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Tis the season… to eat bak kwa and get fat!
25 January 2008 Friday | 18:37 | CNY 08

Top priority on the CNY shopping list: Not mandarin oranges, not new clothes. I NEED to get a box of bak kwa from the marvellous SHUANG FU YUAN! It isn’t even a want. It’s a necessity!

*I still don’t have Photoshop installed on this MacBook, so this is the exact image posted last year.

I first stumbled on this bak kwa shop in Ang Mo Kio last year. After briefly mentioning this on air and online, I was surprised to receive a message from Steffie, a schoolmate from NP. Wah biang. We had been in the same lecture theatre for years and she actually hid the fact that her family was running this wonderful bak kwa business! (Ok, we weren’t exactly very close then.)

It appeared that I had directed some traffic over last year, and she wanted to express her appreciation. The pleasure’s mine, really. How could I have allowed my family, friends, listeners and readers to queue elsewhere for overpriced and/or less satisfying bak kwa?!

Just as we are about to welcome the Year of the Rat, I was surprised once again to see a query on the 72346 SMS system. Someone remembered my bak kwa tale last year and wanted to get the address. Oh my. He/she either has an elephant memory or is a bak kwa connoisseur like me. Because I couldn’t blatantly announce the address on air, I had people SMSing for the address and demanded they inform the good people at Shuang Fu Yuan that they got the details from me.

Steffie just reported a marginal increase in visitors, and offered to pack free boxes of bak kwa for me. Awwww. How sweet.

But I can’t.

CNY is the season for bak kwa buyers to get fat and bak kwa sellers to get rich. I’ll dutifully queue at Shuang Fu Yuan @ Blk 163, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 for my kilo of undiscounted bak kwa. My listeners have informed me that each kilo costs $40 (as at this week). Come on guys, let’s all put on weight together! Muahahhaa.

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25 Comments

  1. TCP
    January 25, 2008 21:53

    Woa… I stay near-by and I will definitely buy a kilo to try! A change for Yr2008..

  2. indefinable
    January 25, 2008 22:32

    I just told my mom about it. 8D

  3. nJs
    January 25, 2008 23:42

    Dun eat too much bak kwa, else become 全 国 最 肥 胖 的 DJ! o_^

  4. rina
    January 26, 2008 00:29

    it’s really nice! the slices seemed thicker too!

  5. CeLia
    January 26, 2008 04:24

    wOooo… cant wait to try the yummy bak kwa…

    yea.. let’s all put on weight together!!! ;p

  6. lunnatic
    January 26, 2008 23:03

    $43/kg liao!!!!!

    The bak kwa is pretty sweet. Don’t think I’ve ever had sweet bak kwa b4. Not bad not bad. Texture’s quite good. Not like some bak kwa got the hard hard part cannot bite. Hurhurhur.

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  7. Pigiangel
    January 26, 2008 23:47

    S40ï¹–wah…ex ya…but i guess u said nice, then it must be really yummy la. you everything also said nice one la.

  8. TCP
    January 27, 2008 22:56

    Ok.. just bought a kilo to try today.. its now $43.. really not bad.. thick, yet soft to chew, and sweet! Most impt-ly, not too burnt.. waiting time was only 5 minutes. Good recommendation. I was hoping to meet Cruz-y there.. haha..

  9. Michie
    January 28, 2008 02:25

    I love bah kwa!Thanks for the recommendation!Will go buy!Hehe!Better grab it fast, if not will be super ex liao! :)

  10. 馒头妹
    January 28, 2008 09:03

    how come no one toks abt WU CHIN LEONG? nice also mah, n i gettin it for $34/kg, pre-order n collect juz b4 CNY.. wahaha..

    u look so smart at YES933 18th bdae party!! =D

  11. sUmmergaLz
    January 28, 2008 11:31

    Don’t eat too much later you no more voice… =)

  12. syL
    January 28, 2008 13:59

    hahha, really that nice ah?

  13. Tinsiders
    January 28, 2008 15:03

    For a moment, I thought it was a picture of a duck. HEH.

    Your recommendation sounds pretty good, so excited to try it!

  14. kat
    January 28, 2008 21:52

    You mentioned about how cool the t-shirt design for your blue team. Any photos for that day’s event?

    http://broomrider.multiply.com
  15. vannie
    January 28, 2008 23:55

    wah haha… i worked near amk ave 4!!!!!! woohoo~~~~ can hop over !!

    http://ijuzwannabehappy.blogspot.com/
  16. ~*SK*~
    January 29, 2008 02:01

    noooonooooo!!!!!!!!!!! dun recommend food liao, i need to go on a diet~~

    sheesh… goodbye to my lovely bak kwa T_T

    http://www.xanga.com/sheena0627
  17. Snowman
    January 29, 2008 09:45

    hey…bak kwa lovers.

    Actually, there’s tis shop call “Kim Peng Hiang”

    oso hv nice bak kwa, especially the pineapple

    bak kwa and its $40/kg.

    I had brought their bak kwa for the past years

    but will oso try out the one Cruz recommended.

    Cruz: Pineapple bak kwa?! WAH~

  18. ice
    January 29, 2008 09:56

    anyone have SHUANG FU YUAN contact or their operating hour??

  19. Wei De
    January 29, 2008 13:40

    so far sia…

    anyway, like e Lim Chee Guan ones… juz tat e queue is perpertually long! argghhh…

    http://tokcock-singsong.blogspot.com
  20. Delphine
    January 30, 2008 21:52

    Shuang Fu Yuan

    Contact:64587374

    Unsure of the operating hrs though it was open when I got there ard 8+

    http://shhie.livejournal.com
  21. simplyher
    January 31, 2008 12:21

    hurhur. . i still prefer New Eastern (Kim Tee) bak kwa @ Changi Village Blk 3. . NICE:)

  22. march
    January 31, 2008 20:13

    Oh New Eastern (kim Tee) i know i know its a very old bak-kwa diam liao. . i bought from them every year. . My grandpa love it so much . .

    Try it ~ yummy ~

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  24. weiling
    February 4, 2008 01:31

    so sad for not checking the blog earlier

    bought the shaXXX aX said 好吃! one

    felt cheated of my monehhhh :(

  25. SAGE
    September 14, 2010 11:35

    you guys can try New Eastern (Kim Tee) bak kwa at kallang old airport road hawker centre too. my whole family love the bak kwa from that brand! (: