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THE dessert porridge is the latest news in town - it can be
eaten as a main meal or snack.
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| At Mei Nu, owner Wong Ailin
offers three flavours of porridge - lotus seed and red
bean, soya milk and gingko barley and chrysanthemum and
pear. --GAVIN FOO |
At the month-old Five Fingers Food Street at Bugis Village
is Mei Nu Dessert Porridge (Mei Nu means pretty girl in
Mandarin).
The dishes are pleasantly sweet and can be served either
hot or cold.
The ingredients are supremely healthy - no meat or
flavourings. And the glutinous rice ensures your tummy is
filled.
There are three flavours of dessert porridge:
Lotus seed and red bean
Soya milk and gingko barley
Chrysanthemum and pear.
Mei Nu's owner, Miss Wong Ailin, who was trained in French
cuisine at San Francisco's California Culinary Academy, came
up with the recipes herself.
The lotus seed and red bean porridge has a mild bean
taste.
And Miss Wong, 27, adds green raisins to it. When you bite
into the raisins, a burst of sweet tanginess hits your
tongue.
Eating the soya milk and gingko barley porridge is almost
like drinking solid beancurd. The soya taste is dominant as
beancurd skin is added to the porridge.
The soft gingko nuts make eating the porridge fun as they
add 'crunch'.
But personally, my favourite is the chrysanthemum and pear
porridge.
Accompanied with wolfberries, there is a lingering
sweetness that comes from boiling and stirring sliced pears in
the glutinous rice for over two hours.
If you like an interesting and healthy eating experience,
Mei Nu's porridge and desserts will not disappoint.
FYI
Mei Nu Dessert Porridge
Stall 6, Five Fingers Food Street, Bugis Village
Opens from 11am to 11pm daily
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