I was Plaza Singapura and sampled the Chinese New Year cookie at Bengawan Solo.

When I approached the staff for assistance, the staff just pointed me the boxes of sampled cookies. She did not offer to open the boxes or gave recommendations of their best selling cookies or any new flavouring. I had to help myself and wondered which to try.

I tried the Almond Nut, cranberry cookie, Indonesia kueh bangkit and shrimp roll. The almond nut was dry and can feel the big but not ground to the finest. The cranberry cookie was hard. The Indonesia Kueh bangkit was not rich in coconut texture. The only compliment was the shrimp roll which was soft and crispy. It was not oily.

I wondered if the poor customer service had affected my sampling appetite at this store. Furthermore, the staff did not assist me or introduced me of their products. She was busy playing with her mobile phone. I was disappointed with the visit.

The Starbuck has launched its Chinese New Year cookies and I decided to sample their cookies. There are 3 types of cookies, namely Kumquat cookie, sesame pineapple cookie and pumpkin seed and kumquat cookie. Each cookie comes in different colour packaging, red, orange and burgundy red. Each box comes with 10 cookies. The slightly expensive cookie is the sesame pineapple cookie costs at $16.80 while the other 2 cookies cost $15.80. On average basis, each cookie costs $1.60.

The sampling cookies are not displayed on the store but they can be sampled upon request. I approached the crew . The crew was very polite. Not only that, the crew was generous to offer me the full size cookies.

In the store, I could only taste 2 flavours. They were sesame pineapple cookie and kumquat cookie. Both cookie has the size of $1 coin and thick of 1 cm. The sesame pineapple was coated with black and white sesame seed outside and wrapped with pineapple filling. The pineapple filling was still young and did not add must colouring. The pineapple cookie did not have must flour coating so I was consuming sesame seeds and pineapple filling. As I bite the cookie, the sesame seed crust was still crispy. This combination of pineapple cookie was unique.

The next flavor which I had tried was the kumquat cookie. It was the original shortbread cookie but it has citrus peel. As I bite the cookie, I tasted the rich tangerine. The cookie was not too rich in butter flavor.

Surprisingly, when I asked for the last flavour which was the pumpkin seed and kumquat cookie, the crew was not able to offer me as they did not have the sample in the store. I decided to move to other outlet and ask, still there was no store. I have left my contact with one of the branch manager store and hope I could try the last flavour.

Between the 2 cookies, I gave both flavour equal ranking. I like the 2 cookies.

I was curious what TCC offered at the Store and went into the store to take a look. I was surprised that TCC do sell Pineapple Tarts. The tarts are unique. The crew was generous in the portion. I was offered a full piece rather than crumble one.

The tart has an unique design. It shows the picture of lovely terry bear and it is not to butterly and yet crispy. The pineapple is not too sweet nor big portion. The size of the tart is similar to size of fishball, round in shape, instead of flat.

TCC is selling the tart at $18.80 during the valid period. It comes in 2 boxes. Each box contains 10 tarts of individual packing. The crew was courteous and patient to explain the details of TCC tart. The restaurant was quiet and well lighted.

I tried a few of the Home’s Favoaurite latest cookies at Vivo City. According to the promoter, the best seller is the Lychee Cookie and tasted the cookie that it has the flavor of Lychee. Slowly as I chewed the cookie, there was some hard and wondered what was it. It was the flesh of the lychee. It showed that real lychee is ground and baked together.

The next item that I tried was the champagne cookies. It costs $24.80 with 40 pieces. I could not taste any champagne. It could the flour and butter could have overshadow the champagne.
The third item that I tried was the chicken floss crispy rice cookie costing $25.80, slightly more with 66 pieces. As the chicken floss and flour are mixed together and of similar colour, I did not get to eat at flossy mixture.

The next item that I tried was the Durian cookie. There is durian flavor. I believe during the process the durian flesh could have mixed with the flour and then send it for baking.
The next fruity cookie that I tried was the Jackfruit. The Jackfruit cookie has strong aroma. Those who like jackfruit will flavor this new cookie flavor. The process of baking will be the same as durian cookie.

The last cookie that I tried was the Garlic. The garlic gives the strongest pungent garlic smell. As I bite the cookie, I could sense something and the promoter told me that it was the garlic. Though garlic is a healthy food, given the festive, I will think no one to be pungent with garlic smell or breathe.

My favourite is the Lychee cookie. My favourte choice is still Lychee Cookie.

The Baker’s Well roadshow at Takashimaya has a lot to show case to consumer. They brought a fridge to display all the cookie and goodie. It was well displayed on the fridge.

I was offered some cookies to sample. The promoter promoted Almond Pillows which are purely no butter added. Despite the fact that no butter is added, the Almond Pillows are still able to maintain in smooth texture. It costs $25 per bottle.

The next items to sample was the Prawn Roll. The prawn roll is thin skinned and it is not spicy. It costs $23 per bottle. The next items sampled was Homebaked kueh Bangkit. There were sufficient added in the bangkit. Once the bangkit is put in the mouth, the bangkit automatically dissolved. It is hard outside but soft inside in the mouth.

The juicy pineapple tarts costs $23 for 400 gram is an excellent cookie. The pineapple is fresh and juicy.

I like the almond pillows as the best choice.