Singapore Eat: You Tiao Mei Tau Suan You Tiao (油条妹豆爽油条) @ Bukit Batok
- Rick
- Apr 9
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
You Tiao Mei (油条妹) is a fried snack chain with several outlets in Singapore. It has a new stall in Bukit Batok West Hawker Centre selling signature tau suan (豆爽), or traditional mung bean dessert, with you tiao (fried dough, 油条). Although the snacks are mostly for takeaway, tables are available in the hawker centre for eat-in.
Aside from tau suan and fried dough, there are other snacks like carrot cake sticks, yam / sweet potato sticks, fried banana, banana balls, curry puffs, butterfly puffs, etc. This stall has soya pudding with/without glass jelly as dessert too. There are two "New Style You Tiao" to try too but not available everyday, so don't miss them when they are available.
The Tau Suan (豆爽) dessert is full of split mung beans in mild-sweet starchy soup and topped with half a fried dough. It is not too sweet and a nice dessert to have after meals or for coffee breaks.
The Charcoal & Orh Nee You Tiao (竹炭芋泥油条) is a new style you tiao that is made with charcoal powder, stuffed with orh nee (real yam paste) and speckled with white sesame seeds before frying. The nicely-fried charcoal you tiao (5 pcs/set) is crispy and not hard with soft yam paste that gives off a mellow yam flavour. It is a nice snack and best to finish them before they turn soft.
The other new-style you tiao is the Png Kueh You Tiao (糯米饭粿油条), inspired by the peach-shape png kueh (pink Teochew cake stuffed with glutinous rice). Instead of the smooth skin of typical png kueh that is made with glutinous rice flour, crispy pinkish you tiao replaced that skin, stuffed with typical png kueh ingredients (glutinous rice, tiny shreds of mushrooms, peanuts, etc) and fried. It is similarly crispy with soft filling and a different way to eat png kueh. Definitely must try too!
Other fried snacks I have tried include: Top-left: The you tiao is nicely-fried and crunchy, not hard nor chewy. Top-right: The carrot cake sticks (10 pcs/set) is slightly crispy outside and soft inside with nice taste of traditional carrot cake. Bottom-left: The curry puff has crispy crust with sweet-curry filling and not spicy. Bottom-right: The 3-in-1 sweet cake has a slice of sweet year cake (年糕) sandwiched between a slice of yam and a slice of sweet potato — it's 3 flavours in one snack.
The fried snacks are nice, crispy, not oily and best consumed before they turn cold. Although reheating is possible, it may change the original textures of the snacks.
If Bukit Batok West Hawker Centre is a little far, You Tiao Mei has another stall in Bukit Batok MRT Station selling similar list of fried snacks as takeaways only.
Address 1:
Bukit Batok West Hawker Centre, #01-16
469 Bukit Batok West Ave 9, Singapore 650469
Opening Hours:
7am to 8pm | Daily
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Address 2:
Bukit Batok MRT Station
10 Bukit Batok Central, Singapore 659958
Opening Hours:
6am to 9:30pm | Daily
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