Tuesday 5 February 2013

KUIH KAPIT



The pictures of the Kuih Kapit or Love Letters were taken last week.  Now a week has passed and the tin is only half full.  Yeah!  I have been feasting on them when watching my favourite Taiwanese drama.
This delicacy is a must have for the Chinese New Year and people order them to give to friends and relatives.  I was told that the premium ones are those that are a light brown, wafer thin and crispy.  It takes great skill to make these dainty biscuits; not to mention a lot of sweat and toil.  One needs to labour over a charcoal stove or pit and manipulate the metallic moulds.  Great skill is also required when folding the biscuits into the triangular shape.

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