Nothing like it…

Now if anybody tells you that bagels are something like our Sibu Foochow delicacy – the kompia, do not believe a word they say!

It was around lunchtime when the Sunday service that we attended finished and the Santa Parade was not due to start till one or two hours later so we grabbed the chance to go for lunch first and Melissa took us here…

…as I had heard so many people telling me that bagels…

…and kompia are the same and when overseas, the former could be a good-enough substitute.

She ordered…

…the Pilgrim (NZ$9.90) for me…

…which had turkey ham in it and thick black coffee which, I must say, was very very nice.

She had the classic bagel with chicken (NZ$8.90)…

…and a mochaccino…

To be fair, I would say that the bagel tasted great but credit should go to all the very nice filling that they stuffed inside. The bagel itself was hard, so very hard like bread that had been kept for a few days and if it had any taste, I was not able to detect any.

I had bagels once when somebody opened up a shop in Kuching but for obvious reasons, it did not last very long. Well, at least, I’ve tried it on home ground now…and I can safely say that it is definitely nothing like kompia, nothing like it at all.

Moving on from bagels, I stopped by Fix (their equivalent to our 7-Eleven) and picked up these pies on the way back to our apartment…

They’re NZ$2.99 each. There was an offer of two big ones for NZ$5.00 but I did not fancy the flavours of the fillings in those. Well, I would say they were all right…

This was the ham and egg one but it certainly did not get me jumping up and down with delight and I did not like the pastry very much.

Melissa dropped by this shop…

…and bought this bar of chocolate…

Maybe it’s age but I seem to have lost my sweet tooth. I may take a bit of the sweet stuff, things like chocolate, ice cream or cakes…but not too much and I would not like anything that is a bit too sweet. The chocolate that Melissa bought was all right – not too sweet but I thought it was…chocolate, same as any other. Perhaps it was creamier, I wouldn’t know…and anyhow, it was made in Ireland!!! LOL!!!

Well, stay tuned, folks! More NZ posts coming up!!!