Mon Kee Confectionery sells a variety of Chinese traditional pastries that are passable for a quick fix. You can find many of their kiosks (in shopping malls) and stalls (in coffee shops) all over Klang Valley.
Their selection of pastries range from "siew pau" (baked BBQ meat buns made with pork or chicken), kaya puff, yam puff, curry puff, "char siew sou" (or barbecued pork puff), "kam heong sou" (golden fragrant puff), egg tart, coconut tart and chicken pie (among others) but it's their siew pau, egg tart and kaya puff that are their top 3 best sellers.
But, when I'm here, it's not the siew pau, egg tart or kaya puff I'm after.....it's these (which I don't even know what they're called).....so I'll just call it Kaya Layer Cake! Maybe, it can be called a chiffon or sponge cake with a thin layer of kaya in between.
They're sold in a packet of two pieces for RM2.40
This cake is nothing fancy, just a simple cake with a layer of kaya (that's not too sweet) between two pieces of very light cake. The cake texture is soft and delicate....yumssss...great as a breakfast or tea-time snack with a cup of coffee (in my case) or tea (if you like).
At times when this Kaya Layer Cake runs out (and it does run out pretty fast), then I'll go for the next best thing...which I also do not know what they're called.
Chiffon cupcakes? Or "kai tan koh" (eggy sponge cakes)? I'm pretty blur with names of cakes too (just like names of fish) if the names are not told to me! @_@
Again, these are very light and soft cupcakes but nowhere as nice as the Kaya Layer Cake though, which is still my favourite.
Actually, I'm not even sure if these (or their other cakes and buns) are part of Mon Kee's selection or it's just with this particular stall (coz I don't see these items featured in their website).
Actually, I'm not even sure if these (or their other cakes and buns) are part of Mon Kee's selection or it's just with this particular stall (coz I don't see these items featured in their website).
I bought the kaya layer cake to try after you told me about it. I find it quite dry so it definitely has to be eaten with a drink.
ReplyDeleteGuess this is not for you then. I find it ok eaten with or without my coffee.
DeleteI thought the stall name looks familiar. There's one in my favorite pork noodles coffee shop too. But for me, it is always the egg tarts and kaya puffs! Wah their kaya puffs... overflowing with kaya OMG!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo, you're one of them who contributed to their statistics of their top 3 best sellers...kekeke! :D Yeah, the kaya puff is the other thing I'd buy too.
DeleteWhat I usually got for myself is the siew bao & egg tarts, never try these two though~
ReplyDeleteHey, another contributor to what is their top 3 sellers! ;D
DeleteI'm sure there's one near my place as the stall looks familiar. I've tried the siew pau but don't remember seeing the kaya layer cake.
ReplyDeletePerhaps now you can go look for it specifically to try. I'd like to see what the "cake queen" thinks of this cake! ;D
Deleteooo i don't recall seeing any mon kee stalls before ... i guess the kaya layer cake would also be my pick! :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe because it's mostly in coffee shops though they have a few in shopping malls too.
DeleteI'm a sucker for egg and coconut, so I'd find it hard to choose anything other than those tarts. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThose are good choices...I like those too :)
DeleteI believe that the kai tan koh and kaya layer cakes are part of Mon Kee's selection because I see them in all those Mon Kee's stalls in the coffee shops around my neighbourhood.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my blog...and for sharing the info that these two cakes can be found in any of the Mon Kee stalls.
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