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Hung Huat Cakes And Pastries: Famous Old-School Bakery Since 1978

Hung Huat Cakes And Pastries is an old-school bakery in Aljunied

Hung Huat Cakes & Pastries, which used to be a hidden gem, is now a pretty famous old-school bakery in Sims Vista Market & Food Centre. They often sell out of their CNY goodies and Teochew-style orh nee mooncakes each season!


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For non-Easties, hereā€™s the lowdown on the popular hawker bakery: they started in 1978 as a min jiang kueh stall, before the second generation of owners took over and added handmade pastries to the spread. Today, theyā€™re handing the ropes to their son, who left his job in the education sector to learn their craft and keep their legacy alive.


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Theyā€™re most well-known for theirĀ Tau Sar Piah ($4 for five), which enclose sweet or savoury mung bean paste within flaky layers of pastry.

Similarly, Hung Huat Cakes & Pastries also sells Wife Biscuit ($3.50 for three)Ā and savoury Husband Cake ($3.50 for three), as well asĀ Sun Cake ($4 for three)ā€”AKA popular Taiwanese pastry å¤Ŗ阳鄼 (tĆ i yĆ”ng bĒng), filled with a sweet milk filling. These are vegetarian- and Muslim-friendly!


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When they opened orders for the Mid-Autumn Festival earlier this year, they sold out so quickly of their Teo Chew Crispy Skin Mooncake (from $10) that they had to bake limited, last-minute batches up till the day of the festival. Demand was such that they took preordersĀ post-festival, for everyone who hadnā€™t managed to secure some before.


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Think alternating layers of lavender-tinged and beige flaky pastry wrapped around a smooth, house-made orh nee filling.


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Choose to have it with or without a salted egg yolk within. Thatā€™s not all: the purple pastry contains yam in its dough too!


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Another traditional delight you can find at Hung Huat Cakes & Pastries is ęœ„ē³•, or La-GorĀ (from $6)ā€”a super old-school Teochew steamed mooncake that can be described as a black sesame mochi cake.

With mochi being all the rage, theyā€™ve now introduced two new mochi-centred items. The first, based off the orh nee mooncake, is Hokkaido Milk Mochi x Signature Teochew Orh Nee, which is a flatter version of the mooncake, containing both the yam paste and a layer of house-made Hokkaido milk mochi. This retails for $7 a pop, or $40 a box of six.

Theyā€™ve also incorporated this same mochi inĀ Hokkaido Milk Mochi x Black Sesame Paste, a charcoal pastry stuffed with BSSM paste and mochi. The BSSM paste is said to be lower in sugar! These go for $8, or $46 for six.


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Itā€™s hard to walk away from the stall with just one or two itemsā€”they also haveĀ Ondeh Ondeh ($3 for four),Ā Pumpkin Kueh ($3 for four),Ā Huat Kueh ($9),Ā Kueh Lapis ($40) and more, made with all-natural ingredients.


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Come Chinese New Year, fans go wild for their Pineapple Tarts (from $15), starring house-made pineapple paste thatā€™s neither too sweet nor sour,Ā Love LettersĀ (from $16),Ā Green Pea Cookies ($15), Manuka honeyĀ Kuey Bu-Ru ($12) and all the festive goodies you might need. Last year, they started selling CNY cookies in October, so one can hope that theyā€™ll be available soon ahead of next year!

If youā€™re on the lookout for hawker centre bakes, weā€™ve collated a list of the best hawker bakeries in town. Otherwise, Gokoku Japanese Bakery has just opened in VivoCity!

Address: Block 49 Sims Place, #01-48, Sims Vista Market & Food Centre, Singapore 380049
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 7am to 4pm
Tel: 9651 4902
Website
Hung Huat Cakes & Pastries is not a halal-certified eatery

Feature image adapted from @hunghuatcakesandpastries, @flyeetelfly, @fred.and.chloe

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