Yam & Ti Koi From Taiping

Flooding backyard just asked me the other day, "... why your blog all about food..???" Well, me and my colleague are a bunch that loves to eat. Whenever we go outstation, we will come back with lots of new food. This is brought back from Taiping by Mr. Teoh and KT.

Background of "Ti Koi". Chinese usually eat ti koi during Chinese New Year. Ti koi is in Hokkien dialect refering to sweet cake. I will not go into detail why we eat ti koi during chinese new year. Maybe i will write about that sometimes.

As you can see below, this yam & ti koi is deep fried. The same stall which sell this also selling pisang goreng. I assume the outer crispy layer is the same flour mixture as the pisang goreng.

This is how it looks like when broken into two.

A closer look. It consist of 3 layers. The first layer is the golden brown, flour mixture. It is crispy and the main use for this is to bond the yam and ti koi together. The second layer, if you can see the slightyly white layer is the yam. It is a bit to the salty side and crunchy. The third layer the brownish, kaya like, is the ti koi. Ti koi is sweet and stick to your teeth. Kinda like gummy bear.

Take a bite into this. Let me tell you, it is like heaven on earth, err... close la. Imagine sinking your teeth into the crispy layer, then the salty crunchy yam, and finally the sweet ti koi. When they blended in your mouth, your mind will force you to quickly finish and swallow and go for the second bite and third and... wow...

The next time you get a chance to go to taiping, stop by the market. Enjoy this yam and ti koi dessert. You will get addicted.