White food might look colorless, but it doesn’t mean that it is any less nutritious than other foods. Natural white foods, such as bananas, onions, garlics, and potatoes, are rich in vitamins and minerals. Scientific studies have shown that natural white foods can help to improve digestive health and boost immune system. Even processed or refined white foods, such as rice, bread, and flour, are important staple foods for many people throughout the world. Let’s take a look at 6 popular white foods that most Malaysian people will find very hard to resist!

1. White Chocolate

One of the top 6 white foods many people could not resist is the white chocolate. The ingredients of white chocolate are very simple. It is made of cocoa butter, milk, and sugar. When making white chocolate, cocoa butter has to be extracted and separated from cocoa solid, because cocoa solid is the main ingredient that makes normal chocolate dark in color. Sweet and rich in milk flavor, white chocolate is getting more and more popular among dessert lovers.

2. Marshmallow

Marshmallow is a type of candy that is made of sugar and corn starch. The history of consuming marshmallow as a candy can be dated back to Ancient Egypt. Since the ancient times, Marshmallow is one of the white foods that hard to resist . Today, the marshmallow that we normally see is mass-produced and in cylindrical shape. There are many different ways to enjoy marshmallow. It can be barbecued with fire to create a crispy outer skin or coated with chocolate to make the marshmallow more flavorful.

3. Tau Fu Fa

Tau Fu Fa, or Douhua, is a popular Chinese dessert in Asia. It is a white food that hard to resist by majority of Chinese people. The making process of Tau Fu Fa is almost the same as Soya Milk. The only difference is that a coagulant is added at the end of the process to thicken the Soya Milk and make it as smooth as jelly. Tau Fu Fa is normally served with brown or ginger and sugar syrup to make the soya pudding richer in taste. In recent years, a new trend of serving tau fu fa cold has become more and more popular among young people.

4. Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Cream is one of the most commonly seen ice creams in the market. It can be differentiated into two basic types, depending on whether the vanilla flavorings are artificial or natural. Artificial vanilla flavorings are created using vanillin, which is the key ingredient that contributes to the flavor of natural vanilla. In Malaysia, vanilla ice cream is widely used for the preparation of dessert. For example, ABC or Coconut Shake is often topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

5. OLDTOWN White Coffee

Thanks to OLDTOWN chain restaurant, White Coffee originated from Ipoh and become a popular drink nationwide. White Coffee is a white drink that hard to resist in Malaysia. OLDTOWN’s signature White Coffee is made using a wonderful mixture of three coffee beans, including Arabica, Robusta and Liberica, It is then precise handling of the optimal temperature and length of time ; the white coffee precisely through this approach that the original flavor of the coffee, which is purer with a more robust aroma and a better texture. That is the reason why their “white” coffee is less darker if compared to normal coffee.

6. OLDTOWN White Curry

Starting from 17th November 2014 until 31st January 2015, OLDTOWN will launch a brand new White Curry Series, comprising of 5 different noodle combinations, including Mee, Meehoon, Macaroni, Pan Mee and Hor Fun. The recipe of OLDTOWN White Curry Noodle is a creative combination of OLDTOWN’s in-house special soup base and MyKuali’s famous white curry paste! OLDTOWN White Curry Mee is only priced from RM7.90 a bowl. You can add RM2 for a regular cup of White Coffee. Try the White Curry Series at OLDTOWN today while stock last! Hunt for the hottest chocolate Discover the hottest curry mee