waiting at all.

As you can see, one key difference about this shop's Soon Kueh, is that the skin is extremely thin. Its also very sticky, making picking up one nicely and neatly quite difficult. Once you manage that though, its a joy to bite in through the thin membrane into the juicy turnip pieces. The mixture of turnip, shrimp, mushrooms etc is well balanced. It looks oilier in the photograph than it really tastes, and most of the oil probably comes from the deep fried shallots which are generously piled on top.

The stall also has other pretty good dishes which you might like to try, including the glutinous rice.

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Mei Zhen Hakka Delicacies

#02-26 Shunfu Market, Blk 320 Shunfu Road, S(570320)

Tel: 97932189

Hours: 7am-2pm

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