603 Tau Sar Piah - 603 Balestier Rd

1/5 for snow skin mooncake bought their snow skin mooncake and omg the skin is HORRIBLE. it’s rly HARD and tastes STALE. the filling itself is nice - rly sweet tho. the snow skin rly cmi… my mom used to sell mooncakes for different brand’s so we know how a good vs stale unfresh one is. wont be purchasing anything other than their TSP again. 4/5 for tsp - just get the sweet mung bean ones bc the salty one is quite sweet also??? i initially thought i was eating the sweet one until i ate the ACTUAL sweet TSP .. crust is rly flaky & good even when it’s room temp. don’t get the other flavours like green tea or their ma ti su cos the texture of the filling is not it … sticks to ur teeth and is kinda hard.

Love their piahs, as good as Loong Fatt's! I like the flavors -- cheese, salty, sweet, coffee, put all flavors in those flaky piahs and my stomach's happy

I thought it is not bad esp the Chicken Pie, Baked Curry Puff, Cheese cake, salty and sweet TSP. I really think the steam Yam cake is underrated. Not too sure of the Volcano and Glutinous Rice; may need to reassess again. But not a big fan of Yuan Yang and Yam TSP.

The salty bean tau sah piah is not too sweet and pastry is thin; overall not as buttery as Loong Fatt and not as flaky as Thye Moh Chan. But still good on its own merit. Ican see why this place has a following. I will return for the tau sah piah as I like it. The shop sells pandan cake, very traditional looking custard puff and chicken pie as well, worth a try at my next visit. 4 stars due to the lack of accessibility.

Actually I was here on Sunday wanting to buy the Tau Sat Piah from another store a few stores away. But it was closed so I decided to give 603 a try. I’m surprise they are also very good. Can be easily rank as one of the best in Singapore. The sweet Tau Sat is a bit too sweet for me, I prefer the salty Tau Sar more. I am a fan of Peanut so I bought 1 to try, taste is average, I would prefer the original taste. They have different flavours like Yam, durian and cheese etc which is good but I think Tau Sar Piah still taste best with the original flavour. Will definitely come back for more

There's 2 famous traditional Tau Sau Piah shops along this row of shophouses in Balestier Road; 603 and Loong Fatt. There's always long snake queues at Loong Fatt, and if you want to skip the long queues, then I would recommend trying out 603 Tau Sau Piah. Taste wise, not much of difference to me, but generally most people still prefer Loong Fatt... ? There's also traditional wedding pastries available at 603 (see photo). Tau sar piah or mung bean paste pastry is a traditional Teochew favourite, made by first steaming mung (green) beans and then frying the steamed bean paste with oil and sugar, and finally fragrant bean paste is then encrusted in a thin flaky crust. Verdict: ????? Both 603 and Loong Fatt have their own strong selling points. Tastewise, not much difference between 603 and Loong Fatt. We prefer 603's filling over LF, but LF's crust is more flaky and the filling has a much stronger and sweeter (too sweet) taste, and we prefer 603's milder and flavourful bean taste.

We were prepared to join the 30min queue at the other Tau Sar Piah (TSP) shop but were told all sold out. We decided to give 603 a try because we remembered someone gifted us a box a few years ago and it was good. Brought the salty TSP. It tasted as good as the other stall (can't help to do comparison) but less sweet, which we like. The queue was short and the service staff was friendly. Next time, we will just go the shop with the shorter queue since quality are same same and time is money.

Bought the sweet ($1), salty ($1), yam ($1.20), durian ($1.20), cheese ($1.30) tau sar piahs and burnt cheesecake ($3.50). All were good. Both the fillings and the crust complement each other. Not too sweet. Love the yam, cheese and the salty versions. The cheesecake was not too heavy and tasted creamy. Service was good and there was no queue. Saw char siew and chicken pies. Will definitely return to try the rest and purchase more tau sar piahs.