pauer.

For those more curious about the previously mentioned pau, here you go:


The Malaysian pau comes in varying shapes and sizes, though this is the traditional look of this little treat. Sometimes they're little and sometimes they're big.

While she was here, Jenny embarked on a mission to try new things, and so upon seeing this delight served at breakfast one day, she picked it up. Perhaps unwisely, she cut into it with a fork and forth from said pau oozed an...ooze. Not particularly appetizing in color or consistency. Courageously, Jenny ate it anyway. And discovered that it was delicious!

Now we know you're supposed to just shove it all in your mouth at once and do your best, though some of them (specifically the ones at the 7-11) are freaking gigantic, and even Andre the Giant would have problems fitting a whole one into his maw.

They are traditionally filled with either pork or sweetened red bean curd (the bean came to be Jenny's favorite), and can taste more like a dessert than part of a meal, but that's not uncommon in Malaysian food, I'm coming to find. They like sweet and spicy and not a whole lot in between.

Anyway, that's the pau. And this concludes our lesson on Malaysian cuisine. :)