Tiong Bahru Pau

Compared to my history with Teck Kee Tanglin Pau, I had only discovered the wondrousness of Tiong Bahru Pau about two years ago. We had been visiting Tiong Bahru Food Centre for its pig stomach soup, chwee kueh, oyster omelette, nonya dumplings, desserts and so on, and one day my mother decided to take-away some char siew pau from Tiong Bahru Pau to snack on the next day.

Teck Kee Tanglin Pau

Teck Kee Tanglin Pau is one of the old school char siew pau shops that has been around for ages... well "since 1948". I have many nostalgic memories about it, about stopping by the roadside in Serangoon after visiting my grandmother to buy some char siew pau, char siew sou and char siew buns (yes back then they had char siew buns that tasted gorgeous fresh out of the oven!). Just the image of the fat man holding a pau above sends a wave of nostalgia over me. It is the reason I wanted to write about Teck Kee's paus.

Teck Kee Tanglin Pau vs Tiong Bahru Pau

Can you guess which is which?