I’m famous…

Well, if you insist you are but frankly, I’ve never heard of you until my friend, Huai Bin, told me that his father got the salted egg puffs from you and he was praising them to the skies. He told me your name but I did not have the slightest idea where your shop is located so I had to google to find out. Hey! There is this blogpost from way back in 2008 all about you – it certainly looks like you’re quite famous, after all.

It so happened that  I had to go to the bank in that part of town the other day so I decided to drop by and check things out. It wasn’t too difficult as you’re pretty close by in the Grand Heights commercial area – maybe less than 5 minutes away from where I was by car. I ended buying a box of your mooncakes…

…lotus paste…

…at RM12.80 each…

…and I must say that they are not all that cheap, not at all…but at least, they’re a bit cheaper than those brought over all the way from the peninsula. The skin is very thin…or at least, not thick and dry like some of the local made ones…and the best part is that the lotus paste is not sweet unlike others that are so sweet that they leave a sticky feeling in the throat like one is going to have  a sore throat or something.

The puffs are cheaper, RM11.00 for a pack of 6 of the plain lotus paste ones…

…and RM13.00 for those with salted egg yolk inside…

Nope, Huai Bin, they do not have the whole yolk inside, just half…but they really look very nice and fresh.

I don’t know if it was the owner of the bakery – somebody not that young…but he seemed to know me. The moment he set eyes on me, he smiled as if in recognition and he remarked, “Mong siak, mong pui!!!” which in Foochow, means something like “The more you eat, the fatter you grow!” Tsk! Tsk! Luckily, sticks and stones may break my bones but words never will…or else he would have lost a customer that day. LOL!!! The total came up to over RM77.00 but the lady at the counter (probably the wife) asked me not to bother about the small change and rounded it up to RM77.00 for me. That certainly was nice of her, don’t you think?

It is the Mooncake Festival today, aka the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Zhongqiu Festival…and at least, I have done my part by eating our own Sibu-made mooncakes to preserve the tradition and keep it very much alive. Have you?

A very Happy Mooncake Festival to one and all…