New York is known as the city that never sleeps, Neither does Citibank, according to its tagline. If you’re a popiah lover, you’d be glad to know that Fortune Food also operates 24/7.
My family loves to make our own popiah, especially for Chinese New Year. This year, I left it a little late — the day before CNY Eve to get the ingredients.
As usual, I headed to Ng Kian Seng Confectionery, my favourtite popiah skin store at Bedok South Block 17. To my horror, all the skin were sold out (guess others had the same idea).
I put on my best smile. OK, my mask was on but my eyes were sparkling. All in the hope of convincing the lady boss to somehow sell one of her reserved stash to me.
Alas, it wasn’t to be. Instead she asked if I drove. It sounded like such a strange question but I said “yes”.
She went to rip a piece of receipt off her book and told me to head to that address to buy directly from her factory.
“What time does your factory open till today,” I asked.
She told me nonchalantly that it is open 24 hours a day.
Less than 10 minutes later, I arrived at Fortune Food at Gourmet East Kitchen in Bedok North.
As I walked towards the unit, a man asked me through the metal gate what I wanted. Just as I was preparing to take out my phone to snap a couple of shots of the place, he came out and handed me my order.
That was really fast — I was in and out within five minutes.
The 1kg of popiah skin was warm — a testament that it was freshly baked.
Next comes the taste test. While shaped and priced the same as the Bedok South shop, the skin was a little too refined and much chewier compared to what we were used to.
Overall, it’s good and most wouldn’t have noticed the difference. But, I was more used to having my popiah skin pockmarked with tiny air bubbles and a little thinner.
The plus point for this popiah skin is its constant availability. I paid S$20 per kg (think it’s the festive season surcharge) because its website pricing was S$18 per kg.
So, if you need popiah skin anytime, check out Fortune Food is at 3017 Bedok North Street 5 #01-13, Gourmet East Kitchen, Singapore 486121.
Verdict
Taste: 👍👍👍👍
Texture: 👍👍👍
Price: 👍👍👍👍
