Fried & Grilled Muah Chee in S’pore with Toppings: Weird but Satisfying Combo

Show any kid a muah chee now, and they might just freak out, because in the era of churros, bubble tea and lava cakes, muah chee simply looks like a food ported from Mars.

But show any people born before the 90s a muah chee, and they might just bite one without saying anything. Yeah, it’s a traditional food that is endangered in a food-crazy country like Singapore, when food fads change as fast as a girl’s wardrobe.

But when I came across this muah chee this weekend, I thought, Hey, it’s about time someone make something old gold again, just like how youtiao has become hipster in the US.

And I’m talking about Ok Machi, the Taiwan / Japanese muah chee that became hipster last year and early this year, but just did not get as much attention as other food fads.

 To cut to the chase and ignore its history (let’s just say that it’s a Japanese food but gained fame in Taiwan), it’s essentially skewered muah chee being air-fried, and then grilled in a machine that looks somewhat like a waffle machine.

Upon that, our familiar muah chee will be crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Toppings will be placed on the mauh chee, and boy are the toppings creative: there’re chocolate, green tea, cream and cookies, Spicy Thai and even Ma La Spicy (OMG and LOL, indeed).

At $2 a stick and $6 per 4 sticks, the price, given the amount of effort needed just for one stick, is pretty reasonable.

As for the taste, it’s little weird having unconventional toppings like green tea or spicy Thai on the muah chee, because muah chee only tastes best with sweet toppings, just like the traditional ones. I tried one with spicy cheese and it tasted like cheese fries that are chewy instead, but the one with chocolate tastes so heavenly (and somewhat familiar) that I’ll pay twice just for the chocolate.

I believe since muah chee has been popular for decades, the older generations must have realized that mauh chee + sweet = instant goodness, and so have married muah chee and peanuts for life.

The outlet I went to is in The Seletar Mall, and from their website, there’s another outlet in Admiralty. The outlet in The Seletar Mall is hidden quite deep in the mall, so make sure you walk all the way to the back of the basement to find it.

Is it worth a try? I’d say that if you’re familiar with mauh chee, this is a must-try, simply because it combines one of your favourite childhood food (mauh chee) with current trends (the toppings that LOL).

Having the best of both worlds; hell yeah, of course!

Featured Image: Yelp

This article was first published on Goodyfeed.com

Read Also

• OMFG: This waffle + marshmallow should be the next damn food fad