Optical illusion…

We have been wanting to drop by here ( 2.307205,111.836993)…

…for a while now ever since we saw their fishtail banners along the road and on one of them, there was something that looked like a very nice bowl of ang tao cendol. It is located among the shops in the Rejang Park Commercial Area (I wonder why the town authorities chose to call it the Rejang Park Shopping Centre which would make me think of a shopping complex or a mall) and we did walk past one morning and saw a lot of people inside – that must be on a Saturday or Sunday morning as on other days, they do not open so early, not until around 11 or noon.

Now, does anybody know these two characters?…

I seem to see them here, there and everywhere in the shop…

…which is a nice decent-looking place, air-conditioned unless you choose to sit outside in the front portion of the shop.

Unfortunately, what we saw that looked like ang tao cendol was not anything of the sort. Actually, it was one of those desserts, the favourite of many…but not mine. Nonetheless, we just ordered it – the red bean and green jelly snow ice (RM6.90)…

…to give it a try. I would say it was all right, the snow ice…

…and all but call me old school, ancient or whatever, I would much sooner go for my good ol’ ang tao cendol anytime, especially at that price! Ouch!!!

My girl opted for the mixed fruit snow ice (RM6.90)…

…which was equally pricey and was, at best, all right as well, nothing to shout about.

The what-they-call shao mai, our Sibu Foochow-style sio bee (RM1.20 each)…

…more expensive than most but cheaper than some, were very nice. I sure would not mind forking out the money for those but not for their Portuguese egg tart (RM2.20)…

The egg custard filling was very great, nicer than some of those in town but the skin was not good at all. It was not flaky and crispy and I am sure it wasn’t because they heated it up in a microwave.

We wanted waffles and ice cream – we had seen that on their banners too but we were told that they were not available but they had pancakes. I wonder why! Haven’t I heard it said that waffles are simply pancakes with abs? Perhaps their waffle maker had called it a day, I wouldn’t know. In the end, we settled for their pancake with Nutella and bananas (RM7.90)…

…which was not bad. One can never go wrong with Nutella, I guess but I do think that we make much nicer and fluffier pancakes of our own at home.

They do have a lot of other things on their menu so here’s a sneak peek…

…at some of what they have in store and you can decide for yourself whether there is anything worth dropping by for or not but do make sure you do not go on a Wednesday as they would be…

…on that day every week.