More durian cakes! (2)

Durian, an acquired taste! As mentioned before I don't eat durians but I was attracted to this little shop "HAPPY MEAL", near Petaling Street, by the sheer smell of its durian butter cake! Its at the traffic light junction where you can find the large Popular Book shop, Hotel Malaya, flower boutique (wholesale).

It had freshly baked cakes & tarts (I saw them mixing the batter & baking it, right behind the cashier). .... I got carried away and bought durian butter cake, banana butter cake, plain butter cake (all@ RM1 per slice- worth it); durian tart, almond tart (@RM 2.50- a bit pricey there); durian cream puff (@RM2.40 per pack of 6 pcs), pineapple tart, chocolate cake slice and mixed bean tart.
My friends loved it, especially the durian butter cake & durian cream puff.. It had REAL DURIAN pieces inside, not just the bottled 'essence/flavour'! Only one problem... I wanted to buy some for the Arts & Crafts Guild AGM mentioned in the Crazeepatches craft blog. http://crazeepatches.blogspot.com/

I went at 11.30am .. the durian cakes where not ready.... I hanged around until 12.00noon... it was not baked yet... maybe 12.30, they said! Well, I had to go to work, ... so no cakes :(

I went @12.00 noon a couple of days later... again they said.. may be later in the afternoon... My friend went in the afternoon and .... Oh! it's all sold out!! Apparently, they only bake one large square of the cake a day!!

So, durian lovers and butter cake lovers... Try your luck when you are nearby, around lunchtime! It's a hit with the tourists too! One American backpacker I spoke to bought a slice of banana butter cake. When I recommended to him the durian cake, he said has tried durians & liked it, but wanted to try the banana cake (or maybe his GF didn't like durian). However, minutes later, they were back.. to try the durian butter cake !!! One more plus for tourism !!