kaya cheng

Is that, or is that not, food porn slapping you in the face? *victory dance*

Obtained these delightful spank-able buns (smack that) from a little bakery in Penang's Ayer Itam. You know, those cute old-town bakeries that sell sponge cakes in bright, scarily-artificial (as opposed to "friendlily-artificial" yes, I make sense) colours?

I love those bakeries. They remind me of home. Malaysia. Penang. Kuala Lumpur. Grandma. Mommy.

Actually I just like bakeries in general. I like to stare at the buns (shameless), pastries, etc and imagine all their wonderful carb-y buttery goodness without the need of actually consuming them.

Well. Except stuff infused with a 'gula melaka-coconut-egg-pandan' medley. Those, I really need to consume.

Multiple angles of the same bun, same bite; you may thank me.

Eggy sweet goodness. I know some crave and stress for the caramelized smooth and toffee-like kind (all sugar. That's just ALL sugar.) but the textured eggy ones seem more authentic. And... nice! :) As long as it doesn't have added starch (boooo Nyonya Colors @theCurve).

Amazing stuff bought from the bakery inside Village Grocer @Bangsar Village 1

KAYA REMINDS ME OF HOME DARN IT, I'M BRINGING SOME TO AMERICA.

Obtained these less thrilling kaya buns in Kluang Station (@OneUtama), right before watching Harry Potter 7 (no I didn't cry) and just after downing an entire serving of roti jala (now that, I think I cried out of happiness).

Exaggeration. Thankiu.

But honestly, the movie was pretty great and I appreciated the last zoom out scene of Harry, Ron and Hermione just standing there holding hands, motionless, reflecting ALL they've been through on the bridge after Harry threw the elder wand into the deep dark abyss... Very nice. Subtle touch to the emotions of the viewers (subtle?!? SUBTLE?? I know people who bawled over HP7 like, four times).

I think a major determinant of my lack of teariness would be that I was kinda ill-prepared for the "final showdown" (which, to me, already happened when the last book was published, hellooo..?). I didn't watch HP7 part 1, as well as, um, HP1, 4 and 5.

But I read ALL SEVEN BOOKS and enjoyed every chapter. :) I cannot understand how anyone would rather let the movies spoil the brilliantly-crafted storyline and condense days and days of such enjoyable reading into well... about 18 hours of film time.

Now that, I feel, is sad. That is all. *in a Lovegood-esque tremor*

RIGHT, OKAY, SO THE OMG, THE KAYA TOAST. (lol, lol)

"Less-than-thrilling" toasted kaya buns.

Ordered them without butter. Weng Sum totally rolled his eyes at me. :D

Honestly, so disappointing. Kluang Station's kaya was much better the last time I remember it. Probably two years ago.

Kaya's such a pretty name. Maybe I'll name my future daughter Kaya.

O.O

What?

Mad ah?