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Sunday, January 06, 2008

The *Best* Putu Piring

I can't believe I did this today. I actually queued for 55 minutes to buy 10 pieces of putu piring (a traditional Malay dessert) earlier this evening when I was out buying dinner!

The stall was opened fairly recently, and Singaporeans being Singaporeans, descended upon this new stall like there was no tomorrow. Maybe it's because the stallholder had been in this line since the 1970s in Bedok. Or maybe the putu piring was simply the best.

I actually placed my order *before* buying my dinner at 7.05pm, and the encik told me I was number 20 in the queue (but I'm making for number 13 now).




When I came back at about 7.15pm, the encik told me he was preparing the orders for customer number 17. By the time it was my turn to be collect my orders, it was already 8pm!

3 useful comments:

Esther said...

Huh? No picture of the dessert? Is it fried banana fritters? What is the English equivalent?

Damien Wang said...

Hi Esther,

I found a detailed write-up with photos in here.

:-)

PLANKTON said...

hey, this is a very interesting find. i love putu piring.. can u give me the address for this putu piring stall? please email me @ juan.baileys@gmail.com ? Thanks!!!