Hiong Piah

My friend, D, went to Ipoh last week and came back with this gift for me. Super fresh Hiong Piah. I think it's pong piah to most of us. Wow, you can taste the freshness in the pastry and it crunches as you bite into it, thus was difficult to break it apart and take photos of the inside. The filling is lovely and soft, and you only get this with very fresh ones. I've tasted my fair share of hard fillings. Of course, it is nothing like buying it from the original source. I don't buy this at all here as they are imported from Malaysia and God knows how long they've been on the shelves. The other pastry I love is Beh Te So (err... not sure if I spelt that right), I mean, these are dialect words so I don't think there is any right or wrong spelling for them. It's just like hanyu pinyin, you spell them out the way you would pronounce them. I love spelling, so hanyu pinyin comes naturally to me. I'm very glad that princess has inherited those genes and she is a great speller. Hehe. Oops, I'm digressing here. :P

So anyway, hey sis, do you want me to save you some? I know you love the chao tar (burnt) type. I'm not a fan of that but I love the inside. ;) So sometimes when I'm not in the mood to eat the entire thing, I will peel off the pastry on the outside and just enjoy the white pastry as well as the filling within. It's the way I've been eating it since I was young. ;)

I'm not sure if this is a famous brand but it sure tastes great! And apparently they are charcoal-roasted. Yum.

Thanks, D, for thinking of me. :) And sending the stuff all the way to me. How sweet. I won't reveal how long we've known each other but we've been friends since we were 7, in the same primary class. She's one of 3 primary school friends with whom I'm still in touch with, make that 4. The 4th one I haven't really been in touch with but in the past week I bumped into her twice. Lol! I think it's amazing that we've managed to keep our friendship going till now. I thank God for friends like D, K, etc, as friends are a very important part of my life. Thank you my lovely friends. :)