Happy Beans Cafe, UEP Subang Jaya

Andrew brought us to Happy Beans when we wanted something sweet for tea time.

There's some interesting stuff here.. can try la

Yes, interesting indeed...

Happy Beans speciality is handmade yu yuan (yam balls) that you can have it served with a few ways..

Andrew ordered the yu yuan special..

His bowl consists of yam balls, sweet potato balls, cubes of yam and pearl balls. Served in piping hot ginger brown sugar soup, it reminds me of eating tong yun and bubur cacar condiments at the same time. The yu yuan has an interesting texture- it's very QQ-bouncy, compact yet does not stick to the teeth. Andrew and WF really enjoyed it.

WF order something cold, it's cincau with her selected condiments..

With yu yuan and a few types of beans. It was served with a small cup of vanilla creamer, but WF who does not enjoy milky stuff did not add it in. I actually thought it tasted pretty good with the milky stuff :p

As for me, I'm not a fan of doughy flour stuff (with no filling :p) so I decided to have their dou hua with beans.

Their version of dou hua (bean curd) was silky smooth with distinct soy bean taste. It was pleasant to eat the non sweeten dou hua with the sweetened beans and slightly ginger spicy soup. The only bean type I didnt like in this was the kidney beans. A tad hard and rather tasteless.

Happy Beans have a range of shaved ice with fruits, which looks much better than those served in KTZ. Shall pop by to try that one day.hehe..

Happy Beans Cafe is located at 46, Jalan USJ 10/1E, 47600 UEP Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Ah Balling Peanut Soup, Singapore

Later we'll go Chinatown, ok? WF repeated incessantly

I'm not sure how many times she reminded me on that until we were nicely seated at the stall later that night. We were in Chinatown to have the tong yun (glutinous rice ball dessert) that WF have been craving and raving about..

So what's so special? Why die-die must try?

Just different, WF replied, still unwilling to reveal the secret..

Ah Balling sells tong yun with 4 fillings, the traditional peanut, black sesame, red bean and the slightly unusual yam filling. Most unfortunately for us, it was nearing 10pm and they're only left with peanut and black sesame filling...:-(

Though there's a queue at the stall, business is brisk and we got our tong yun real fast..

So, this was the secret that WF was guarding so closely..hehe Ah Balling serves tong yun with sweet peanut soup rather than the conventional ginger soup. The peanuts were boiled till really soft, quite smooth but too sweet for me after a while..

Took my first bite into the tong yun and...Must say that the peanut tong yun is delicious, the peanut filling was pratically oozing out while I tried my best to snap a picture of it. Although it's creamy, there were still some crunchiness to it, from the crushed peanuts and sugar. Love this.

The black sesame was pretty good too.. Still oozes out after a bite, the filling is thicker, slightly coarser in texture. It is fragrant and not too sweet, which I'm glad of. Prefer the peanut filling better though.

Guess I'm still a sucker for traditional stuff, though this version of tong yun is quite nice, I'd still prefer mine served with hot, spicy ginger soup! ;p

Ah Balling Peanut Soup is located at Chinatown, Singapore. The section in Chinatown where there's a long row of stalls selling local food.