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The Singapore Pineapple Tart Index 2016

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by Joanne Poh on 22 January 2016
The Singapore Pineapple Tart Index 2016

When CNY rolls around, Martha Stewart-wannabes start flooding your Facebook feed with pictures of their homemade pineapple tarts. Everyone else is like.. ain’t nobody got time for that. Especially as many of us would take hours just to figure out how to operate the oven without a visit from the SCDF.

Just like the bak kwa, pineapple tarts get more and more expensive in the lead-up to Chinese New Year. These can usually be stored for a month or more, so it’s time to buy yours now if you haven’t already. Here’s where to get your fix.

  • Bake Inc / Cake History (click here for list of outlets) – $15.80 to $16.80 (plastic bottle, 34-40 pieces) / $28.80 (tin, 38-42 pieces)
  • Balmoral Bakery (105 Clementi Road St 12 #01-16 Sunset Way) – $20 (24 to 25 pieces)
  • Bengawan Solo (click here for list of branches) – $19.80 (small) / $35 (big) / $39.80 (premium)
  • Chewly Nonya Pineapple Tart (available at NTUC Fairprice ) – $8.95 (380 g)
  • Crystal Jade (click here for list of outlets) – $10.80 (8 pieces)
  • Dona Manis Cake Shop (Katong Shopping Centre, 865 Mountbatten Road #B1-93) –  $30 (500g, more than 30 pieces)
  • D’Pastry – 3020 Ubi Ave 2 #01-121 – $23 (48 pieces) – currently sold out, wait until end of the month to make walk-in purchase
  • HariAnns (230 Victoria Street #01-01A Bugis Junction Towers) – $16.80 (24 pieces, both open and closed tarts available)
  • Intercontinental Singapore Man Fu Yuan (80 Middle Road) –  $38.80
  • Le Café Confectionary and Pastry (Blk 637 Veerasamy Road #01-111, open from 1230 to 1530 only) – $14 (small) / $22.80 (big)
  • Kele (15 Jalan Tepong, Jurong Food Hub #01-16))- $21.40 (30 pieces)
  • Makko Teck Neo (35 Telok Blangah Rise #01-30) – $19 (24 pieces) / $26 (35 pieces) / 23 (mini tarts, 50 pieces)/ $38 (golden pillow, 33 pieces) – place orders by 24th Jan
  • Mirana Cake House (30 Raffles Place #B1-K1 Chevron House / 133 New Bridge Road #B1-41 Chinatown Point / Blk 248 Simei St 3 #01-102) – $16 (small, 40 pieces) / $45 (big, 80-90 pieces)
  • Mr Bean (click here for list of outlets) – #$7.80 (400g)
  • Patisserie G (9 Raffles Boulevard #01-40 Millenia Walk) –  $15 (7 pieces, pineapple shortbread)
  • Pine Garden’s Cake (529 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, #01-2369) – $27 (30 pieces)
  • PrimaDéli (click here for list of outlets) – $18.80 (about 42 pieces)
  • Poh Guan Cake House (531 Upper Cross Street #01-57 Hong Lim Complex)  – $20 (small, about 30 pieces) / $30 (big, about 28 or 29 pieces)
  • Rasa Sayang (currently available at Takashimaya Square roadshow)  –  $19 (normal) / $20 (cheese), both sold in case about 5cm tall with diameter of 10-11cm
  • Sing Long Nonya Pineapple Tart (available at NTUC FairPrice) – $8.50 (400g)
  • SunnyHills (328 North Bridge Road, Raffles Hotel Arcade #03-05) – $25 (10 pieces) / $37.50 (15 pieces)
  • Sweet Musings (1 Vista Exchange Green, Star Vista #02-05) – $24 (12 pieces)
  • Smiling Orchid (30 Raffles Place, Chevron House, Pushcart #5) – $23 (box of closed, open facd, diet or low sugar low butter tarts)
  • Tiong Bahru Galicier Pastry (Blk 55 Tiong Bahru Rd #01-3)- $17 (30 pieces)
  • Thye Moh Chan (290 Orchard Road Paragon #B1-11/12 / 133 New Bridge Road #01-45/46 Chinatown Point) – $22.80 $18.20 (8 pieces, currently on 20% off)
  • True Blue Cuisine (49 Armenian St) – $38 (12 pieces)

Where are you buying your pineapple tarts this year? Tell us in the comments!