Chicken Soup For The Soul (Well kinda..) - 75 Ah Balling Peanut Soup

It's November, and it's cold and wet, almost every other day. What better way to warm up our tummies and spirits than with a delicious, heartwarming, comforting bowl of piping hot Ah Balling. What is Ah Balling? Ah Balling is what Singaporeans call stuffed tang yuan. Tang yuan is essentially a Chinese dessert, made of glutinous rice flour and water, shaped into balls (can come in various sizes, colors), and is served in a sweet broth (can be ginger flavored, longan, peanut, soya milk). Tang yuan is usually eaten during the Lantern Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, wedding day, or special occasions like family reunions. Tang yuan comes in non-stuffed and stuffed version. Fillings can range from the traditional black sesame, peanut, red bean, yam, to (more recent modern ones) matcha, durian.  Nowadays, Ah Balling can be found all year round, and is sold at hawker centers, food courts, and even at the frozen section of supermarkets! Here's one I know is a perennial amongst us locals, 75 Ah Balling Peanut Soup.

There are 4 options of soup to choose from here - Peanut, Longan, Ginger and Almond.

As for the types of fillings, you have 5 options - Peanut (personal favourite), Yam, Sesame (also a personal favourite), Red Bean and Matcha.

If you choose to "take-away", do factor in $0.10 more.

 

I chose ginger soup, it is a lighter option (translates to less calories, I hope) than my other favourite, peanut.  The soup has just the right amount of sweetness, and enough "spiciness" from the ginger. I normally like anything with ginger a little spicier than usual, but this will do (of course the spicier the better for me, haha). 

Oh, I chose 2 each of yam, sesame and peanut. 

The yam is tasty, but lacks that certain "crunch" that I like, nonetheless it was still very delicious :)

 

Oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Love this. Black sesame filling.

Do watch out for flecks of sesame when you are done eating, you may end up looking like the Wicked Witch Of Eastwick. 

 

The peanut? Yumms to the max!

 
 75 Ah Balling Peanut Soup
505 Beach Road #01-75
Golden Mile Hawker Center
Singapore 199583
Tel : +65  6293 8702
Email : 75ahballing@gmail.com


Opening Hours
Daily : 11.00am - 8.30pm