You’ve waited all year for this, filled with the spirit of festivities and propelled by the prospect of munching on all those absolutely delicious goodies only to realise – Oh no! You don’t know where to go to find those very special goodies! Now you’re scrolling through your Facebook pages, asking all your relatives, you’ve even resorted to giving your Aunt’s friend’s sister a call – all for some advice on where to find those CNY snacks! Alas, you’ve stumbled upon our recommendations and you’re in luck as we list out our 10 best places to buy those yummy CNY goodies here in Singapore.
Best Places to Buy Chinese New Year Goodies
1. Ding Bakery
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Address: 140 Paya Lebar Rd, Singapore 409015
Operating Hours: Daily, 10:30am-1pm & 2pm-7pm
The quintessential one stop shop for all things CNY treats, Ding Bakery’s wide selection of Chinese New Year snacks will ensure that there will be something for everyone. A fan favourite, their signature Melt-In-The-Mouth Kueh Bankit truly does melt in the mouth and has the right balance of sweetness and crumbliness without being granular and brittle. Another one for the season is their Premium Hae Bee Hiam sambal prawn crackers, seasoned to perfection. They are definitely on our shopping list this CNY! Ding Bakery also provides a myriad of assorted Chinese New Year goodies from Nonya pineapple tarts and Pumpkin Seeds Florentine to their award winning Premium Peanut Cookies. They definitely have something new and exciting to add to your festive CNY!
2. Pineapple Tarts Singapore
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Website: https://pineappletarts.sg
Address: 22 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536208
Operating Hours: Daily, 10am-8pm (24 hour online delivery)
Pineapple tarts and Chinese New Year are almost synonymous and go perfectly hand-in-hand like a warm buttery embrace! The tart in question was seen as a symbol of wealth and prosperity. In Hokkien and Cantonese it is called ‘Ong Lai’ which means ‘fortune come’ and quickly became the auspicious but more importantly, mouth watering, gift we all know and love! Pineapple Tarts Singapore has arguably the best ones in the business, with their smooth buttery pastry and filled with the sweetness of pineapple; one cannot get enough of this delectable treat! Pineapple Tarts Singapore also offer a variety of different tarts, ranging from their traditional Nyonya Pineapple Tarts to their YOlkLO-Salted egg pineapple tarts which taste beyond delicious, and we do recommend them too even if the original is hard to beat.
3. Wang Lai Bakery
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Address: 20 Sin Ming Lane, Singapore 573968
Operating Hours: Daily, 10:30am-1pm & 2pm-7pm
With Chinese New Year just around the corner, we return to the tried and true household name that is Wang Lai Bakery. Their prodigious selection of CNY goodies has garnered them well deserved renown and for good reason! Well known for their Chinese New Year “love letters”, this scrumptious and crunchy snack comes in various forms. Amongst the best are their Premium Love Letter Rolls and Chocolate and Peanut butter Love Letters, besides the other tasty Chinese New Year snacks like their cranberry Pineapple Tarts and especially their honeycomb crackers. With their history dating back to 1968, Wang Lai Bakery has preserved their traditions for 4 generations and we will certainly hope they continue their delicious heritage!
4. Irvins Singapore
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Irvins Singapore’s tagline is “Dangerously Addictive” – and we certainly agree! The experience of munching on a crispy, savoury salted egg fish skin snack cannot fully be described with words and can only be truly experienced first hand! With a new selection of CNY appropriate goodies like their all new Smoked Cheese Salmon Skin and their bestseller, the classic Salted Egg Salmon Skin, one can really up the ante this Chinese New Year and experience that delightful crunch that many rave about! Our personal favourite is the spicy Salted Egg Salmon Skin, that spice really levels up the already amazing snack, in our opinion.
5. Little Nonya’s Cookies
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Another excellent entry into our list, Little Nonya’s Cookies started out as a side project for Anthony Tan as he baked sweet and savoury Peranakan goodies during the Chinese New Year festive period and mostly sold to friends and family. However, over time, news of his tasty side hustle was far reaching and eventually, Little Nonya’s Cookies became a full-fledged business for Anthony. Be sure to try out some of their authentic Peranakan styled snacks such as their charcoal-baked Kueh Bankit or their home made prawn crackers for a truly festive Chinese New Year!
6. Gin Thye
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Website: https://ginthye.com.sg
Address: 423 Sembawang Road, Singapore 758392
Operating Hours: Mon-Sat, 8am-8pm | Sun, 8am-3pm
If you are fond of the sweeter variety of things, Gin Thye might be right up your alley. Their Rice candy and Marshmallow Cookies are to die for and make the perfect addition to your Chinese New Year snack line up! On occasion, they will offer White Rabut Kuih Bahulu and with the continued trend of White Rabbit candy snacks, this is certainly the right set of goodies for the occasion.
7. Bengawan Solo
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Founded by Tjendri Anastasia and named after the Indonesian folk song regarding Indonesia’s Solo river, Bengawan Solo is well known for its Indonesian-style kueh, cakes and pastries. Being one of Singapore’s most iconic and well known bakery chains, they are in no short supply of wonderfully flavourful goodies for Chinese New Year. Although their signature Kuehs and cakes will always do the trick, we recommend trying out their Sugee Cookies. Made with cashews or macadamia, these sweet and crumbly treats will surely match their other assortment of goodies and more! Another alternative is their Pandan Chiffon cake. While not traditionally a Chinese New Year snack, we couldn’t help but add that to our ever growing list of delicious CNY goodies!
8. Shangri-La Singapore
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Website: https://boutique.shangri-la.com
Address: 22 Orange Grove Rd, Singapore 258350
Operating Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-9pm | Sat-Sun, 9am-1pm
Shangri-La Singapore elevates the traditional Nian Gao cakes to the nth degree and then some, bringing the familiar and recognizable CNY nosh to a uniquely satisfying new degree. This Chinese New Year, we recommend Shangri-La Singapore for their take on the Nian Gao cake in all their delicious splendour. You will never be more impressed by the treat again after sampling their popular homemade Nian Gao. Amongst the four featured styles of Nian gao, their famous Three Layers Nian Gao is our pick for this Chinese New Year. The ambrosian delight made with purple sweet potato, Japanese pumpkin and coconut milk mixed with traditional Nian gao make this tri-toned super cake a contender for the best Nian Gao there is!
9. Mdm Ling Bakery
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Website: https://www.mdmlingbakery.com
Address: 38 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2, Singapore 569511
Operating Hours: Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm
Mdm Ling Bakery features some of the best CNY applicable cookies anywhere around! Some of the very best include their Pink Himalayan Sea Salt Chocolate Almond cookies, their New Zealand’s Premium Anchor Butter Cookies and their Red Velvet Cheese Cookies. They also run the gamut when it comes to CNY snacks as they also offer deliciously fried crispy crab sticks, Arrowroot Chips (Cheeku) and cuttlefish strips for the more culturally inclined! For the more contemporary crowd, they offer Purple sweet potato cookies, Green Pea Cookies and even Kopi Siu Dai Cookies!
Situated in multi-cultural Singapore, Mdm Ling Bakery hasn’t forgotten to include a Halal CNY goodies selection as well featuring most of their signature cookies and snacks, making this Chinese New Year delectably fun for all!
10. Bee Cheng Hiang
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Finally, no Chinese New Year celebration is ever complete without Bak Kwa! For that, we defer to the celebrated local Bak Kwa icon Bee Cheng Hiang. Their tender square smoked pork jerky conclusively sets the mood and tone of every Chinese New Year. Sweet and savoury spiced pork slices barbecued and smoked perfectly always brings out the festive spirit and is the hallmark of CNY celebrations. Bak Kwa is the perfect celebratory snack indeed!
Alternatives to the classic Bak Kwa offered at Bee Cheng Hiang include – but are not limited to – their Black Pepper Chicken and Chili Pork Bak Kwa. These finger-licking treats are definitely a show stopper and are worth every bite! Trust us, you won’t be regretting the extra exercise required after bingeing on this for this Chinese New Year!
Conclusion
Amidst all the CNY songs, Mahjong games and of course, delicious CNY goodies, it can be very easy to get carried away with all the fun we’re having and forget to take care of ourselves. So why not click here to check out 10 of the best Vegan restaurants here in SG! Also, for the more physically active, click here to explore 9 of the best rock climbing and bouldering gyms in Singapore for that #newyearsgoal.
• Written by Jeremy Ugon
