Malaysia is no stranger to creative use of even the simplest and humblest of ingredients. Just recently, salted egg made food blog headlines as a trendy dish staple, making its way into street food stalls and restaurant menus, island-wide, and even spilling over neighbouring south-eastern countries. The distinct sweet, salty, almost creamy taste that salted egg adds to almost any dish is the main reason why people simply can’t resist its tasty goodness. Nowadays, salted egg can be seen in/with everyday dishes, from fried chicken to doughnuts.
Although the salted egg phenomenon is relatively new, Malaysian cooking has always been fond of the unique flavour the ingredient adds to food. Thanks to the ubiquity of salted egg flavouring, unique offshoots of salted egg dishes were born including:
• Charcoal buns with salted egg yolk filling – This sweet and salty treat is not your typical custard egg bun. It is a flavourful explosion of delicious bittersweet charcoal bun, mixed with the savoury salted egg custard. A definite must try, this salted egg concoction can be found in some of the most popular dim sum places in Malaysia. Some versions of the dish have also reached foreign lands through local Malaysian and Chinese restaurants.
• Sweet potato fries with a side of salted egg yolk dip – People like French fries with all kinds of dips and sauces. Thanks to the salted egg craze, the salted egg yolk dip was born, overthrowing popular French-fry sides like ketchup and mayonnaise (at least by avid salted egg fan standards).
• Salted egg cronut – An amalgamation of two popular food trends—the cronut and the salted egg yolk sauce—this delicious tasting salted egg yolk cronuts attracts lines of people wherever they are found. Local patisseries and cafés offer this delectable treat that features a croissant donut, filled and topped with the sweet, savoury sauce.
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