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2013-08-02
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It was by chance when we crossed path with this particular curry puff stall. The banner displayed right outside the coffee shop caught my attention. It stated, 'Original AMK Curry Puff'. My curiosity prompted me to find out. I was greeted by the friendly Auntie. I asked her, 'This stall used to be from Ang Mo Kio?' She nodded her head. I asked further. 'I stay in Ang Mo Kio for decade long but never did come across a stall by the name of AMK Curry Puff.'Auntie said, 'Yeah. We used to be at Ang M
The banner displayed right outside the coffee shop caught my attention. It stated, 'Original AMK Curry Puff'.
My curiosity prompted me to find out.
I was greeted by the friendly Auntie. I asked her, 'This stall used to be from Ang Mo Kio?' She nodded her head. I asked further. 'I stay in Ang Mo Kio for decade long but never did come across a stall by the name of AMK Curry Puff.'
Auntie said, 'Yeah. We used to be at Ang Mo Kio.'
I asked again, 'Which part of Ang Mo Kio?'
She said, 'We used to be Tip Top Curry Puff.'
My immediate reaction was 'OH!'
I was so taken aback. I was told by friends that the standard of Tip Top Curry Puff has dropped quite a bit these days. I never did suspect that would be the reason of their drop in standard.
Auntie said, 'Couldn't you tell the difference when you eat it now? The taste is no longer the same.'
Honestly, i did not quite realise. I have not been patronising as much after they increased their price to $1.30 for a piece of curry puff quite a while ago.
The Uncle said, 'The business was not as good so we decided to sell away the brand name and shop.'
I remember they used to sell more than 2,000 curry puffs per day and that landed the elderly Uncle in the limelight. He was jailed for tax evasion for 2 weeks and fined for a massive sum of money.
I guess their business is not as good as before. Only a handful of curry puffs were on the display on that day. First mouthful. It is still that comforting taste i am familiar with. Their curry puffs are a part of my growing up memories. My Grandpa used to buy them for me when i was a kid. I used to buy them for myself and Grandpa later.
It is rather moist with an aromatic curry taste and full of ingredients like cubes of potatoes and bits of chicken together with a slice of hard boiled egg. And, the crust was rather flaky with a slight buttery taste and fried well to give it the rather crispy texture, not too oily though.
Auntie said, 'Next time, when want to eat curry puff, remember to come back here!'It seemed the Auntie and Uncle started this stall from scratch. No sight of an assistant but just both of them on that day. The Auntie was sitting down, hand making the curry puffs one by one and the Uncle was right behind, preparing the filling.
It is still one of the better Curry Puffs that i ever tasted.
As what the Auntie advised, i will go back there when i am craving for good curry puffs, again.
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