Those who have seen my post on Chee Cheong Fun will likely have noticed how I have always seemed to have mentioned about a certain Rice & Roll — a stall that is located at the Food Loft coffeeshop at Blk 107 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 which is just a stone’s throw away from Mayflower MRT Station. The same coffeeshop is also now home to a new outlet of Chef Kin HK Wanton Noodle as well, which has been seemingly been rather aggressive in its expansion plans lately.

Created as a limited time-only special, the Black Sesame Cheong Fun features black sesame powder, and comes drenched with a house-made sweet ginger syrup over the top; a rather interesting sweet rendition instead of the savoury ones that we are familiar with when it comes to Cheong Fun. Available till the end of the year or till once it has been sold out, these rolls are pretty much the same in terms of texture and consistency as the ones I previously had when they have first opened; there is this qq texture to their rice rolls with an evident rice-y note lingering around — the rolls smooth and silken, and carried a slightly wrinkled aesthetic that seems to be typical of stone-milled Chee Cheong Fun as we come to know these days. Here, the roasty black sesame is especially evident; yet not heavy enough to cause a scratchy throat — but what is especially wonderful is that house-made ginger syrup that seems to have incorporated the use of Japanese brown sugar(?). The strong earthy note with a controlled level of sweetness is especially enticing with the gingery finish at the end — so good on its own, and also replicates that of the Tang Yuan that we enjoy during winter solstice; the same exact item that this item takes inspiration from.

It is interesting to see how Rice & Roll has managed to think out of the box with their limited time-only special; a very incentive approach to the Chee Cheong Fun that we have been all too familiar with. With the Thomson-East Coast Line now open, it certainly is more convenient to get here; looking forward to hopefully more releases such as these in the future!