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Desserts are something that should not be missed out on when in Singapore!

The lurid mini-volcanoes you'll often see at food centres are ais kacang (pronounced "ice kachang"), a combination of a mound of shaved ice, various coloured syrups, evaporated milk, fruit, beans and jellies. Cendol is similar, consisting of coconut milk with brown sugar syrup and green jelly strips topped with shaved ice. Both taste terrific, or rather a lot better than they look. Also worth trying is ah balling, glutinous rice balls filled with a sweet paste of peanut, black sesame or red bean and usually served in a peanut- or ginger-flavoured soup.

Head to Little India to experiment with Indian sweets: burfi, ladoo, gulab jamun, gelabi, jangiri, kesari and halwa, to name a few, are made with ingredients that include condensed milk, sesame and syrups.

Nonya (Peranakan) desserts are typified by kueh (colourful rice cakes often flavoured with coconut and palm sugar) and sweet, sticky delicacies such as miniature pineapple tarts that are sold everywhere in small plastic tubs with red lids. The magnificent kueh lapis, a laborious layer cake that involves prodigious numbers of eggs, is a must-try.

One notable popular Singaporean oddity is the ice-cream sandwich, dished out by mobile ice-cream vendors and enjoyed by young and old alike. This consists of a thick slab of ice cream folded into a slice of bread, though sometimes it's served between the more traditional wafer slices.

Articles in category "Desserts"

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A Ah Balling B Bubor Cha Cha Bubor Hitam Bubor Terigu C Chendol

C cont. Cheng Tng D Durian Puff G Green Bean Soup I Ice Kacang Ice Kachang M Mango Pudding

O Orh Nee R Red Bean Soup S Soya Bean Curd T Tang Yuan Tau Huay Tau Suan