So so good…

When she was at our house for lunch on New Year’s Day, my sister told me about the very nice steamed paos (buns) at this coffee shop. I did see them in the steamer on the pavement outside when I was there before but I never got the chance to ask where they came from – I just assumed that they probably came from this shop round the corner that is very popular around here for their buns.

My sister said that they were not from there, that much she could say, but she did not know who the people making them were. She did stop by again the other morning and she bought me a few…

…to try. She said they were from the day before but it did not matter – they were as good as new.

I tried one and I found that it had minced meat inside, compressed into a lump and there was a bit of egg too…

I am not all that fond of paos with the filling like that but this one tasted so so good that all was forgiven. I enjoyed it very much even though I did feel that it could do with a little bit less msg.

My sister grumbled that it was RM2.50 when she bought it before but going into the new year, the price has shot up to RM2.70. Looking at it…

…I was thinking that it could be the other very popular steamed paos in town, the ones they called Ah Pui’s bak pao (meat buns). I remember the filling was similar…

…and I really liked the taste, just that I did not quite like the skin that time in 2019 and boy, it was only RM2.10 each then.

Well, since they were so very nice, I’d probably be dropping by this coffeeshop one of these days to buy some more and of course, I shall confirm with them whether these were Ah Pui’s paos or not.

EMAS CORNER CAFE BARU (2.292229, 111.838162) is located to the extreme right of the blocks of shops along Lorong Tong Sang 1B at the junction of Jalan Tong San and Lorong/Jalan Langsat.