Chinese New Year Goodies from Poon Confectionery via CNYDelivery.com

Product Review

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Before I start my post, I'd like to wish all my readers a very Happy New Year 2019 😊

I'm happy to starting this year's blog post on a sweet and savoury note! As you all know, Chinese New Year (or CNY for short) is almost around the corner. 

CNY is the most important holiday in Chinese culture. It is a time of celebration, a joyous period for people to come together to celebrate old traditions and look forward to the future. 

Predictably, food is an essential part of CNY celebrations. For many, this is a time when their families would gather around to make delicious snacks and traditional dishes, learn finer cooking skills, and also share recipes. The most important meal of the year is the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner. No matter where they live, all family members must return to their hometown. If they truly can’t, the rest of the family will leave their spot empty and place a spare set of utensils for them. During CNY, a visit to a friend or relative’s house will usually include endless snacking because of which having a plethora of sweet and savoury snacks to offer is a must!

Established in 1971, The Poon Confectionary is one of the oldest makers of homemade tidbits and CNY goodies in the world. They hail from a long line of family bakers, and were famous for Muah Chee and Pineapple Tarts, dating back way before 1971. The Poon Family baked goods from home and sold them at hawker stalls in the streets of Malaysia. In 1971, their first bakery was set up in Pahang, Malaysia, to start retailing. 

In 2018, the Poon Confectionary expanded to Singapore with the help of their partners in Singapore. Keeping in line with the modern trend of buying goods online, they have decided to launch their operations in Singapore on CNYDelivery.com. 

Staying away from automation and machinery to mass produce goods, Poon Confectionery retained the family tradition of painstakingly making each cookie by hand with only light machinery used.

Poon Confectionery uses wholesome, nutritious ingredients to bake their goodies. Every snack is homemade with care and love. All their traditional CNY goodies are freshly baked before being delivered to their customers. Apparently, they are not stored at all.

The company prides themselves on producing a range of goodies that strictly adhere to the following,

• No preservatives
• No added flavouring & MSG
• Every single cookie is homemade

For the purpose of tasting and review, I was sent four of their top-selling products. I received a circular container each of Pineapple Tarts, Almond Cookies, Green Pea Cookies and Pork Floss Rolls. All the snacks were individually and meticulously packed and delivered on time.

Golden Pillow Pineapple Tarts 

You cannot go wrong with Pineapple tarts, can you? The tart yet sweet golden filling encased in a buttery pastry makes for a fabulous combination. And these traditional little golden pillows never go out of style and one of the most widely recognized CNY goodies in this part of the world.

The pineapple tarts from Poon Confectionery were good. The filling wasn’t too sweet, it had the right amount of tartness and ratio of filling to pastry was just right. And I loved that the filling was smooth and gooey as opposed to fibrous. Moreover, the pastry had a desirable melt-in-the-mouth kind of quality. 

The pineapple tarts were unanimously declared a winner!

Almond Cookies

Mildly sweet, nutty, crunchy and irresistible! The almond cookies were not quite melty but that didn’t matter to me. One bite and you could tell that these were homemade. The almond bits distributed throughout made them look pretty and taste moreish.

Most of my colleagues picked this one as the best of the lot and I thought so too.

Green Pea Cookies

These attractive bright green-speckled cookies were more on the savory side and were fragrant with a nice crunchy texture. As with the almond cookies, these cookies also felt genuinely homemade.

I would have preferred them a tad sweeter though. But having said that, some of my colleagues (both sugar-loving and sugar-intolerant) declared these as their favorite.

Pork Floss Rolls 

I passed these rolls around to my colleagues since at first, I wasn’t certain what was in them.

These rolls elicited mixed responses from those who tasted them. They were super crunchy for sure (the sound could be heard several feet away!) but some of my colleagues weren’t too impressed with the flavor. However, there were others who liked them and I saw them toss roll after roll into their mouths. 

I'd say this one could be a hit or a miss.

If you are looking for yummy snacks to order for the upcoming Chinese New Year, quickly head over to CNYDelivery.com and see what they have to offer. Other than the products you see in this blog post, they also have Arrowhead Chips, Cashew Nut Cookies, Cheese Pineapple Tarts, Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, Cuttlefish Snack, Prawn Rolls, Kueh Bangkit, Kueh Lapis, Kuih Kapit Love Letters (Original, Chocolate & Peanut Butter), Kuih Kapit Pandan Love Letters, Nestum Cookies, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Peanut Cookies, Prawn Crackers, Ricecake Chocolate Cookies, Salted Egg Chips, Salted Egg Fish Skin, Salted Egg Lotus Root and Sugee Cookies. The options are plenty!

Poon Confectionery via CNYDelivery.com

WhatsApp or Text them daily from 10am – 10pm: 97626523

E-mail: admin@cnydelivery.com

Location: 502 Macpherson Road, 368204

Free Tasting Available!

Delivery of CNY Orders

Delivery timing of CNY Orders can be selected within 3 time slots 

10am-2pm Delivery

2pm – 6pm Delivery

6pm – 10pm Delivery

There is a free delivery for orders above $100 and a small delivery charge of $6.90 for those under $100.

Customers will be informed before delivery is made.

Self Collection for CNY Goodies will also be available. 

Cheers,

Megha

Disclaimer: I was sent complimentary CNY goodies for the purpose of this review. I have not been paid to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.