Grab something…

On certain days in the week, my girl will not be able to come home for lunch as they will be having a meeting or in-service course or some co-curricular activities and on some days, they have extra classes for the pupils. On those days, they will have to order something for lunch to be sent to school via food delivery.

The other day, however, she said she would like to stop by the bakery on our way home so she could grab something for her lunch the next day. That is not a problem as we have many bakeries in the commercial area around the mall round the corner from our house. I just waited in the car while she hopped into one of them and that day, she was delighted to come across these bomboloni…

She did make some herself a long time ago around the beginning of last year, 2021 but she said they were something new at this bakery – they never made them before. Well, for the uninitiated, a bombolone is an Italian filled doughnut and is eaten as a snack food and dessert. Bomboloni is the plural form of bombolone, pronounced bom-bo-lo-nay with the stress/emphasis on the 3rd syllable. 

My girl bought herself the one with the strawberry filling (RM2.60) and for me and her mum, she got us the ones with pandan kaya filling (RM2.50)…

…which turned out to be very nice. I loved their own-made kaya (coconut jam) and I also liked how they had a bit of egg custard in the filling…

…as well.

However, even though I enjoyed it a lot, it was VERY sweet and the generous coating of sugar all over it sure did not help one bit. I don’t think I would want to buy it again, not when I am on a low/no sugar diet.

They are also making these ma ngee (horse’s ears/hooves)…

…these days, a local Foochow teatime delight going for RM1.80 each. they are very small though, a lot smaller than those humongous ones at the bakery across the road…

…but I feel the ones here are more authentic – the texture is more like the real thing! Those there are very nice too (and cheaper, if I am not wrong) but they are more like doughnuts which should not be the case.

In the end, my girl just grabbed two tuna puffs for her lunch the next day. Gosh!!! I would probably starve to death if that is all I have to eat for a meal in a day.

C & C GALLERY…

…is located at Lot 62 at the extreme end of the block of shops to the right of Delta Mall, back entrance.