This is where ma used to bring us to get candies and snacks in bulk for Chinese New Year/Christmas/a random party. This place is like a paradise for candy/snack lovers!
It’s the third shop lot from the left, next to the pharmacy.
Cannot resist not taking a pic with the candy auntie who is so friendly! She keep asking me when was the last time I came with ma and where am I staying now. Baby was kinda astonished I ‘know’ them like old friends. Haha. Guess every young adults who come back for candy/snacks are still seen as kiddies to the cute auntie here who owns the place.
Yes auntie I love your shop! I feel like a kid! Haha.
Anyway I was here looking for the retro 20 cents cotton candy. It comes in a small triangular packet with all sorts of colour. My favourite is green! Asked auntie where is it and she told me it’s no longer available! The factory stopped producing it already. I was super sad when I heard that.
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Oh well, shifted my attention to her brother who was jabbering something over the background. Her brother is an interesting man. Drank water from an original Tupperware tumbler (the office is along the same shop rows) while I took a candid shot of him with all the loose ‘samples’ for sale at the background. If you walk between the narrow aisle, you can find boxes and boxes of assorted candies/snacks all ready for distribution.
Most of the retro brands are here. Apollo, Mentos, Fisherman, Bubbleyum, Mamee, Jack & Jill, Kopiko, Choki-Choki, Chupa Chups (yeah you can get them here in those large cute-looking tins), Yam Yam etc but don’t expect to find Ruffles here though.
Most people pop by when it’s nearing Chinese New Year to grab lotsa sweets because it is auspicious to load your house with tonnes of candies for the coming year to be sweet-sailing. On normal days. here’s where mama-shop owners/sundry shops/retailers get their stock. Well, random people like me also drop by to get a nice sweet treat.
This trip, I bought a few boxes of Horlicks Malties!
Sin Tong Yuen Food Products Sdn. Bhd
54, Jln Perang, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru, Johor
07-3321734
