Very generous with the ground peanut. As you bite into the pancakes, the ground peanut is falling off constantly due to the abundance. The pancake has a unique chewiness that I have not found in Man Jian Pancakes elsewhere. At 90cents a piece, this is a real gem and we will all be sorry when it is gone.
I just wonder if it will taste even better if I come earlier in the morning when it’s freshly made….
Always a must buy when u head to Tanglin Halt food centre. The peanut pan cake (min jiang keuh) from Tanglin Halt Original Peanut Pancake is really the best around imo. It’s crispy round the edges but soft, gooey and chewy inside. They are super generous with their peanut and sugar filling and there’s always extra which spills out into the box for you to mop up
During my first visit to the stall they were sold out as early as 11am. On my second visit finally I got to try this famous pancake after an hour queue. Overall this pancake is a pleasant snack or dessert item.
The dough of this pancake is interesting. It’s made in a different way using a starter dough, and the result is a gummy kueh-like texture. Some people think it’s undercooked, but personally I liked it, and felt it went well with the crunchy, sweet peanut filling.
Do note that the waiting time can be long, as the elderly couple make each large pancake one at a time, and there’s a long waiting time between each large pancake. At 8.30am on a weekday, there were about 10 people ahead of me in the queue and I waited 50min.
Someone warned me to bring a spoon. It was a good suggestion. The peanut crumbs fell out of the pancake easily and without the spoon I would have quickly gotten into a sticky mess.
It took us at least 1 hr from 8am on a weekend to get our hands to these pancakes! The pancakes feel like a combination of MJK and mochi that are soft on and inside with a dense and chewy mochi texture.
The peanut pancake is loaded with a generous amount of fragrant and freshly ground peanuts mixed with sugar. We also tried the black sesame/yam paste pancake and found the former to be too dry and grainy while the latter is smooth, creamy and not too sweet.
Peanut Pancake 》$0.80/pc
Yam Paste Pancake (round) 》$1.20
Black Sesame Pancake (round) 》$1.20
They offer a variety of flavours, but my favourite is still their peanut min jiang kueh! It’s the traditional type, with a grainy peanut + sugar mix. Their pancakes are distinct as they are chewy, kinda mochi-like - going to come here more often as the Tanglin Halt area is going to be redeveloped in future :(
One of my favourite places for minjiangkueh as I love how chewy theirs are!
Salted bean had a slight roasty taste, rather interesting. I think they’re the only ones doing salted bean mjk. Pandan paste had a prominent pandan taste, and the red bean one was of an average sweetness. Both pastes were rather smooth. Found the black sesame a little too heavy for my liking.
The best meechiangkueh I have eaten so far! The peanuts fillings were so generous! They were not overly sweet and fine. The pancake batter was super soft even after it became colder. The salted bean paste pancake was less generous with the fillings. Would definitely come back for the peanut pancake again!
Please let me know if you have had a better peanut pancake than this. I have been trying out mian cheng kueh from different stalls and have not come across anything quite as good.
Taste: 10/10
Price: 9.5/10 (Handmade daily by an elderly couple, it’s almost strange to me that each slice of this Chinese pancake only costs 80cents! Definitely great value for money)
Peanut Pancake is a little chewier than the typical peanut pancake. Uncle explained that it’s because of the yeast, which he also makes himself.
Read more: https://www.misstamchiak.com/tanglin-halt-original-peanut-pancake/
They also sell the round type of pancakes but I was too late to try other flavours (yam, black sesame, green bean) so only have red bean left ($1.20 each). Mochi-like skin is good!
Overflowing generous amount of grind peanuts with sugar. The skin is very chewy and unlike most mee chiang kueh I’ve tried. Read that the uncle still grind the peanuts by himself and uses natural yeast instead of baking soda so the skin will remain soft throughout the day. For $0.80 each, it’s worth every penny. A mess to eat it since the filling is dropping everywhere but it’s so worth it! 😋
Finally got my hands on this!! Pretty upset they ran out of red bean early in the morning
Loving the stickier than normal kueh like pancake texture. Strong contender to my favorite Granny’s pancake!
Will be back to try the red bean, yam, green bean and salted bean filling! 😋
I love MCK and nowhere comes as close as this for me. Perfectly chewy dough and a generous heaping of peanuts (carefully roasted personally by the uncle, and he won't let you forget it) and sugar combo.
This time though, it didn't taste as good as I remembered. It may be that the slight alkaline taste that I actually enjoy in these pancakes were missing, or that it wasn't nearly as sweet (read:shiok). No other MCKs can satisfy my peanut pancake cravings as these can though, so I hope it was just an off-day.
& yes, they close often, so fyi: they close every mon, wed and fri. Look for the line of people who are patiently waiting cos they know that good things come to those who wait! ;)
when you are activated for driving duty early in the morning but you don't mind. loving chewy kueh was like under a torrential peanuts rain before serving up. ratio of peanuts to kueh is just totally off the charts but shut up and just take my money! p.s: time yourself and pray you get a slice fresh off the pan though. price is rock steady and inflation free at $0.80 per piece.
Peanut Pancake (S$0.80/ pc)
Like that it has slightly char edge.
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Tanglin Halt Original Peanut Pancake
Address 🏠 : 48A Tanglin Halt, # 01-16 Tanglin Halt Market, Singapore 🇸🇬 142 048
Open 💈: 5am - 12noon
Closed on Mon & Fri
MRT 🚇 : Commonwealth (EW20)
Traditional peanut pancakes made lovingly by an elderly couple. It's funny how we go to cafes sometimes to order pancakes, when hawker stalls sell these beautifully chewy, hand-crafted, traditional goodness for only 80 cents per piece! And look at how generous they are with their peanuts! I am a convert. This takes the cake for my favourite 'pancake' in Singapore. Run down quickly to get your hands on these - the elderly couple make them from scratch, even taking 2 days off per week to grind their own peanuts - that is real dedication. Be prepared to queue and they usually sell out in the morning so go down early! Incredibly happy that I bought 5 pancakes home and being able to taste a truly dedicated hawker's incredible treat.
One of the best, filled with generous peanuts. I am the lucky one who managed to grab these in time before they are sold out before 11am.
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One of the best Peanut Pancake located at Tanglin Halt Market.
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Location: Tanglin Halt Original Peanut Pancake, Tanglim Halt Market, Stall 16, Singapore 148813
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Closed on mon, wed & fri. The stall is closed on Mondays and Fridays for roasting and grinding peanuts.
Opens from 3:30-11:30am.
In clockwise starting from bottom left:
Peanut pancake [$0.80]
Salted bean paste pancake [$0.90]
Red bean paste pancake [$0.90]
Pandan leaf green bean paste pancake [$0.90]
Batter of the pancake was had a unique flavor and texture. The yeast raised pancake dough resulted in a gummy, dense, moist and chewy texture as opposed to the light and fluffier kind of dough (made with sodium bicarbonate as the rising agent) As for their one of a kind flavor, this is a result of using a mother starter (yeast) passed down from the previous generation which enhances the flavor with age.
They only have the peanut filling for the sandwiched pancakes. The other fillings are available only in the round shape pancakes.
Peanut pancake:
The pancake was filled with freshly roasted ground nut filling mixed in with just the right amount of fine sugar grains. The freshly ground peanut definitely is a key contributor to its fragrance and flavour.
Salted bean pancake:
I enjoyed this filling, more like a paste and not your gritty grainy ones that falls all over the place like most tau sar loans.
Red bean pancake:
Very good filling, with just the right amount of sweetness. Colour is on point as well, very close to the colour of the red beans in their original form.
Pandan green bean pancake:
I found this a little on the sweet side. Pandan was very fragrant though! And this is a unique filling for pancakes
