Do you know there’s a stall selling sweet potato balls outside the Tang City Food Court at Petaling Street? I didn’t until I bought TheStar’s Street Food Guide. My parents were in KL not too long ago for a short trip and I brought them to try the famous porridge at Hon Kee.
After that, while they went to buy some traditional biscuits at Fung Wong Biscuits to bring home, I went to find this stall and bought some to try.
It is said that the stall has been here for nearly 30 years, and the sweet potato balls are always prepared fresh.
Quoted from TheStar’s Food Guide:
The sweet potatoes are first steamed and mashed, and then mixed with sugar and flour to form the marble-sized balls, which are fried until golden brown. They are delicious eaten hot, accompanied by a steaming mug of coffee.
Well to be honest I don’t find anything spectacular about the sweet potato balls. But they had a nice crispy exterior, encasing a warm and soft interior. Only RM2 for 10 balls and I do agree that they are good to go with a cup of hot coffee.
There is a coffee stall in front of Fung Wong Biscuits selling some pretty interesting tea and coffee.. I purposely took a seat there to take a photo but didn’t order anything. Thinking back maybe I should have ordered a cuppa since because it seemed really popular with the morning crowd.
Not bad for a cheap and quick filling snack that can be enjoyed on-the-go. By the way, if you’re reading this today is the second day of my trip to Taiwan. Yeah I am in Taiwan now lol, I flew yesterday (this is a pre-written post) So, there won’t be any updates until I return. I bet I am having fun and enjoying all the delicious street foods!
Outside Tang City Food CourtJalan Hang Lekir (Petaling Street)
Open 8am onwards
have fun in Taiwan! remember post those good food in Taiwan when u came back. Cheer =)
high in carbs.. gr8 in taste!
can’t wait for your Taiwan post as I’m planning a trip to taiwan too :)
Happy holiday!
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miss the sweet potato balls from petaling street! miss those sweet old days
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wow nice!!! i’d love to try it
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looks so sweet.. like fishball.. haha
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Love the crispiness of the skin & the sweet soft inner~~
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That’s good potato balls I can see! Crispy and looking forward to eat it!
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wah taiwan!! another place for great street foods!
happy holidays!
cant wait for your taiwan posts. :)
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Wah, can’t wait to see your food posts on Taiwan when you’re back!
I think the special thing about this stall is the “freshly prepared” part. I always ended up buying soggy sweet potato balls all the time in other places…. +_+
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WOW, it looks delicious!
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well , that is really a good post . I extremely happy with it . I am more liking to eat sweet -potato . It is so delicious that you can hardly put up with it .
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well.. i love this sweet potatos balls…… all those memories.. and yum yum hot crispy potato balls..
i am having sweet potato balls from this particular stall ever since i was a kid… my grandma used to buy them for me everytime she went petaling street yum cha with her friends and sister… the quality never goes down all these years and it always finish rather fast…