Something for you…

My niece, my brother-in-law’s daughter who is working in Singapore, was home to celebrate her birthday. The sweet girl travels very frequently to places abroad and everywhere she went, she would buy a whole lot of things to bring home and give to us. That was why to reciprocate, I went to this bakery (2.311137,111.831564)…

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…in the vicinity of the Dewan Suarah here to buy something for her to enjoy – their very nice chicken pies…

The price has gone up now though – it was RM2.80 when they first started and it kept going up till it got to RM3.50 each the last time I bought some. It is now RM3.70 but it does not matter much as the pastry is still as good as ever and the filling just as nice…

After all, in the face of our frail economy and the ever-dwindling value of the ringgit, what has not increased in price?

I think I did mention before that I was no fan of coconut tarts until I tasted theirs…

…and since then, I would make it a point to buy some home everytime I drop by the shop. Thankfully, the price is still the same – a ringgit each, 2 for RM2.00 but it actually started off at RM1.80 for 2, 90 sen each, before that.

I thought the tart shell tasted a little harder than usual that day but other than that, they were as good…

…as ever and I enjoyed them all the same.

I noticed there were some new things at the bakery including these ang koo (4 for RM2.50)…

…except that they were green, not red in colour. The lady boss kept reiterating that pandan leaves were used for the skin and no artificial colouring was used in the making.

There were only two packets left and I decided to buy one to try only to find out that I should have grabbed both as they were really very good! Yes, as you can see, the skin was rather thick…

…but it did not matter as it was so very well-made, so soft and nice and not so rubbery and difficult to chew (and swallow) like some that I have had before…plus it was so fragrant with the pandan. The mung bean filling was the same as the usual though there was not all that much of that. Ah well! I guess one can’t expect much for around 60 sen each, right? I am not sure how much the regular ones cost elsewhere but these were not very big – maybe half the size only…but considering that they were really very nice, I sure would not mind if they could make them bigger and sell at RM1.00 each or at double the price.

At the time of writing, I am already thinking of going back there to buy more. Maybe my mum would love them as well…