Battle of the egg tarts

I really like Chinese egg tarts. They're hard to find in Canberra, which is handy, as otherwise I would eat far too many of them. After our recent journey through Java Andrew and I spent four nights in Singapore. We've been there lots of times in the past – it's one of our favourite cities – but hadn't been back since 2018 due to the pandemic. On our final full day in Singapore we set ourselves the frivolous task of tasting and ranking various different local versions of egg tarts. Having googled 'best egg tarts in Singapore' we set off on the MRT in search of our snacks.

According to the internet, the best egg tarts in Singapore were at Tong Heng Confectionery in Chinatown. By the time we arrived they'd almost sold out of egg tarts so we tried one egg tart and one coconut tart.

The next taste test was a bit random … we spotted a Hong Kong-style bakery on our way back to the MRT station. I think it was called Leung Sang and they offered both traditional flaky and 'Western' style egg tarts. We opted for the traditional version :-)

Our third taste test came from Tai Cheong Bakery in the basement of Takaskimaya in Orchard Road. They had both egg tarts and pandan tarts so we tried (shared) one of each!

All three were on this list of the best egg tarts in Singapore. The ones we tried were numbers 1, 5 and 2, respectively, on the list. And our favourite of the three we tried? The middle one! The pastry was ambrosial. But all were delicious. Thanks, Singapore!