In the 80s, it as common to have mobile trucks and hawkers tooting their way through neighbourhoods – selling an array of food, from breakfast bites, to noodle soups,  dumplings and ice-cream.

One of my favourite vendors was the ‘tau fu fa man’ – as we know him and the silky white bean curd he would sell from a wooden barrel attached to his motorbike, topped off with glazy white sugar syrup.

Originally from China, this tofu pudding is served hot, cold and with either sweet or savoury toppings and ingredients.

The local Malaysian version is served with sugar syrup, gula melaka or palm sugar syrup or sweet ginger syrup.

You can buy this traditional dessert from selected parts of town nowadays, with extra twists and ingredients added to keep up with the times.

My weekend indulgence at the Beans.factory @Razak City Residences, Sungai Besi had grass jelly, black pearls & brown sugar added for a more contemporary twist.