Ji Xiang Confectionery (Everton Park)

Ji Xiang Confectionery is a small shop at 1 Everton Park, #01-33, that makes ang ku kueh by hand. It has sold these soft, filled cakes from the Everton Park estate since 1988. It is a quick, low-cost stop if you want to try a traditional Singapore snack.

Ang ku kueh means "red tortoise cake". The cakes have a soft, chewy skin made from glutinous rice flour, wrapped around a sweet or savoury filling. Each one is pressed in a tortoise-shaped mould with the Chinese character for long life in the centre. Families give red ones to celebrate a baby's first month, as red is a lucky colour.

The story

Toh Poh Seek founded Ji Xiang in 1988. In 2016, The Peak reported that he had handed the business to his sons, Jack and Kelvin, after a shop renovation in late 2015. They run it with their mother. The family's aim was to keep the old style: a thin, soft skin and a generous amount of filling.

The kueh are still shaped by hand. In 2026, Eatbook described Ji Xiang as one of the few places in Singapore that still makes ang ku kueh this way.

What to order

The classic fillings are peanut and sweet mung bean. These are the ones to try first if you are new to ang ku kueh. Other flavours include:

• Salty bean, a savoury mung bean filling
• Coconut
• Corn
• Yam
• Black sesame
• Durian, for fans of the strong-smelling fruit

Look for a skin that is soft with a little bite, but does not cling to your teeth. Buy a mix of flavours so you can compare them. The shop says every piece is made fresh each day with no preservatives, so eat them soon after you buy.

Good to know before you go

• Takeaway only: this is a counter shop with no indoor seating, so plan to eat your kueh elsewhere.
• Prices: the cakes are sold by the piece, so it is easy to try one or two.
• Ordering ahead: for a large box, you can place a takeaway or delivery order through the shop's website.
• Where to find it: the shop is on the ground floor of Block 1 in Everton Park. The nearest MRT station is Outram Park.

Nearby

In the same estate, Nylon Coffee Roasters is a small café for a coffee to go with your kueh. For a longer food walk, follow our Chinatown cheap eats crawl, or join the Chinatown Heritage Walk. You can also browse more hawker favourites, cafés and bakeries or all restaurants in Chinatown and Tanjong Pagar.