Pastry Thingies

I was talking to Domz on IM earlier today, trying to describe these pastry thingies whose name I still don't know. Because I'm a sucker for trying new food, KL has been a bit of a playground for me. Since I've arrived, I've tried fun new things like stingray, shark belly, apple juice that tasted like green apple candy, and chicken foot soup, all of which were delicious, and I highly recommend. One of my new favorite things, however, definitely has to be these pastry thingies. They're essentially made of two moist little pancakes (each the width of a credit card, and a perfect circle), made into a sandwich around a dollop of filling. Thus far I've tied the strawberry and.. uh.... ok, so I forgot the other one's name, but it was good. The two in the picture are chocolate and peanut, each of which I'm sure will be great. They're RM 1.60 each, which equates to about $ .50 US.

Here's the picture, before I forget:


I'm also going to include a photo of the coconut water "stand" at a buffet that we had dinner at the other night. The dinner itself is fairly pricey at RM 101 per person (about $33 US)
, but well worth it, considering the amount of food up for grabs, and the fact that it's all-you-can-eat. Which, it turns out, is a lot, in my case. The buffet itself featured primarily Japanese fare, despite the restaurant's owner/founder being from Taiwan. Tons of sushi and seafood, peppered with Italian and possibly local dishes. When I find out the name of the place, I'll edit this post; I'm sure that they have a website.

Here's the coconut stand:

(The jug in the middle is lime juice)

I suspect that this blog will involve a lot of posts about food. I really hope that I don't come away from Malaysia grossly overweight.. Even the food in the staff canteen is really good.