Thong Sum Hot & Cold Desserts (Golden Mile)

Type: Hawker/dessert

My family’s go to dessert at golden mile!

My rating: 5/5 ⭐️

Thong Sum Hot & Cold Dessert #01-83 sells traditional Chinese desserts in Malaysian style and my personal favourite is their Red Bean Soup ($1.80) 😋 From the soup and its sweetness, to the softness of the beans and the ratio of soup, each bowl has enough lotus seeds to pair with most spoonfuls of beans that are cooked till soft while not till mushy. The soup is thick and smooth —what I’d best describe as liquified red bean bao filling which, incidentally, is my go-to comfort food on a budget. The taste is highlighted by cheng pi (dried tangerine peel), which is similar to the Hong Kong recipes of this dessert.

Golden mile food centre
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Intrigued by How desserts cooked over a charcoal stove would taste like , I came with high expectations but was disappointed .

Red bean soup is one my favourite desserts and short of time at home to cook the beans till soft and plump, the best way is get a quick fix outside .

I had hoped that the red bean soup here would be thicker and more aromatic with the use of the charcoal stove . Although the soup looks dark coloured , the red bean taste didn’t quite come through and instead of dried orange peel , fresh orange skin was used here so the taste of the dessert is not as authentic as I would like it to be.
The dessert was also slightly too sweet for my liking .

I had hoped that the desserts here would be better than food Court standards but I feel that the red bean soup at the kou fu group of Food courts faired better ( my Favourite is the red bean soup from kou fu food Court at the basement of anchorpoint at Alexandra )

I haven’t had much luck with food at the golden mile food centre- am still trying to find “ the “ stall .