Xi De Li (Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre)

A pioneer brand founded in the 1920s, the fourth-generation owners Adrian Koh, Valerie Koh, and Pathom Koh, set the baseline for accessibility of halal-certified dessert fritters, selling over 10,000 items daily across their 60+ stalls throughout Singapore.
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They still maintain the traditional hand-pulled dough, and their batter is thin and crisp, shattering and flaking easily.
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Their 3-in-1 sweet potato, yam / taro, gula melaka / palm sugar infused glutinous rice, has a sticky soft moist texture, with pleasant vegetal earthy grainy sweet savoury floral flavour.
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The pandan / screwpine leaf infused tapioca is dense but bouncy, with a nice floral earthy starchy sweet flavour. Seems to have a bit more fiberous chew than elsewhere.
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Their ham chim peng are light, airy, and soft, the red bean paste version holding earthy nutty sweet flavour, the 5-spice version having salty savoury spice notes, both with fragrant bready aroma.
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The fried banana / goreng pisang is medium thick and ripe, creamy soft with a bright fruity sweet flavour.
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Their dad invented the iconic butterfly bun as a token of love for their mom, who wanted something sweet and crisp - they still use the original recipe.
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Their dough fritter / you tiao is hand-pulled, with a crispy texture and bready savoury flavour, best eaten when hot. Quality differs at times though, from stall to stall.
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Dessert Fritter
Xi De Li
@ Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre, 448 Clementi Avenue 3 #01-39
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