Once we were done at The 5th Road, we decided we need to turn our wheels back to something sweet. We pondered about what we wanted to have next, but we all agreed that our stomachs were starting to feel the pressure of spending the past four hours driving around and eating non-stop.
Suddenly, rather out of the blue, we ended up looking for kaya puffs. We'd read somewhere (before we came to Ipoh) that the city was known for kaya puffs, and somehow it had managed to remain lodged in Alo's head. This set her off on a siren of "kaya puffs" as a muffled suggestion each time we grouped together to discuss where we would go next.
Eventually, we found a local neighborhood biscuit shop, Sin Eng Heong, that was once a small kaya puff shop that grew to how it is now. Once we entered the shop, there were quite a few people looking at the things they had to offer to sell. Right in front of a row of products, there were trays and trays of baked classical Chinese snacks, a concept that is not seen in Kuala Lumpur as often.
Not long after, Alo spotted the kaya puffs, and we decided to take some to go. We opened the packet just as we got into the car, and the only mistake we made was deciding to eat it as we drove along to our next stop.
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| Price (for 1 pack of 5): RM5.00/RM1.00 per pc |
The pastry was so flaky that it took us all of our effort to minimize the mess, and the kaya filling was nice and dense, but not to the point of being overwhelming. It was a simple yet scrumptious treat, but overall, not much to our surprise, we felt that the taste did not have any 'wow' factor. However, being able to take a look at this neighborhood biscuit shop was interesting, and we also managed to take a look at some of the varieties of light snacks that are commonly enjoyed by Ipoh locals.
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Sin Eng Heong
Address: 64, Jalan Mustapha Al-Bakry, Taman Jubilee, 30300 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Phone: +60 5-243 9659
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