We found love…

This bakery here used to be called WeCare but they have progressed to WeLove…

…it seems. I do like the new name better, I must say, as the old one always reminded me of some nursing home for the elderly. I asked one of the girls there whether there had been a switch of owner or management or what but she said no, everything’s still the same – only the name has been changed.

This is one of my favourite bakeries in town and we would drop by quite regularly for some of the things here that we enjoy like these so-called Italy pockets…

…which are actually slices of ham, cheese and lettuce in some kind of pita-bread. If anyone is wondering where this is, the main one is located in the Sibu Bus Terminal area, opposite the Public Bank branch there but they have branches at the Medan Mall (in the supermarket) and also at Sungai Merah, near the Everwin Supermarket there (next block) and I know there’s one in the Farley (Salim) area as well – somewhere on the other side of the road from the MayBank branch, next to the 100% Discount Store.

Of course, being this time of the year, the place was flooded with all kinds of cookies…

…and layer cakes…

…for Chinese New Year.

No, we didn’t buy any. My girl bought one of her favourites here – the sandwich bun to the right of the Italy pockets which basically has the same filling. She probably prefers the bun to the pita bread. That day, I was delighted to see that they still had a few ma-ngee (horse hoof) aka butterfly fritters…

…left. Theirs are so popular that every day, they would be sold out so very quickly…and they are only available at 1.30 p.m. daily. Do make sure that you go there around that time and not later than 2.00 p.m. if you hope to get hold of some. The ones here are really HUGE and though I would not say they are exactly like the traditional old school ones that we used to love, these are very nice as well. The locals have a not-very-flattering name for them – pelir kambing (goat’s testicles). LOL!!!

I spotted some pulut panggang…

…as well, RM1.20 each which is 20 sen more expensive than the price elsewhere generally. They sure looked good so I simply had to grab some to try. Unfortunately, I would not say it was a whole lot nicer than those I had had elsewhere – yes, it was very well cooked with the very nice panggang (cooked over hot burning charcoal) fragrance but no, it was not lemak (rich with santan/coconut milk) enough. The one I had was a tad salty but my girl had one and hers was all right – I guess they did not mix the salt too well.

And talking about Chinese New Year, I must thank my cousin in Perth, Australia and her family and my old friend in Kuching (we go all the way back to the 70’s and he has never failed to send me one every year) and his family for the lovely Chinese New Year cards…

My cousin sent me one for Christmas and it arrived around a fortnight later so this time, she’s not taking any chances and sent hers early – with our snail mail, literally, these days, one just can’t take any chances. It’s the early bird that catches the worm, they say. Qong Xi Fa Cai from me and my family to you two and yours as well – may God bless all of you abundantly with good luck, good health and prosperity in the coming Year of the Goat. Cheers!!!