It certainly was so very sweet of Mary aka Goolooloo to go through all the trouble to get me some sau pau…
…all the way from the New Sau Pau Cafe at the Boulevard Shopping Complex, Ground Floor, in Miri. This is their tagline…
…which, I must say, is pretty original unlike some that will copy others with maybe a little bit of cosmetic changes. Well, sau pau is actually baked buns…and Mary bought me the char siew (barbecued meat) ones…
I loved the pastry which was flaky and very well done. Some from the local bakeries here are either hard and crusty or rubbery and tough as if they were uncooked…and they were definitely nicer than the Seremban buns that were selling like hot cakes at one time here and people lined the streets just to buy them. The char siew filling inside was just like that in the steamed char siew pao at any dimsum place…
All in all, I would give it a 7 out of 10. They were very nice, but I still prefer those from Kai Joo Lane in Kuching… Thanks so much, Mary and thanks to Alexallied for driving her to my house. They did manage to catch a glimpse of my Desert Roses that night, though not in full bloom, so let’s hope that it will bring lots of good fortune to the two!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 