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Koi Kei established its first shop in 1997. Currently selling over 300 varieties of product, the most popular items include the almond cake, egg roll, crunchy peanut candy, and fillet of beef and pork. Though renowned as a traditional shop, Koi Kei is never conservative in product innovation. New varieties include assorted nuts, “golden twist” pastry, seasoned orange peel cake, Portuguese style pineapple pastry, Chinese pastry, cookies with walnut, cookies with cashews, and an improved nougat.
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Opening Hours
Mon - Sun
11:00 - 21:30
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Signature Dishes
Even before my impending Macau trip I'm already bingeing on my fave Koi Kei's almond cookies. This time round we bought their phoenix rolls to try too.The Koi Kei flagship store at Temple street, Chinatown.There's several variation of almond cookies available and we bought 3 types back after trying the samples.Original whole almond cookie (12pcs) $12.10 Almond cookie w/ egg yolk (12pcs) $14.40Salted almond cookies (12pcs) $12.10Koi Kei's owner is very particular with the quality of his cookies and insisted to use imported high quality whole almonds for making the cookies (I learned that from 巨輪). Their cookie really stands out from every other almond cookie I've ever tasted. Other than having intense real almond aroma, every cookie is loaded with crushed almond bits, giving it extra crunch.The salted egg yolk ones does not have crushed almond bits but has distinct taste of savory salted egg yolk. The salted baked almond cookies is the best, its slightly salty and contains the crushed almond that I liked...my fave among the three.I had wanted to try the seaweed phoenix rolls but they don't carry this item at SG outlet so we got the normal Phoenix Rolls $8.90 instead.This version contains half pork floss and half grated coconut, its sweet rather than sweet & savory like the seaweed version. I guess I will have to wait till I'm in Macau to get my hands on them.Service staffs there are very friendly and professional, you'll feel great shopping at Koi Kei.for full review & more photos - http://midas400.blogspot.sg/2013/11/koi-kei-bakery.html
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Koi Kei reputable for their popular almond cookies currently with 16 chains stores in Macau and 7 chains in Hong Kong and now their flagship store in Singapore.From a cart selling only crunchy peanuts and ginger candies set their first establishment in 1997.I would normally purchase a round can of Koi Kei signature almond cookies as one of the many varieties of Chinese New Year cookies for visitors.Koi Kei signature item is the whole almond cookies.My husband discovered from the website of this flagship store in Singapore and better late than never, we took a trip to the shop yesterday.There were so many variety of snakcs from almond cookies, egg rolls, candies, meat jerky, calamary and their latest cripsy cashew and almond candy.The almond cookies included flavours such as salted almond, almond with black sesame, almond chocolate and almond green bean. We chose our family favourite whole almond cookies which also happened to be the chef recommendation. Priced at S$12.10.Hmm! the wholesome goodness of the flavoured almond in each cookie. So fresh, rich aromatic almond just melts in my mouth. Though powdery the taste has a combination of mungbean powder mixed with wholesome almonds and peanuts.The sales assistant recommended us to try the Portuguese style cashew cookies. This cookie has indeed relived my childhood treasured memories. Each cookie is so buttery fragrant filled with freshly toasted cashew nuts. My first bite of the first piece of this cookie touched my heart. Priced at S$12.40.I have been looking for so many years my favourite American Shortbread Cookies which my Mom used to buy for me when I was sick to go with a cup of hot milk. My comfort snack. The buttery fragrance of each cookie packed in a high metal box. I managed to find a photo of the same packaging while doing some research work on food. Thanks to the owner of this photo.I was so happy that I found the same flavour of my childhood comfort snack.The only exception is that these Portuguese style cashew cookies are coated with cashew nuts. The one I had as a child were all plain buttered cookies.Hubby’s favourite ginger candy. Priced at S$5.20. Their first ginger candy was founded in Macau in 1986. After continuous quality control research and testing by Mr. Leong, he transformed the traditional rock hard ginger candy into modern soft ginger candy. The softness and chewiness of each ginger candy slowly releases the spiciness when it melts in the mouth.We wanted to buy a packet of the crispy cashew and almond candy but it was not available. So we opted for the chewy peanut candy with white sesame seed and also their latest item. Priced: 8.60.Individually packed. Each candy chewy with the fragrant of rich peanut flavour and the generous amount of toasted white sesame seed coated on each piece.All the sales assistant in this shop are very courteous and take their time to explain to their customers the various types of items available. They have taken the extra mile of customer service.Will be going back for more.
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