Wednesday 10 August 2011

BAAK TONG GOH FROM NEW TOWN BAKERY

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Lookit those great bubbles!



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New Town Bakery’s White Sugar Rice Steamed Rice Cake (baak tong goh) are good.  They don’t have that overly-yeasted/fermented taste.  They are soft and white and kids love them. 

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Making these yourself is possible, but buying a few pieces is so much more convenient because there’s no long wait for the fermentation of the yeast and rice batter.  Besides, the best recipe I have calls for grinding your own raw rice in a blender and that is a noisy endeavour.  The versions made from rice flour don’t taste very good to me at all. 

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There are other good versions of Baak Tong Goh in bakeries, but New Town’s is good PLUS you can buy those excellent Big Steamed Buns and little round sugar-crusted Apple Tarts while you’re there…which no one else has.
New Town Bakery & Restaurant 新城餅家餐室 (Chinatown) on Urbanspoon

3 comments:

Rosie said...

I should try it. I usually just get their BBQ pork buns!

bokchoy said...

Do you have a recipe you could share?

Cakebrain said...

bok choy,
the best recipe I have calls for grinding your own rice flour in a blender. You'll find it in my Ancient chinese secret recipes section under "Recipes"

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