Of Tarts and Puffs

I can always count on my brother to torpedo my diet plans and I mean it in a good way (i.e. I have a good excuse to eat). Last Wednesday he came to my office to drop off some documents. I saw him carrying this red plastic bag with a box inside. I thought he bought himself a router. Until he took this out.

Oh! How delightful! And then I thought of my diet. I know what you are thinking. What diet? You've been downing Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars! OK, you got me there. But I did start over on Monday. No carbs, just proteins and vegetables.

I opened the box immediately and took a sniff.  

Portugese Egg Tarts and Durian Puffs!

No, I did not eat any there and then. These were saved for my dinner. Meanwhile my brother and I had a chat, bitching about stuff hah...hah.... We always have fun when we get together, just like old times when we were kids. Then the intern handed me something that the boss wanted me to work on right away. So my brother left me to suffer get on with my work.

Back home, I couldn't wait to taste the Durian Puffs.

Oh, I gave one Portugese Egg Tart to my partner. Sharing is caring but you keep the Durian Puffs all to yourself. That's the way to do it.

So this is my share. I know it's unfair but life isn't fair anyway. I took a bite of the egg tart first.

Errrr...it didn't taste like what an egg tart should. It wasn't good I'm afraid. So I moved on with the puffs.

Surprisingly they still retained a bit of crunch though they were cold. 

The filling was very sweet. Tasted very much like durian cake. I guess it was probably cooked with sugar to achieve that paste-like consistency. I am not a fan of durian cake, so this was not that great for me. But hey, durian is durian, so I had no issues popping all three into my mouth hee...hee...hee....

Ooppss.... Before I went home, I went to tapau dinner from Curry Leaf. Rice, mutton curry and my favorite curried vegetables (don't know the name). So the tart and puffs were actually my dessert.