Of course, I had to buy some bread to eat it with and these days, I love toasting my bread with those grill pans, the one with lines so the toast would have lines on them…nicely toasted but not all brown and hard, lightly crusty on the outside, still soft on the inside.
My missus had their seafood aglio olio (RM20.90)…which was very good, much nicer than my girl’s carbonara – one can only eat so much of the latter before one gets jelak. It was a bit too rich and creamy
Here's the location.
Our personal suggestion would be; Kek Lapis Original, Kek Lapis Prune, Kek Lapis Sisik Ikan (sweet and sour haw flakes), and Kek Lapis Cheese Oreo! 😉
We thought the puff were not as nice as the ones before – it did not even look as nice. Maybe the one who used to make them had left…or had not been able to go to work owing to the lockdown and somebody had taken his place
Hot Cross Buns Bakery has been opened in Miri since the early years of 1994 and has been one of the local brand names in Miri when it comes to ordering cakes for special occasions or buying freshly baked bread and buns.
I did not try it until 3 or 4, my afternoon tea time that day so it was cold already, not as nice as the previous time when I bought some and ate them right away, piping hot, in the car. I quite liked the mango cream filling…
I got the cheese croissant (RM4.50 each)…which had that delightful buttery fragrance and taste and was so very flaky that I had to brush the bits off the front of my t-shirt after I had finished eating it.
As far as the texture of the bread went, I would say that it was pretty much the same as most of the modern-day bakeries here in Sibu, not old school like the roti paun I bought at the kampung stall that day. Having said that, I must say that the filling is a cut above many that I have eaten here. The butter milk filling, for instance, is more fragrant and not so dry as some of those here. I loved the custard filling that that nice-looking cylindrical bun and the spicy meat floss on top of the one on the right was really good. I don’t think I ever came across anything like that here. The big one was meat floss and chicken sausages and whatever else, nice too but I think that would not be so hard to find here.
This bun is a little different from the dirty bun 肮脏包 on the market, the outer part is slightly crispy, the chocolate bread is very soft, the taste of cocoa is strong enough but not bitter. It's worth a try. The bun's name seems to be called Yummy Cocoa.
Christina also bought me their signature buns, what the lady in the video clip said were their kaya butter buns…Well, I could not taste any kaya but the filling…was very nice. Most people would make something on the dry side, probably a combination of butter and milk, for the filling, and call them butter buns. This one is very much nicer.
Yes, both were very nice and I liked how they had chunks of meat inside – I hate those made with minced meat and whatever else that they press into a ball or a patty and wrap that inside the pao. My missus, for one, would not eat those. The skin was very nice too so all things considered, I sure wouldn’t mind going there to buy sometimes…but of course, I would have to go real early. Word has it that they sell like hot cakes and will all be sold out in a couple of hours!
I headed to Kai Joo Lane but I was too full to eat my favourite sio pao (baked meat buns)…sold at the shop there, Chong Chon, that I had frequented since way back in the 70’s. However, I did buy one and one of their curry puffs for tea later that afternoon and yes, they were so so so good!
A new Casamia Bakery Cafe PERMY branch store is located at Ground Floor, LOT 5580 Jalan Desa, Pujut Bandar Baru, Permyjaya (same row with Poh Hua Curtain & Interior Design OR Opposite of Habibi Bakery)
My friend bought this snack made from glutinous rice flour and cane sugar from Chin Hiang Chay bakery in Kuching. I have eaten this snack when I was a child. It is usually wrapped in pink paper. Have you eaten this before?
The ang ku kueh (RM1.20 each)…had a nicer texture, the skin, that is and I also thought the filling inside tasted a little bit better, just a bit. However, it looked smaller and it is more expensive by 20 sen. I am not so particular about the difference in price – if I am here, I will just buy the ones here and if I am there, I will grab the ones there.
The pastry was nice and crumbly and the pineapple jam filling was moist, not hard and dry…
They both looked like coated croissants and to me, the chocolate one was all right, sweet with the chocolate cream both outside and inside……but I would think it would be nicer with cake…like the 100% gluten-free flour-less chocolate whipped cream and raspberry roulade…
Their kompia…is now 50 sen each, 2 for RM1.00. Obviously that has not affected their business one bit as I saw a whole lot of people stopping by to buy even though I do know of other places that are still selling theirs at 3 for RM1.00. Personally, I do think that theirs is extra fragrant and crunchier and maybe a little bigger and thicker too, plus they are certainly a lot more generous with the sesame seeds on top.
The filling of the vegetable pao (70 sen each)…is similar to the ones the old lady at the market sells and is even nicer, I must say. It seems fresher or not so overcooked. However, I did not like the skin. It was so white, probably one of those bleached flour specially for paos that I’ve seen in the shops and supermarkets, and it is so fine and dense, obviously over-beaten by machine, nothing like the pao skin of those in the good old days.
Seed Pastry House 麦子屋 Mother's Day Cakes Special recommendation: Pistachio cheese cake mango yogurt cheesecake.
Yes, the coconut roll was very nice – I could detect the nice buttery fragrance. Probably they brushed the bun batter with it before coating it with grated coconut and putting it into the oven to bake and I liked the toasted coconut and how the bun was very nice and soft.
Swiss roll strawberry I decided to try the strawberry…which turned out really nice – so soft, very nice subtle fragrance of strawberry, definitely much nicer than the strawberry cakes that we bought before from the more upscale bakeries in town as far as the texture and taste went except that it did not have any fresh strawberries inside.
