After our lunch that day, we dropped by here (2.302792,111.843028)…
…a coffee and bakery place right next door. Compared to the somewhat cold reception at the cafe, rather befitting their Frozen Christmas theme, I must say, the warm greeting from the ladies at this shop sure was a welcome change.
They just left us alone to let us browse around which was something that I liked. I just cannot stand those places where they stalk your every move like a bloodhound without saying a word. Others may follow you around and tell you about their products, giving suggestions as to what you should buy and why – I do not mind that but most would do that in Mandarin and with my limited grasp of the language, I may not be able to understand all of what they say at times. They do not do that here but if you ask them anything, they are very quick to respond…in English and I liked their very pleasant tone, quite unlike some that would get rather impatient if you ask one question too many and have not decided what you would want.
From what we saw, they had the usual bread and buns that one would see at other bakeries around. I would not know whether theirs would be any better as I didn’t buy any of those. My girl did ask for the lemon meringue tart (RM2.90)…
…from the glass counter (bottom, second from right) to try. The meringue was a bit too watery while the crust was a little hard but it had a very nice buttery taste to it so on the whole, it sure has a lot of room for improvement.
We did not get to try any of the cakes and muffins…
…nor any of the puffs and stuff…
…as we were really very full and did not feel like eating anything. Perhaps we can do that some other day when we drop by for tea or coffee and sit in the area designated for that…
Well, Christmas is coming…
…and they have some cookies for sale and because the ladies were so nice and conversant in English and they happily answered all the questions that I asked, I just had to buy a tub of these cuties (RM22.00)…
…to reciprocate. Now, what do you think those are? From one angle, it looks like a man with a thick moustache…and from the other angle, it is probably a sheep with ribbons in between the ears. The cookies tasted very light, not sweet at all and had the fragrance of milk powder. Needless to say, we walked out of the place to the very friendly wish of goodbye and thank you and do come again. The young guys next door should come over for a lesson or two on social pleasantries and good manners.
After our brief stop at this shop, we went to one of the megamalls in town (2.325549,111.853472) where we came across this stall…
The iwateyaki…
…looked so irresistably cute that we just had to buy some and try. They were RM1.00 each but for RM10, you can get 12 of them. Inside, you will find a little bit of egg custard filling…
…that sure helped enhance the taste and I would say that we enjoyed them very much.
The young and handsome guy manning the stall was very nice and pleasant too and he explained how he would go about making those iwateyaki using this…
…and he was rather apologetic that he had just finished making one batch…
…and would not know when he would be making some more so I was not able to watch him doing that. I told him it did not matter and perhaps, I would catch him in action the next time around…and I would surely buy some more from him then.
There! Isn’t it so much nicer when people can be a lot more pleasant? I do think that being cordial and social can go a long way especially when you are in this line of business. What do you all think?
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 