To usher in the Year of the Ox, BreadTalk has recently released a stellar lineup of festive goodness that your family is sure to love! Whether you want to give someone a gift or simply want something delicious to enjoy during your family gatherings, these festive specials will perfectly complement your celebrations for the Lunar New Year. Are you ready for BreadTalk Chinese New Year goodies?
Not only do BreadTalk’s offerings of buns, cakes, salted egg pastries, and cookies taste great; but they all look incredibly good, too! Make sure to try these limited-edition products soon, though, as they will only be available until February 26, 2021. You may buy them a la carte or in gift sets at BreadTalk outlets island-wide and online at http://www.breadtalk.com.sg/shop
BreadTalk’s Creative Buns with a Twist
BreadTalk is known for their expertise in baked goods and in line with this, they have unveiled five exclusive Chinese New Year-themed buns that showcase well-loved flavours with a twist.
If you love BreadTalk’s original Flosss, you will love their Bountiful Fortune 牛转乾坤 ($2.20). A levelled-up version of the original, this bun is filled with glistening liquid gold-rich and creamy salted egg that oozes out with every bite!
Perfect for the Year of the Ox, Prosperity Duo 大牛牵小牛 ($2.60) is a scene-stealing two-piece Ox horn-shaped bread with a crusty exterior and pillow-soft interiors.
Another skilful creation is the Ox-horn-shaped Golden Flosss-ful 满满金松 ($2.30), a buttery-flaky croissant dressed with BreadTalk’s famed egg cream and pork floss that smells as great as it tastes.
Designed to resemble Chinese New Year couplets, Fortune Pillow 年年有芋 ($2.20) is a sweet bun packed with luscious yam and embellished with a pink ‘福’ to symbolise good fortune.
A top favourite from last year’s line-up, Bak Kwa Delight 肉干物语 ($2.10) features smoky barbequed pork nestled in a soft bun with a sprinkling of black and white sesame seeds and shredded seaweed.
A Taste of Joy in Every Bite This Lunar New Year
This Lunar New Year, BreadTalk presents its largest festive cookie collection to date.
Specially-crafted by the brand’s Research and Development team, the selection spans 11 gorgeous savoury and sweet cookie options – from traditional flavours the likes of Prosperity Pineapple Pastry 旺来酥 and Cashew Nut Cookie 腰果酥 to modern iterations such as Coffee Butter Cookie 咖啡曲奇, Prosperity Flosss Cookie 福气松松饼, Salted Egg Roll 咸蛋卷, and Wasabi Rice Roll 芥末米香
Top picks include the Mini Milk Chocolate Cookie 迷你可可饼 and Mini Double Chocolate Cookie 迷你双可可饼 made with 70% Fleur de Cao chocolate and 70% dark chocolate respectively – an indulgent treat made for all of the chocolate lovers in your family. For those who love matcha, on the other hand, the Mini Matcha White Chocolate 迷你抹茶 白巧克力饼 is a bitter-sweet delight enriched with white chocolate bits.
The Mini Oat Raisin Cookie 迷你燕麦坚果饼 boasts a generous and wholesome nutty blend of oat flakes, black raisins, pumpkin, sunflower and melon seeds, while the Prosperity Floss Cookie 福气松松饼 is a unique combination of salty tau sar filling jazzed up with salted egg yolk and chilli pork floss.
The impressive cookie collection also showcases rich and aromatic butter cookies such as Rose Butter Cookie 玫瑰曲奇, and Coffee Butter Cookie 咖啡曲奇 – there is one to suit each and every palate in the household!
You can also purchase BreadTalk’s assorted cookies at $12.80 per bottle or the following gift sets:
The Little Joys 小幸福, Set B ($28.80) gift set consists of two bottles of assorted cookies and a 10-piece crisps gift bag (two pieces each of Peanut Crisp, Pumpkin Matcha Crisp, White Sesame Crisp, Black Sesame Crisp and Peanut Sesame Crisp).
Get a gift set of six assorted cookies through Big Blessings 好福气, Set D ($56.80).
For $8 with any other purchase, you can get the Get Lucky 好运包, Set E ($10), a gift bag of 10 pieces of assorted crisps comprising of two pieces each of Peanut Crisp, Pumpkin Matcha Crisp, White Sesame Crisp, Black Sesame Crisp, and Peanut Sesame Crisp.
My Must Buy List: Symbolic Salted Egg Pastries
BreadTalk’s new handcrafted buttery salted egg pastries symbolise wealth and prosperity – perfect for the Lunar New Year!
The White Lotus Salted Egg Pastry 蛋黄酥 ($13.80 per box of 4) is an all-time favourite with a savoury egg yolk centre enveloped in sugar-free lotus paste, encased in flaky buttery pastry, while the Bak Kwa Salted Egg Pastry 肉干酥 ($13.80 per box of 4) presents a twist on the traditional tau sar piah. Savour salty tau sar filling with barbequed pork and salted egg yolk filling wrapped within a buttery pastry.
These Salted Egg Pastries are available in a box of four pieces at $13.80 or six pieces at $18.80. You can also choose to mix and match by buying two boxes of four pieces at $20 or two boxes of six pieces at $30.
BreadTalk Brings Sweet Delectable Cakes
Sweeten your family’s new year celebrations with BreadTalk’s trio of ‘福’ cakes.
A seasonal special, Sweet Reunion 幸福甜蜜 ($15.80) is a honey marble sponge cake with a layer of Osmanthus buttercream and wolfberries.
For the adults, Blissful Delight 枣到幸福 ($20) is a light prune cake made with prune paste, dried pitted prunes, and hints of rum.
Inspired by French Pierre Hermé’s famed Ispahan creation, Lychee Rose Macaron flavour, Pretty Pink 粉红丽人 ($35.80) presents a fruity combination of lychee and rose raspberry layers on vanilla chiffon cake. Enveloped in lychee mousse, strawberry white chocolate, and red grated chocolate; the gorgeous cake is decorated with peach blossom flowers and ‘福’, signifying positive blessings for the new year.
Add BreadTalk to your Lunar New Year celebrations for a happy year ahead!
