I was in the vicinity of this bakery the other day and I decided to drop by to see what else they had to offer. So far, I’ve tried their garlic bread and also their chocolate cake and I thought they were all pretty okay.
The other day, I decided to go for their ham & cheese bun…
…but it was kind of disappointing. There was only a teeny-weeny piece of ham inside and the cheese tasted something like sour cream. I did not fancy the texture of the bread either – it was a bit too soft for my liking.
The coffee bun was not too bad…
…though it was not really all that fragrant. I remember how, many years ago, I went crazy over the coffee buns at this place when they first came into the scene – you just buy a few home and the whole house would be filled with the smell of coffee. Unfortunately, the quality gradually dropped and it was not as nice as before and my craving for those buns also diminished eventually and I stopped buying them altogether.
The egg tarts (RM1.20 each)…
…were a bit too bland and somehow, the pastry was not what I would be more accustomed to. It was so very soft that you would not be able to pick them up with the plastic tongs provided.
The banana cake (RM4.50 a loaf)…
…was good. The texture was nice and soft and on the whole, it tasted fine.
For one thing, I like this place because it is somewhat squeaky clean. They do not seem to have a lot of things to choose from so I guess there can be better quality control than at other bakeries in town with the mass production of all kinds of cakes, bread and buns…and the two guys, probably the ones who run the show, are always dressed up in their clinically-clean white chef outfits and this somehow gives a more impressive impression and places it a class above the rest.
Still, at my age, I shouldn’t be taking a lot of sweet things so I would not be dropping by and buying the things from there again anytime soon but it would be all right, I guess, if I would just indulge in them once in a while, don’t you think so?
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 