Bought the sweet ($1), salty ($1), yam ($1.20), durian ($1.20), cheese ($1.30) tau sar piahs and burnt cheesecake ($3.50). All were good. Both the fillings and the crust complement each other. Not too sweet. Love the yam, cheese and the salty versions. The cheesecake was not too heavy and tasted creamy. Service was good and there was no queue. Saw char siew and chicken pies. Will definitely return to try the rest and purchase more tau sar piahs.
We were prepared to join the 30min queue at the other Tau Sar Piah (TSP) shop but were told all sold out. We decided to give 603 a try because we remembered someone gifted us a box a few years ago and it was good.
Brought the salty TSP. It tasted as good as the other stall (can't help to do comparison) but less sweet, which we like. The queue was short and the service staff was friendly.
Next time, we will just go the shop with the shorter queue since quality are same same and time is money.
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There's 2 famous traditional Tau Sau Piah shops along this row of shophouses in Balestier Road; 603 and Loong Fatt.
There's always long snake queues at Loong Fatt, and if you want to skip the long queues, then I would recommend trying out 603 Tau Sau Piah. Taste wise, not much of difference to me, but generally most people still prefer Loong Fatt... π€
There's also traditional wedding pastries available at 603 (see photo).
Tau sar piah or mung bean paste pastry is a traditional Teochew favourite, made by first steaming mung (green) beans and then frying the steamed bean paste with oil and sugar, and finally fragrant bean paste is then encrusted in a thin flaky crust.
Verdict:
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Both 603 and Loong Fatt have their own strong selling points. Tastewise, not much difference between 603 and Loong Fatt. We prefer 603's filling over LF, but LF's crust is more flaky and the filling has a much stronger and sweeter (too sweet) taste, and we prefer 603's milder and flavourful bean taste.
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