As seen on the title, today’s post is all about being
crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. I’ve never been to Paris but a
fact for sure is that I’ve never had a good piece of churro until I’ve stumbled
across this gem in town call Street Churros. I’ve first came across Street
Churros at 1 Utama but too bad my busy schedule forbids me to try it *sobs* Lucky
for me, I got an invitation the other day to review their churros and drinks at
their latest branch at Berjaya Times Square!
I got to Times Square around 3PM and our
review session started with the owner of Street Churros, Dato’ Joe Tan giving
us a brief introduction on Street Churros. During the introduction, he had also
shared with us the process of making the magic happen as well as introducing us
to Street Churro’s best sellers.
One thing you guys need to know is that Street Churros only serves fresh churros to
their customers at an affordable cost! The machines and ingredients used
are also imported :) It was quite fun seeing the machine produce fresh dough
for the churro. They have two machines to produce two shapes of churros - one
is for the standard horseshoe churros, while the other is for filling churros.
Once the produced dough meets the quality check for the perfect size &
shape, they will be deep fried to a golden shade.
After frying, the churros will be set aside on a
tray to cool for a short while before going through the coating station.
Churros will be coated either in cinnamon/chocolate/cheese flavoured powder.
Here
we have the drinks station where they brew their handcrafted beverages. Soon you’ll find out my favourite drink and
churro from them! ;)
Original
cinnamon churro with plain soft serve ice cream (RM7.90) Churros already tasted great especially when it’s warm. When you fuze a hot and
cold dessert treat together, it just becomes the perfect duo.
The
Ice Cream Churros are also available in a variety of toppings to choose from namely
- plain (RM7.90), mango, choco choco, and choco
berry (RM8.90).
Next
to be introduced was their Shakes. On the left we have O’My Coconut and on the
right we have O’My Mango. Both RM9.90 each.
A
short history for those that are new to Street Churros like me haha
Soon
later we were given a paper to fill in the food and drinks we were interested
to try. Trust me, I was really tempted to order EVERYTHING on the menu ok. Without
any further ado, let’s see what I ordered!
From
left to right we have their Cinnamon,
chocolate, & cheese churro! (RM4.90 ea) These churros are shaped as a
horseshoe because it is believed that horseshoes
bring good luck to you! So cute to think of that right! Plus for RM4.90
each I think it’s a pretty fair price.
All their churros has the identical ‘crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside’
requirement checked. However, in terms of flavour, I find that their cinnamon sugar churro was the best. The
balance of sugar and cinnamon ratio was just right for the perfect balance of
sweetness.
The
Cheese Churro simply screamed
childhood in my mind. You know our favourite cheesy childhood snack Cheezels?
Now imagine that yummy cheesy goodness all over a warm piece of churro. Personally,
this wasn’t my fav but I wouldn’t say that it’s a bad flavour either, so if you’re a fan of Cheezels, I guarantee
you’ll love this.
Their
Chocolate Churro’s flavour was an
interesting one. The typical chocolate churro will be coated in just basic
chocolate powder & sugar but Street
Churro elevates it with a touch of cinnamon flavour to it. I’m not sure if
there is cinnamon in it but I do taste a faint cinnamon flavouring to it which
does give off a refreshing vibe. I guess you could say this churro tasted like
Christmas? :p Next up let’s welcome the filling churros.
Filling
churros are selling for RM7.90 each, available in three flavours to choose from. (Chocolate, cream cheese, and custard)
I’ve decided to try two out of the three - Chocolate & Cream Cheese. The
photo above is their Cream Cheese Filling
Churro. Because the churro is warm, the cream cheese was pretty messy to eat so just a heads up to get
some tissues on hand if you’re planning to try this. If I wasn’t mistaken, the
cream cheese churro is coated with cinnamon and sugar around it which
surprisingly is quite a good match for the cream cheese filling.
Here’s
the Chocolate Filling Churro. The
churro on its own has the exact same crunch and coating as the chocolate
flavoured horseshoe churros. Though with the addition of the chocolate filling,
I personally find this combination a
little too sweet for my liking. Though comparing this and the cream cheese
one, I actually prefer this better haha!
Now
we have our last churro treat of the day, Ice
Cream Churro! Their ice cream churros are available in 4 flavours -
plain (RM7.90 ea), mango, choco choco, and choco berry (RM8.90 ea). Being a
chocolate fan, of course I chose to try Choco
Choco Ice Cream Churro. The horseshoe churro was their cinnamon flavoured
one which I think went well with this
combination. This was one of the last churros served so at this point I was
already very very full. Thankfully, the ice
cream was a nice and light one. It had a very faint milk flavour to it and it wasn’t too sweet either so we managed to finish it despite being
very full!
Now
that we have covered all the churros I’ve tried, of course we can’t miss out on
the drinks, right? The one above is one
of their top sellers - Iced Green Tea
Latte (RM8.90 iced / RM7.90 hot) On such a hot day, I’ve opted for the iced
cold option. Before I talk about the drink itself, can we take a moment to
appreciate the cup? The blue Street
Churro logo label around the cup is SUPER THICK and I find that super useful because you know when it
comes to cold drinks, it gets pretty cold when you’re walking around the mall
with it. If I’m walking around the mall with a cup of cold drink, I /have/ to
wrap it with tissue and sometimes when you’re rushing also wrap until not
pretty la haha. So basically in my opinion, this
thick blue label (whatever you call it haha) looks great! + functionality on
point.
As for the green tea latte itself, I’ll say that the matcha taste is just right though personally I find the beverage a little too
sweet. I’ll definitely grab one of these again but keep in mind to tell
them to make a less sweet one instead. For RM8.90, I wouldn’t say it’s a very
cheap beverage but looking from the point where it’s a decent size drink plus it’s an iced green tea latte I think RM8.90 for it is considered cheap in
the market.
O’My
Coconut - selling for RM9.90, this too was one of their best selling beverages and I can see why. As Malaysians we all love
a nice and chunky ice blended coconut
shake to quench our thirst on a hot and sunny day. I really love this drink
as you could actually taste the coconut in it, only thing was as it got to the
bottom it tasted a little too sweet because I didn’t stir the caramel on top haha.
This
drink was by far the most special drink
I’ve had on the day. This is their Spanish
latte - RM8.90 for hot / RM9.90 for iced. Two words to describe this: My Favourite. First things first, this
is my first ever cup of Spanish latte so I have nothing in mind to compare this
to but for a coffee beverage in general, this has a balance bittersweet taste to it. Not too sweet, not too
bitter, just nice. Plus, this coffee
beverage has cinnamon in it! Which really makes it stand out because I’ve
personally never drank any latte with cinnamon in it. On the side note, I’m
actually really glad that Street Churros is in 1 Utama because I know that I
won’t have to go all the way to Times Square just to have another cup of
Spanish Latte haha! (shows how much I
love this drink ok)
Overall
it was a great food tasting session. I really love the idea of a “made to order churro store” with affordable prices.
My personal favourites have got to
be their Cinnamon horseshoe churro and their Spanish latte. So highly
recommend these to all first timers like me! Street Churros is actually still
very new in Malaysia and is looking forward to expand their branches. I’m happy
that they’re at 1 Utama, but if you guys want them nearer to you, just go over
to their fb page and hint them! *wink wink*
I
was so full that I got myself a little paper bag to bring home any leftovers
for my sister to try! (don’t waste food ok!!) Surprisingly after a few hours, the
churros were still crunchy! Plus points ok.
Oh
and, Happy Chinese New Year!
Street Churros Berjaya Times Square
Lot LG-36
Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur,
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
* This was an invited food tasting event coverage but the review above is my honest opinion*
