Gurney Drive : Muar Chee - snacks
by lilian ~ March 23rd, 2005. Filed under: Food.
There are some Chinese snacks which the other races should copy. Because they are so tasty and easy to make. For e.g. the muar chee.
Muar Chee is made from glutinuous rice paste, steamed. And then, it is cut into small cubes and mixed with grounded, roasted peanuts and sugar. One can choose whether to add some fried onions on top too. Muar chee stalls are found outside the bigger schools, along Gurney Drive and few other markets. One of them is outside the St. Xavier primary school. It cost RM1 for a small packet.
Last time, my mom used to make a non-halal version with the tang yuen. She would make the tang-yuen and then, flatten them. After that, she will mixed with peanuts and sugar and add, walau-eh, lard. Gosh,that sounds so sinful to me now. All the cholestrol! Of course, nowadays, no one add any oil, not even vegetable oil to the muar chee anymore.
A nice, sweet snack from yesteryear.
March 23rd, 2005 at 4:05 pm
Tang Yuen but being done in Muar Chee style, that’s my favourite loh~! I prefer this type rather than the soup one.
Muar Chee’s escense is in the peanuts itself and the texture of the glutinuous rice.
In Melaka, I am yet to find a very outstanding Muar Chee, all so-so only,
March 23rd, 2005 at 4:56 pm
mmmph mmmph slurp … it has been soooo looooong since i last ate any of these muar chee. yep, very nice indeed
March 23rd, 2005 at 6:15 pm
my fav. snack.
March 23rd, 2005 at 7:06 pm
I love muar chee!!! Everytime I go to Penang I will visit the old uncle at Gurney drive for his famous muar chee. That is the best one I’ve ever eaten! Yummmmmmmmy!!!!
March 24th, 2005 at 12:11 am
You know… you can actually buy Muar Chee in the Klang Valley.. there is this one old man selling in SS2 pasar malam
And the Japanese too, have their own version of Muar Chee, it’s called Omochi
March 24th, 2005 at 12:19 am
every single flour-based chinese kuih is supposed to have lard. we orang cina don’t hv any other kind of shortening back in those days. & if anyone thinks it doesn’t taste any different, try whipping up a plate of fried rice using 40% lard in the oil. damn, it smells good.
oh, getting back to muar chee… the version found in singapore is surprisingly pretty good… not as bad as some of the imitations in KL lah…
March 24th, 2005 at 1:56 pm
yuM! my favorite oh..pasar malam’s mua chee best…
March 24th, 2005 at 5:56 pm
Is Muar Chee from Muar?
March 25th, 2005 at 9:24 am
Wah, so many people like muar chee!
Sheez - Muar here is actually sesame seeds. Oops, I think I forgot to mention the important ingredients - sesame seeds.
Chee = coins
So Muar Chee is sesame coins.
Are you from Muar, btw? I love Muar coconut leaves otak-otak.