These came from Kpenyu all the way from the Land below the Wind. Bukitassek came back to Sibu for a night for All Souls’ Day (in advance) and so Kenyu grabbed the chance to send me some dim sum from one of the popular places in town – Wong Kwok .
I used to love the dim sum at this place in KK called Foo Phing but the last time I went there, I was quite disappointed as the quality had gone down a great deal. Anyway, Kpenyu sent me these steamed paos (buns)…
They’re something like those at the Mitsu Tea House here – the nice steamed buns with butter custard filling that I love a lot but they’re not quite the same. These are very nice too.
The lor mai kai, however, were quite disappointing…
They were very small, the sticky rice was not really sticky and I could not find any hay bee (dried prawns) or hio kor (dried shitake mushroom) inside…
The taste was all right but a far cry from what I have had elsewhere.
But these were ABSOLUTELY heavenly…
I don’t know what they’re called but there was this piece of scallop on top and inside, there were prawns…
…and the translucent skin was just perfect. I don’t know how many he sent – at least 20, if I’m not mistaken…and we finished the whole lot in one sitting! No prize for guessing who ate most of them! Yum! Yum! ROTFLMAO!!!
Thanks a lot, Kpenyu…and thanks to you too, Bukitassek, for going through the trouble of carrying all that all the way from Kota Kinabalu. Anybody coming to Sibu for Christmas? Hahahahaha!!!!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 