SMH Charcoal Salted Egg Custard Pau and Chilli Crab Pau

Liu Sha Bao (流沙包) has gained so much support in recent years that it has become an standard item in most Dim Sum places. The concept of fried mantou dipping into sweet and savoury chilli-cum-tomato chilli crab sauce was introduced in the late 1980s still remain very well-liked by many. Capitalizing on the popularity of these two, SMH has recently launched Charcoal Salted Egg Custard Pau and Chilli Crab Pau, in frozen packaging form.

The filling of Charcoal Salted Egg Custard Pau tastes nice, however the amount is too little in my standard and it is a little bit too dry, hence does not ooze as one would expect. The Chilli Crab Pau, on other hand, carries spicy punch but is lacking the sweetness of the usual chilli crab sauce. In the terms of texture, I cannot really detect any crab meat in the red-coloured filling, though the ingredients did state the presence of crab meat, together with cuttlefish and prawn. Maybe, they are all minced together. Also interestingly, the nutritional labels of these two are showing zero trans fat and zero cholesterol. Zero cholesterol for Chilli Crab Pau? I wonder how this could be possible.

Given a choice, I will still go out to get the freshly prepared ones (I typically don't like packaged food to start with). Having said that, it is also not a bad idea to have some frozen ones at home to satisfy any sudden craving.

Rating : 6 / 10