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7-Eleven Has Fried Carrot Cake & I’m Loving It

2016-08-26 , 3:30 pm

Last Updated on 2016-09-21 , 12:40 pm

Fried carrot cake has been in the headlines since Joseph Schooling named it as his favourite food. While we all know we won’t be a gold medallist just by having one that is the blackest, we know that good fried carrot cake makes us happy AF, and it’s not unexpected that recently, people in our office have been bringing fried carrot cake to the office for their breakfast.

But do you know that 7-Eleven has recently also introduced a ready-to-eat fried carrot cake?

And no—they’re not leveraging on Joseph Schooling’s success. They introduced it way before Schooling for his gold medal.

Last year, when 7-Eleven came out with ready-to-eat local dishes like chicken rice and duck rice, people went apeshit over them, with most of them still flying off the shelf even now. I’ve tried all of them—be it chicken rice or duck rice, and I’ve got to admit they taste almost like those you can find in coffeeshops, albeit a little drier.

So when I saw fried carrot cake in 7-Eleven, I bought it immediately, and it tasted so “fried carrot cake” that I’ve to buy one to let everyone in my office try.

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Firstly, you can’t expect the fried carrot cake to taste exactly like those in coffeeshop—it’s, essentially, a re-heated dish. It isn’t as oily (and sinful) as those freshly cooked ones, hence you won’t smell the usual fragrance that comes with it, even after microwaving it.

But it’s the taste that makes it my favourite so far.

Coming in just the white version, the radish cake is soft and not overly cooked. People who like the smoothness and texture of radish cakes will have high praises for it, because the re-heated dish still retains its bounciness and its sweetness.

The best fried carrot cake won’t be overshadowed by its egg, and it seems like 7-Eleven knows this: the dish is not peppered with too much egg, with such a nice balance that you subtly know the egg is merely there to complement the main dish, not the other way around.

Unfortunately, the amount of preserved radish isn’t as much as I expected it to be—I am one who likes my fried carrot cake to be filled with preserved radish. Maybe you’ll like it, but not for me.

But overall, it does replicate the Singaporeans’ favourite dish well. At $2.90, the price is acceptable, but the portion is quite small so it’s more for a dessert instead of a meal.

Would I buy it again? Well, didn’t I say that I bought one just for people in the office to makan, because I’m loving it?

This article was first published on goodyfeed.com

7-Eleven Has Fried Carrot Cake & I’m Loving It

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