It's just a small air conditioned stall with a few tables. I think the stall is less than a year old and I've been wanting to test their stuff for awhile now but never got the chance to. So since I was at Katong having dinner with my parents, managed to coax them into having dessert with me! Can see the back of my dad's head in the picture. Haha.
By the time we got there it was almost 9pm and most of their desserts were sold out! Gee I guess they're pretty popular huh? Anyway they sell those traditional chinese desserts like almond cream, tang yuan(glutinous rice balls), orh nee(yam paste), seasame cream etc, and some non traditional desserts like pulut hitam(unpolished black rice) with ice cream and mango ice.Quite a few desserts on the menu to choose from. They actually pasted all the pictures of their desserts on the wall but I forgot to take a picture of that. I did get a shot of their banner though. Any pictures on the wall pasted with a red circle with a X means the dessert is sold out for the day, so at least you know what is available.
At the side of the shop entrance is a poster which states that they are recommended in some Japanese and Taiwanese magazines or newspapers. There was an article was in Japanese so I couldn't read what was written. Guess they have some good publicity overseas. Gee they must be kinda popular huh? Well we would soon know the verdict. A friendly old man who greeted us in cantonese took our orders. Mom ordered red bean cream with ginko nuts, Dad ordered longan with white fungus and I ordered sesame cream.
Once again I was lazy to take individual shots, anyway just using my handphone camera to take all my pictures so can't expect too much la huh? Verdict on their desserts? If you have a really sweet tooth, you probably wouldn't take well to their traditional chinese desserts cause it's not too sweet. Mom and Dad love it though, they prefer stuff thats not too sweet. I don't mind either, seeing that my taste buds these days have kinda changed.Lets start with what I had, which was the seasame cream. Apparently this stuff is good for your hair, supposedly makes your hair darker. Good for people with white hair! First taste and you might find it a tad bit bitter(its sort of sweet with a bitter aftertaste), but it kinda grows on you. With each mouthful I took I seemed to enjoy and appreciate the taste more. The cream was very smooth like a thick soup. It's also got toasted seasame seeds inside for that little bit of bite. Ended up enjoying every last drop of it.
The red bean cream with ginko nuts was sweetish with a taste of mandarin so it was a bit tangy. Consistency wasn't as smooth as the seasame cause you can taste the red bean bits, it was also thicker than the seasame cream and probably more filling. It also had lots of ginko nuts inside which is good for the brain! Mom was quite pleased that it wasn't too sweet like some others we've tasted before.
Finally we have the longan with white fungus. It's essentially like cheng tng because the soup is a longan based soup, just not so sweet like the normal ones. Tasted a bit different from the normal cheng tng but was refreshing. It also had a lot of munchies in it just like cheng tng, though not the same kind of ingredients though.
The damage for all of these above mentioned desserts? Less than $6! That's bang for buck eh? Well I thought so la, cheaper than some places like ah chews and just as nice. The average price of desserts there are about $1.80, so its very reasonable. Definitely must come back to try their other desserts next time.
Ren Ren Desserts
Katong Shopping Centre B1 (near the air conditioned food court at the corner)
865 Mountbatten Road
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