Showing posts with label pastry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pastry. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Siew Pao Master@Seremban

During my recent fieldwork in Melaka, Nilai and the final pitstop in Seremban, my dear friend Vivien popped into my mind.. After my tummy started calling out to me... Siewwww paooo... Siewwww paooo....

She was so sweet to search for adds and map for me to make my way to "Siew Pao Master". Apparently serembanites love their paos from here. The name itself intruiged me, and my tummy.

It took us a while to finally find the shop, signage wasn't very good and one who isn't familiar with the roads would have easily missed it.


The pungent whiff of buttery aroma just hits our nostrils the moment we stepped out of the car. Fuh, exciting!

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So happens, a fresh tray of eggtarts just came out of the oven. And vivien said, eggtarts are superb. Luck was SO on my side!
Bought the paos and eggtarts, and went home a happy soul :)

Eggtarts i must say, delicious! The egg was so soft but still a tiny thickened curdle just enough to hold itself together.

The siew paos, yummy too! Fragrant, buttery, and chunky pork bits! Although, I still could not tell at this point which is the best siew pao that I've ever tasted. Tough.. Many famous stalls selling actually taste equally good too.

Any other siewpao recommendations?

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Birthday cake from Patisserie Rui

Cakes from Patisserie Rui were the theme for my best friend's 29th birthday. My initial plan was to order her famous red velvet cake, but unfortunately her business is so good now that I need to pre-order 5 days in advance for her red velvet cake. PHEW. I settled for a simple fruit cake instead.

Above is a green tea macha chocolate swiss roll slice that I bought when I collected her cake. Boompacked with green tea flavour and not sweet at all. I must say, her signature deliciousness lies in her light, slightly sweetened whipped cream. This was quite good! RM 6 a slice.

The dinner was held at Plan B, Publika. The food here is quite good, but they've got to seriously buck up on their service.

This birthday meal proved to be rather special this year. Best friends who are working out of KL made an effort to make a trip down to get together. Ann, from Singapore, Ling, who is based in KL, but the nature of her job (banker) just makes it impossible to meet her, Joy from Temerloh.

Birthday girl cutting her cake!
The fruit cake was, delicioussssss... light, creamy, fluffy, fruity chunky bits. You really feel like a little kid again eating this cake. Small alright (only 6 inches wide) but the size was just nice for nibbling a bite or two after a heavy meal. Anyway, the cake is quite tastefully decorated, so it is still presentable as a decent looking birthday cake despite its tiny size. RM 35, I think. Can't remember exactly.


I bought for myself a fruit cake swiss roll slice. This was by far my second most favourite cake from Patisserie Rui, after her red velvet. Initially, I thought that this swiss roll slice would not differ much from the cake but it sure did. The lightness, yet creamy and slightly sweetened whipped cream, coating the fruit chunks and holding the vanilla sponge cake layer together proved time and time again that it deserves to be number 1! Best swiss roll I've ever eaten. RM 5/slice. An entire roll costs RM 45, you can cut into 6 - 7 pieces, depending how thick you like your swiss roll slice to be.

Writing about this made me want to take another bite of this deliciousness!

p/s: Nowadays, any cakes from here needs pre-ordering few days in advance. Business is really thriving for her! Downside is, sometimes when I crave for her cake, I won't be able to just drive over to buy but to call and check on availability instead. Kills off the craving mood sometimes, especially when I am extremely desperate to eat it and they tell you, "Sorry, sold out already!"

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Eric Kayser Artisan Boulangerie@EK Plaza, Seoul

Stumbled upon this petite, yet posh looking bakery situated along the underground walkway between one MRT stop to the other. There were only 2 to 3 tables placed inside the bakery. Patrons were mainly females. Like a 'desperate housewives' pit stop for gossips before going back to their hubbies/ boyfriends. We had to wait for quite while for a table because these chatty ladies just wouldn't stop their sizzling hot gossipy chats. 

The pastries looked delicious. Actually, more beautiful than delicious. The waitress by the counter told me that Eric Kayser's signature pastry was the chocolate eclairs. One eclair cost nearly RM 5!

Within two gulps, these smooth, soft, creamy eclairs disappeared. Very good eclairs I must say. Deliciouso!

Total damage. Coffee cost 2000 won..nearly RM 8! Coffee, on the other hand was nothing to shout about. Without conversion, and if I was earning Korean won, I would say cost of food here is considered cheap. Heck, for a cuppa coffee and eclairs in a nice cafe in KL, would cost me nearly RM 20! And local Koreans would only need to pay 4300 won.



Sunday, January 29, 2012

A quiet afternoon strolland tea@two MRT stops from OryuDong

I can't recall which MRT stop it was, but it was one or two stops away from Oryu-Dong. We decided to have an aimless walk around since we only had 2 hours free time before the 6 pm evening service at the sanctuary.

Paris Baguette, is a well established franchise bakery all over Korea can be found in almost every street available. At first, I thought it was a franchise bakery originating from France (from its name), but surprisingly, it was started by 2 Korean ladies who have great passion for baking. Today, there are more than 3000 franchises throughout the world, and they are also big in the US. WOW.

The other bakery that is also pretty obvious in the eyes of a streetwalker, is the "Boulangerie". I really wonder why most bakeries here are named with a whiff of French, rather than building a local brand name.

Bakeries excite me, especially ones that are nicely decorated with pastries deliciously presented. It inspires me all the time. Sighs. When can I finally fullfill this dream?

I ordered Boulangerie's trademark pastry, the cream puff. The cream.... Oh...my...gosh, was so light, fluffy, sweet, and cold too. Each bite can make one close their eyes, and smile like idiots. It cost about 1500 - 2000 won (Can't recall the exact amount)
This was the strawberry shortcake. The pastry is a lot harder than the puff above, a little mixture of cake-like and brownie-like. The cream used was quite similar as the one above, but somehow the tougher texture of the pastry blended well with the sweet cream and the slightly sourish strawberry slices. This was 2500 - 3000 won (Erm.. I think)
After a quick bite of sweet deliciousness, we strolled along aimlessly looking at the surroundings. Up ahead, we saw this stall where this hardworking Korean lady was busy making some local pastries and also cooking waffles on the hot pan.

Out of curiosity ( we were already FULL), we bought one to try it out. It was rather hollow on the inside, and the inner lining of the pastry was coated with cinnamon and butter. I think our local Hiao Pia/ Kaya Kok rawks this over anytime! 1000 won for this.

Nearby the MRT stop, there was tiny local coffee shop, called Coffee AD. The shop is no larger than an average bedroom, therefore the owner arranged tables outside by the pathway. The breeze was so strong at this time that anything left on the tables were blown away.

I found the decor of the coffee shop really adorable. If only the weather and road/walkways/public transport systems back in Malaysia permit locals to walk safely and conveniently, we may be able to have more shops like these which will create a more interesting makan environment for us. I wouldn't mind popping by for a cuppa coffee from this store everyday walking to work.

I ordered an ice blended green tea shake, which was one of the best I ever drank. Super sincere with the green tea powder, not sweet, and the ice was nicely blended (very fine). YUMS! Especially drinking this while sitting outside, enjoying the strong cold breeze.

Peaceful. Amen.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Chocolate cupcake@Patisserie Rui, along Jalan Mont Kiara

Pretty good chocolate cupcake although this wasnt what I intended to have, it was the red velvet cupcake that i was looking forward to!

Unfortunately, they were sold out and rui and her fellow sister bakers are busy baking cakes for the festive season.

Anyway this alternative cupcake is quite nice too! Only rm2. Real steal deal.

Coffee, i found, was a little pricey, small cuppa black coffee, RM9. Ouches!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Kaya kok@aulong, taiping

Ive blogged about this before and i guess ill never get tired of it.

Hidden in the old township area of Aulong, this lady and her family is busy baking all her golden kaya goodies.

I dont know the address but if im in the car with you, ill direct u there.

I may be biased, as many raved the greatness of Ipoh's mini kaya koks but i think my hometown's version is so much better, especially freshly baked!

The warmth, crunchiness and buttery smell.. With creamy semi solidified kaya.

Best of all. Rm0.70 a piece. Steal deal!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Thai Yang Ping! / Sun Biscuits@Taiwan

 The long awaited Thai Yang Ping, a local delicary of Taiwan is finally here! Thanks to a friend of a friend of a friend who went there and bought a pack home. Light and fluffy, and caramelized sweetness. My last bite of it, I believe was nearly a year ago.

A slight twist of change from our crunchy, sesame, sticky Hiao Piah.

 It sure looked like a full box now, but yeah.. After 2 days, only less than 8 left. :(


Saturday, October 1, 2011

Purrrrrfect way of eating a stroopwaffle

Ive been taught to eat this famous amsterdam waffle this way.

Put a stroopwaffle on top of a hot, steamy cuppa coffee.

Let the steam melt its caramel filling and its outer part absorbs the coffee aroma and softens.

Take one bite, and take one sip of black coffee.

Bliss!

Im gonna buy more next time!

If only they sell the waffles mug size width. Mmmmmmmmmm delicious!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Waffles@stockholm central station area

Walking aimlessly in this foreign city does bring a liberating yet solemn sombre.

I carried a precious book with me, with a prayer for Him to guide me in giving it to the right person.

Somehow, i carried it out today, somehow i decided to divert my destination, then i stumbled upon this old and big cathedral. Somehow, it was opened for prayers/viewing. Somehow, the choir was practicing their hymns.

I felt sad entering the cathedral. With the choir hymns on the background, it was beautiful even when i didnt understand its language.

The place is absolutely beautiful with amazing paintings on the ceilings, depicting JC.

Yet, it was very empty with several elderly people around. I sat down and gave a silent prayer, and decided to leave the book here. I hope it be according to His will and blessing.

A few steps out of the church, i saw a cafe with a very nice el fresco setting, and the swedish waflos word caught my eye.

Woohoo... When the waffle arrived, i felt like a little girl again, getting excited and thrilled over my new barbie or something. It looked delicious and pretty!

And boy boy.. It was as it looked. Slurps!

This and a cuppa cappucino, 89krones/ 10euros/ rm 40 plus.

Najib needs a wake up call because citizens are suffering in and Out of malaysia.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Home Baked Bread Courtesy of RP's Recipe@YY's home

Demona: I've always enjoyed listening to RP speak of her baking adventures. Besides her never failing to speak with passion on her baking sessions (even if the finished product may end up as a big boo boo), she incorporates in lil' DIY tips and tricks, homemade to-do or not-to-do rules and these almost always gets me trilled and excited and motivates me to want to try baking with the given recipes.

I lack major experience when it comes to bread baking. When she gave me the recipe of the butter bread in which she swore her life (jk!) on its super-ultra-unimaginably tasty aspect, I'd thought I'd given it a try since it is also a part of my future dream of running a famous bakery. I should learn more from her if I want to make this dream a reality one day.

Demona: Worrying that I might have over beaten the dough, I lost patience and tenacity and poured the dough into the bread batter mould. At first, it did look fine to me, I assumed the batter was thoroughly beaten already. However, the cake turned out being a little soggy even though the hint of sweetness taste was truly... very well locked into the dough.

Demona: My first butter bread! Though the shape of the bread is way off the normal charts, but its taste could superseed certain bread that are commercially made today. I know what I needed to improve on if I were to re-do... beat the batter until its really smooth and light! Then I would have a really soft, light bread than the one above which was still a little heavy and damp, but a fairly delicious taste!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Sun Biscuits Courtesy of Mike, from Taiwan!

We had this little sunny buggers courtesy of our good friend Mike from Taiwan....It was a real pleasure and blessing meeting him first at work then at Zion Church Singapore. Hope he is doing well in Taiwan now......

Some nice packaging by the Guru of Marketing in Taiwan. The wordings says 3 low 2 high, shoudl be some extra nutritional boost in the Sun Biscuits
putting the health conscious aside, the Sun biscuit was moist in the inside and fluffy flakes on the outside. Mildly sweet and milk.... mmm mmm mmm, Demona blot out the Suns within hours after receiving it from Mike. I managed only to have 2 pieces :(

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Carbohydate Binge@Four Leaves

Demona: Anchorpoint is mine, and Aileen's favourite hangout point during days when we have no where else to go but too lazy to go anywhere further too. Besides the fact that is near home, it is also the one and only FULL-ON-PURELY outlet shopping mall. Thus, brands like Charles&Keith, Giordano, G2K etc are at a damn good price alright. C&K is also constantly swarmed by fashionally maddened ladies, who could not resist overspending shoes and bags that they don't truly need, but at that moment psycho-ed themselves to think that they need 'em. Myself, a culprit of it too, although for a girl, I am considered fashionally underbudget.

*wacks Dogma*

Demona: RIGHHHHHHT, Dogma? :)

SGD 11.90 for a pair of heels?? How to find?? (even if I want to bring in the RM exchange rate).

Ok, crap. I'm totally getting off track here alright.

For those who knows me well, they know besides my love for chillies, I pledge my heart to forever self-struck in love with sinfully starchy, carbohydrate power packed, sugary sweetness pastries, buns, bread too.

On some shamefully desperate days, I could go on every meal with ... buns.. toast bread with any spread.. pastries. Friends of mine, especially testosterone oriented ones who survive on rice, meat.. macho staple foodie stuffs, sometimes worry for me bizarre eating habits.

This one particular night, was *sigh*..... a full-on carbohydrate binge (rate was accelerated even more after a few extra laps on top of my routine 1 km length swim). Calories "kau kau" piled back on alright. Hahaha. Who cares, until my skirts and pants get a little too tight again.


Demona: I stopped to scout pastries from Four Leaves because I found their "Little Bite Size Pastries" promotion, hard to resist! One costs, SGD 0.85, however if you choose four, you will pay a total of SGD 2.80. Discounted SGD 0.15. Best part of it, you could choose from any combination of these cute, tiny, lil' buggers!

SLURPSSSSSSS.

Demona: Aileen was craving for a.. CHOCOLATE BROWNIE baby slice. The brownie was actually fairly nice. It was moist, superrrr chocolate-y and not too sweet either. The walnut content was a lil' "kiam siap" though. I think my home made brownies still win the trophy
(Laughs out loud with no awareness to even flight a slight bit of shame)

nDemona: Like yin and yang, coffee and tea, nasi lemak and sambal ikan bilis, char siew and siew yok rice, thosai telur and spicy chutney, sweet pastries must also be in balance with some savoury ones also. I chose a mayonaise sausage bun.

This was average, as with every mayonaise sausage buns there are outside. I've been eating this bun my whole life, and they look the same, taste the same (either bun is too soft, or too hard, lack of taste, or the sausage is too soggy, or too hard, or too oily, or all of the above). Just that now, they make it look cuter, smaller, prettier. Package change, taste stays same. *yawns*

My future bakery, I would like to revamp this sausage bun into something, new, cool, exciting and tastes gooooooood!

Demona: This was a raisin cross bun. It was actually quite nice, the taste I mean. The only downside was that the bun had already soften. After all, it was almost 8pm when I came over here to eat. The hot and humid weather of our country just won't permit us to take a nice, crunchy, crispy bite of freshly baked pastries and bread however air and moisture tight these bakers want to keep their shop to be.

Demona: This was my favourite! Coffee bun! The top part had some crumbly crunchy bits of peanuts and baked cream, the bun filled with tiny swirls of chocolate and .... inside... surprise! Creamy coffee cream.. mmmmmmmmmm...

Best of all.. they all came in baby bite size pieces! You can have a lil' of everything in half the fullness, half the calories, half the sin! I guess, sorta' like the western way of "dim sum". However, don't underestimate these small, small, dwarfs....I was full to the brim after I had my last bite of everything! BURPS.

Bin Pao Bin.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Take away breakfast@Sun Moulin Bakery

Demona: My dear aunt bought some pastries from Sun Moulin at KLCC on the night that we drove up to KL. We were going to board an early flight the next day, therefore the pastries served as a back up to curb any potential strike in hunger along the way. We bought a cup of coffee at Mc Donalds (which was DOUBLE the price of an average coffee in the local outlets, ridiculous!), sat there while flipping through the weekend paper, and munching Sun Moulin pastries.

(paying RM 10 and above for a measly fast food meal was just unworthy for our wallet, we'd rather starve a little while longer to have a good meal in Bali instead)




Demona: This was the chocolate cream bun. This pastry was absolutely horrible. The bun was hard and dry, and the sweetness of the cream was too powerful that it overpowered the flavour of the chocolate. I forced myself to finish it up but in the end, a small portion was left behind because it was just too hard to swallow down. Total failure. Even a simple, cheap, kiddy-like TWIGGIES (from Gardenia) would easily win hearts compared to the Sun Moulin chocolate cream bun.



Demona: This was the apple strudel. The first pastry shattered all hopes for a good wake up breakfast meal, and honestly speaking, my appetite for this pastry had tremendously reduced.



Demona: There were a few slices of softened apples coated with custard cream inside it. The inner ingredients were average, nothing to shout about and all great bakers out there would agree that overnight danish pastries are a BIG NO NO. The outer pastry was cold, hardened, and the flakiness aspect was not there anymore. They were all sort of glued together. Dogma was the quiet but smart one. He only took a small rat bite and left the rest to me. In order not to waste my aunt's good intentions, I tried to, at least eat most of them up.

Verdict: I do know that Sun Moulin pastries are slightly more expensive than the average local bakeries around. This bad experience definitely does not make me yearn to try more of their products, at least for the near future..... unless an unexpected chance come by me and I taste something yummylicious from them.

Location:
3rd Floor Isetan Suria KLCC, KL - City Centre
Opening Hours: 8am-10pm
Phone: 03-23820310

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Provence Take 5



Demona: I think I'm going to walk to Provence almost everyday if possible, to get my lunatic cravings for these sweet, delicious, creamy buttery golden brown pastries. I am probably one of the easiest girls to please: There is no need for flashy leather bags, expensive jewellery, exotic holidays etc.. just feed... me... with... yummy tum tum food.

This was another chocolate danish pastry. The swirls reminded me of my darling red bean bun by Baker's Cottage. The danish pastry was so soft, buttery, and very chocolatey indeed as the swirl layers were quite thick. In the midst of the softness, in comes the crunchy fragrant aroma of toasted almond slices. Purrrrrrr-fect. Mmmmmmm.... looking at the pict made me all lunatic now!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Gd Morning Nanyang vs Provence Bakery

Demona: Breakfast battles are the most fierce for us. Dogma and I are work out junkies and we're up most mornings for a swim in the chilly chlorinated waters, or putting our leg muscles to the morning walk test. We put a lot of effort into searching for a great breakfast/ brunch place as a reward after a sweaty work out.

Sometimes I wonder whether what we're doing is right, because half way through swimming/jogging, we'll discuss on what food we are going to order later, imagine and salivate in our minds.

We've overdone ourselves this time. TWO breakfast places, back to back. Good Morning Nanyang and Provence. Stiff battle. Sweaty palms. Possible saliva shed.



Demona: One of Provence's ultimate weapons. These two pastries own many Active Key References, meaning having others to promote them, without the seller doing anything.. so it's purely selling on its goodness! One's a custardy, potato bun tasting roll, and the other is a chocolate roll. Any combination for a total of 10, cost SGD 6. These mini rolls, are soft, and very nice to chew! Taste wise, was average, but its softness won it all! 10 was no problem at all for me to finish.



Demona: Another Good Morning Nanyang's strong defenses, its ciabatta toast, sandwiched with good olde freshly home made kaya and good quality butter. The ciabatta toast was very thick, and it still had a little flourish taste, like the scone which we had previously.

The kaya and butter content were not enough to complement the thick ciabatta. The owner stopped by our table again, and gave us a tip saying if we want more kaya and butter on our toast, we can request for more slabs of 'em in future! Generousity, generousity.

Verdict: The war goes on....

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Provence Bakery Day 1& Day 2@Holland Village

DAY ONE:

Demona: Dogma and I went to Holland Village for a late, lazy Saturday brunch. I took over his Jazz's wheels, and drove there, guided by a life-size Dogma-GPS next to me.

Dogma-GPS: "Turn left. Keep right."
Dogma-GPS: "Wei wei wei wei, green light may turn yellow soon. Be careful, slow down."
Demona : "Yes sir". (stoning)
Dogma-GPS: "This road, keep max at 70 kmph. Don't rush stepping on the accelerator"
Demona : "Yes sir." (double stoning)

(Driving in Singapore is harder than taking my driving test in Malaysia)

We finally arrived SAFELY at Holland Village. Safely, as in dimerit free and summons free. We were greeted by these greedy little buggers, asking for jockey parking for a ridiculous sgd 10. What is the hassle of putting your car into a box, costing you a mere sgd 1?



Demona: Anyway.. driving issues aside. Our tummies were growling like how Jimmy Chamberlain bangs his drums away. Like hungry vultures, we hunted with our nostrils. The sniffings led us to... Provence, a famous Japanese origin bakery with a strong influence of "Bon Jour" to it. The pungent, sweet, buttery smell filled the air surrounding the viscinities of this bakery.

With my passion for baking, and eating pastries/ bread (Bun or Pao Face is my middle name), interesting bakeries always excite me.



Demona: The tables outside were all occupied, and as we entered, we were greeted with a long queue and almost filled up tables inside. We had to share seats with a mother and her child. The design of the bakery, from its table seatings, its pastry and bread arrangements, to its framed pictures hanging on the walls somehow gives a really warm, fuzzy feeling to anyone who enters here. In a strange, bizarre way, it makes you... I don't know... HAPPY.

Dogma came back with 3 different types of pastries and a cup of iced coffee. The pict above was the coffee flavoured pastry.



A thick layer of coffee cream was quietly hidden underneath a hefty swirl of very, very, light, soft and fluffy cream, wrapped with thin layers of danish pastry. The sweetness of the coffee cream was just nice, sufficient to satisfy your sweet tooth but not make you sick right after. SGD 1.50. Cheap-NYA! This would probably cost RM2-3 in most Malaysian bakeries.



Demona: This was the cinnamon bun. The texture of the bun was really soft, light and fluffy! Apparently, all the pastries were made with wheat flour imported from a small village in France. Maybe the article helped influenced my taste buds, but if it is true to its words, this special wheat flour really made A HUGE difference on the texture of the pastries. You must try one from here, at least, to know what I am trying to say right here.

However, I thought that the cinnamon taste was a little lacking. If it had more cinnamon powder added in, the bun would have kicked painfully delicious butt! SGD 1.30.



Demona: This was Dogma's favourite. He had been telling me about the blueberry bun of Provence Bakery since forever. I could hardly wait to get my hands on it!



Demona: Oooooohhhhh! He was absolutely right! The bun was so, so, so, soft and the bakers did not stinge on the blueberry fillings, thus you will get a mouthful of sweet, sticky, gooey yet superbly delicious blueberries on each bite on the bun. Worth every penny! SGD 1.50.



Demona: A pict of me pouring milk into the strong aroma iced coffee.

Before leaving, we took a last stroll tour around the tiny yet packed bakery and we bumped into this middle aged lady, whom we suspected might be a promoter disguised as a buyer, hired by Provence to market their products. Haha, joking. We just asked her for some must tries of Provence, and her suggestions tempted us to return for round 2.....

DAY TWO:



Demona: We were back.

Objective: Taste aunty's recommendations. Which was also my FAVOURITEEEEEEEEE! AN PAN. Red bean bun. *Drools*



Demona: We decided to carry out Dogma's famous PEPSI test to see which red bean bun, which is called AN PAN here, is the ruler of ANG TAO (Red bean) land. We took the:

Anpan Koshi: the skinless red bean bun with black sesame seeds topping (SGD 1)
Anpan: the red bean with skin bun with white sesame seeds topping (SGD 1)
Rice Anpan Koshi: the skinless red bean bun with with a rice based dough made bun (SGD 1.30)

3 red bean buns all together, and two more sidelines, the milk bun and a new yorker bun.



Demona: The milk bun was really soft, with a light, fluffy milky egg white beaten filling inside. This bun is also one of their major brownie point winner, but I found it so so only. Not a bun which would make me go for the second round. SGD 1.10.



Demona: The New Yorker was a failure. The texture was too hard, and there wasn't much distinguished taste to it. I could not make out if it was a chocolate based bun, a almond based bun, or a danish bun. I would not try this anymore in future. The name sounded cool but the bun was unsatisfactory. SGD 1.50.



Demona: A bitter sweet aroma freshly brewed coffee for the day to wash off the sugar coated palate.

Demona: WHICH DESERVED THE KING's THRONE ?

From the two picts, rice anpan koshi was clearly kicked out. There wasn't anything fantastic about the dough.



Demona: Nope. ANPAN came in second.



Demona: KA-CHING! The winner of the PEPSI test went to.... ANPAN KOSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!
The extremely smooth sweet red bun filling was the perfect match to the light and fluffy bun. The sesame seeds gave a fragrant seedy aroma to the bun.

Verdict: The pastries are affordable, and for a pretty cheap price, they actually taste good, with a hint of quality! Although not every pastry was good, most were relatively decent, good enough to say "Not too bad after all". I will definitely be back here for more rounds to come. I hope to run a bakery like this one day. :)