she, the epicuriousgirl.

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One of my close friends is from Sandakan and I have heard her rave about this tart, “Ngau Si Tart” (牛屎挞) for the longest time. Even if the name sounds somewhat gross, it’s actually quite delectable. The tart warrants a post as she specially hand-carried these back from Sandakan. The funny thing was this, it was packed in a cigarette carton! But my friend says that this is the norm in Sandakan. Interesting, eh?

This tart doesn’t actually have cow dung on it, but is Sandakan’s own special variation of the egg tart. A flat, cake base is used, and a rich, yolky egg custard is wrapped around frothy egg whites. The egg custard is so rich that I can’t really taste the egg itself. And love the beaten, soft, cloud-like egg whites that evens out the taste.

there’s another variation which she brought back for me, more commonly known as the UFO tart due to its shape but is essentially the same thing.

bit squashed..

something for you guys to look out for the next time you head to Sandakan.