Does the good oLd biscuits' stiLL hoLd a pLace in your heart ?..

[Fishypie]

Fishypie, thanks for this photo. The thing really attracted me in this photo is the plate, really classic.

And this thread brings back lots of sweet memories, thanks.

@bros zhihau & joetys, i bought these pLates at a hardware shop aLong Joo Chiat Road; diagonaLLy opposite the
Joo Chiat CompLex @$1.20 ea..if you happened to be interested.

 

[streetsmart73]

This Lau pattern of kiampiah is forever so cLose to me :

Whether you dip them in Hot Kopi-O, or MiLo; the memories are stiLL the same..

hi there


1. wow! fish.
2. i miss this shot leh.
3. i remember i still have half a dozen of such plates at home.
4. a gift from my aunt!

 

[Fishypie]

hi there


1. wow! fish.
2. i miss this shot leh.
3. i remember i still have half a dozen of such plates at home.
4. a gift from my aunt!

..couLd be i am your uncLe ?..

 

[streetsmart73]

Khongguan biscuits are getting more expensive. Last time the tin was packed to the brim with varieties of biscuits. Now they wrapped them up individually with few packets inside the tin in supermart.

hi there


1. hahaha!
2. nowadays, for my supply of the marie biscuits.
3. i go for the "ping pong" brand.
4. very delicious, crispy & affordable.

 

[streetsmart73]

..couLd be i am your uncLe ?..

hi there


1. uncle, are you from hk too?
2. hahahaha!

 

[Froggy]

Was waiting for today to go to this old school provision shop to buy mee-sua and take these pics here you go hope you guys like them:

 

[Froggy]

My mom bought some biscuits the old way by weight -

Here you go the many many jars of biscuits

 

[erection2015]

good old provision shop. Dying off bit by bit though.

 

[Froggy]

Remember Julie?

Ginger biscuit

Butterfly cracker

 

[Froggy]

I like this lemon cream biscuits

Ice-cream Pia

Peanut butter - this one damn creamy shiok

 

[Froggy]

Finally, something really traditional

Something not so traditional

 

[Jlokta]

Was waiting for today to go to this old school provision shop to buy mee-sua and take these pics here you go hope you guys like them:

you need your guiness stout in the morning lah brother, hand shaking leh.

 

[looneytan]

That's your mum in the peekjure?

The old school should keep their biscuit in big metal tins with glass on one side

 

[Jlokta]

That's your mum in the peekjure?

The old school should keep their biscuit in big metal tins with glass on one side

Nope, the metal tins with glass on one side came later.

The huge glass containers came first i think.

 

[Froggy]

you need your guiness stout in the morning lah brother, hand shaking leh.

aha you noticed . . . . yah lor but had breakfast with mom cannot drink la wait she thinks I do this every morning in Bangkok or Jakarta

my breakfast

 

[Froggy]

That's your mum in the peekjure?

The old school should keep their biscuit in big metal tins with glass on one side

Oh no no no this is the shop owner la, my mom is older than this aunty la.

 

[moolightaffairs]

Was waiting for today to go to this old school provision shop to buy mee-sua and take these pics here you go hope you guys like them:

wah!!! see liao want to cry. so old school.

 

[streetsmart73]

hi there


1. joe, thank you for the wonderful memories.
2. yes, pretty thoughtful.
3. btw, are you some veggie?

 

[Received_by_Kings]

Yuck. No old farts.

 

[yinyang]

if I remember correctly, there are biscuit factories like: Siong Hoe, Thye Hong

Thye Hong's, the ever iconic factory now a plastic modern office building. Old site of Hock Lee riots (or so I read)