In my previous post, I mentioned that Annie-Q is back in town with her twins and she brought a bag of this butterscotch bread for me. I gave a loaf to my mum to eat that last time my niece gave me two and she loved it a lot. Thus, knowing that Annie would be coming home and the bread is not available in Sibu, I asked her to bring along a couple of loaves for me. She gave me three so I gave two to my mum and one to my in-laws.
Nope! I did not save any for myself as I am not really a fan of bread and besides, Annie had given me a bag of these nyonya zhangs…
Imagine her carting all those heavy dumplings all the way from KL!
They were nice…
…but I did think the taste was quite like what it would usually be and it looked like they used minced meat…
…which my nyonya friend in New Zealand would certainly frown upon plus the ketumbar (coriander) felt kind of powdery. I would say that if I give those from my friend, Richard, a 10, I would give these a 7 perhaps – looking at them as nyonya zhangs, that is. Otherwise, they actually tasted quite good and were a lot nicer than any that we can buy around town here in Sibu.
The Chinese/Hokkien zhangs were great though…
Yes, Annie-Q also brought me a bag of these too…
…with the pork belly slices, shitake mushroom slices and chestnut…
…and the salted egg as well…
…inside. They were definitely nicer than the ones sold for RM3.50 each that I can get around town – with meat and a pinch of salted egg and no chestnut. Tsk! Tsk!
Of course I shouldn’t be looking at a gift horse in its mouth and I do appreciate the fact that Annie-Q had taken the trouble to go and buy all these and carrying them (and they ARE heavy) all the way back to Sibu to give to me. Thanks so much, Annie. It certainly was so very sweet and thoughtful of you…and having had all these to savour and indulge in, I am sure it wouldn’t come as a surprise that I would not want to pile on the additional calories eating plain bread, would it? Hehehehehehe!!!!
Now I wonder what I can get for her to take back to KL …that her mum wouldn’t have already bought, that is. Any suggestions, anybody?
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 