Family-owned, family-run business 603 Tau Sar Piah has been a fixture at Balestier Road for close to 30 years. Cherished family recipes have been perfected across three generations, resulting in quality traditional bakes such as delicately flaky Tau Sar Piahs in a range of flavours, Chicken Pies, and golden “Volcano” Chicken Char Siew Baos.
This Chinese New Year, 603 Tau Sar Piah offers an array of celebratory treats, available from Jan 8 to Feb 9. All are handmade, and make for gratifying communal goodies and heartfelt gifts.
603 Tau Sar Piah’s rendition of Yam Cake ($28.80) is a festive must-have. Beckoning fortune and an auspicious year, it is the product of a long-beloved family recipe. Yam is arduously cut and shredded by hand, then steamed till soft and combined with quality dried shrimps, cured Chinese chicken sausage, dried scallops, and shiitake mushrooms. Additional garnishes of cut chilli, spring onion, fried sliced shallots and sesame seeds are packed separately so the toppings stay fresh.
Prosperity Piahs come adorned with a stamp reading “福” (fú, meaning wealth, prosperity, blessing). These individually handmade tau sar piahs, a traditional Teochew favourite, are available in a communal size (15cm) or within an eight-piece gift box (7.5cm each). A combination of two doughs are kneaded and laminated by hand. The thin layers are then baked to crisp, flaky perfection around generous fillings of classic salty or sweet mung bean paste.
For gifting, there is the Lunar New Year Gift Box housing four compartments of goodies. The Classic configuration ($50) has Classic Pineapple Balls, Shrimp Rolls, Chocolate Chip Cookies and Kueh Bangkit, while the Signature collection ($60) features 603 Tau Sar Piah family favourites of Signature Pineapple Balls, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peanut Cookies, and Kueh Bangkit.
Then there are other popular staples like Salted Egg Cookies, Arrowroot Crisps, Seaweed Crisps, Crabstick Crisps, Cornflake Cookies, Cheese Straws, Spiced Kueh Lapis and Kueh Bahulu (light, fluffy, fragrant egg cakes).
603 Tau Sar Piah is at 603 Balestier Road Singapore 329904. View the full menu at www.603tausarpiah.com/order.
