Friday, June 4, 2010

Leng Kak Piah (Bra Biscuits) aka Biskut Telinga

In Hokkien dialect, these biscuit are known as ‘Leng Kak Piah’ which literally means Bra Biscuits. Most people would call them biscuit telinga, which means Ear Biscuits in Malay Language. The base ingredients for making these biscuits are wheat flour, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, eggs and spices. Biscuit telinga has a little hard crunchy texture. These aromatic and savoury biscuit are manufactured locally. It has been some time ago since I last ate Leng Kak Piah, so I bought a packet from the Pasar Malam (night market) recently. They are sold at RM5 for three packets. It is nice to chew on this snack while watching TV. So do you think the biscuit looks like Bra or Ear or Avatar Navi tribe ear maybe? Ha ha ha!

25 comments:

Caroline said...

Whoaa nice ! but 1st time know the name of Bra Biscuit! lol! biskut telinga i know. crunch crunch!! =p

Anonymous said...

Haha..have never heard it being named bra biscuit. Look more like ears la! :)

cleffairy said...

Initially, I thought it's kerepek bawang!

Cheah said...

Never heard of this as Bra Biscuits, all along as far as I can remember it's called 'Ngau Yee Paeng'or literally 'Cow Ear Biscuits'. Hey, sometimes they can be very hard!

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

In Sarawak, there was no name for this, I like it when I was little. But too many years away, I found I can't stand the spice. So I haven't eeaten it for a long time.

If I remember rightly, the Sarawak ones had a line of brown spice. May be they use more spice there.

Merryn said...

this one rite, once start kenot stop! dangerous :P

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Pete sure or not bra bicky? Your version or the old folks?. Thought the leng (meant dragon) & kak (is horn) of a young dragon..haha

Looks more like a miniature Mexican hat to me.. andre andre...gracias amigo.

[SK] said...

you know what?? i used to call this as "Ling Koo Beng" when i was kid, hahahaha!!!

tuti said...

*whisper*.. didn't know leng kak means bra.

Annie Q said...

LOL!! Never know this biscuit is called "bra biscuit"? As i know, it's called Ear biscuits.

suituapui said...

Hahahaha!!!! I also know it as kuih telinga - 1st time, I hear "leng khak pia". I wonder where you got the name - not Lisa de Inn, I hope. Hahahahaha!!!!

smallkucing said...

We call it biskut Teliga "Yee Chai Peah". kakakaka..another type also very nice..biskut bantal..yumm

Reanaclaire said...

yes..during my younger days, we called bra biscuits or si ham hok.. cockles biscuits .. nice... they are made from cinnamon spices.. right?

Alice Law said...

Interesting... I never know it was called 'leng kak piah' nor bra biscuit, I used to call it 'yi zai beng' which means ear biscuit in Cantonese.

Have a wonderful weekend to you!

Somewhere in Singapore said...

I eat this b4, but do not know the name, thanks for sharing...

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

I like to eat this when I was a kid, Thanks for reminding me this sweet memory.

Kikey Loo said...

i am hokkien, but i never know it call bra biscuit, we call ear biscuit. haven't eat it for long time..

Willie a.k.a Reptoz said...

I love this.

CheaHSan said...

Pete very creative for naming it bra piah. Cant remember what it's call something got ear but one thing I know I love eating them..

wenn said...

hehe..bra..we call it ear biscuit.

I AM A BLOGGER said...

omg! one of my favourite~~~but, me and my family called it " cow ear " woh...haaha~~

Mummy Moon said...

I like this biscuits! We call it YEE ZHAI Beng hehe

Jen Cheung said...

ouuu i use to love these when i was a kid! these usually are for Chinese New years right? I miss having these! hehehehe

Christine said...

they look like ears to me

manglish said...

my favoritest snack when i was young hahahhah even now oso, i can finish the whole packet from pasar malam one hahahahah....