Siew Pau or baked pork buns seems to have made itself into a Seremban specialty. I’ve eaten similar style baked buns in Hong Kong so I don’t think its a Malaysian thing per se. Maybe it is the filling is unique to Malaysian or Seremban style siew pau.
There are many bakeries selling siew pau that you can find but one of the most popular is that sold by the Seremban Siew Pau bakery. They were one of the first who franchised their products all over Malaysia so you can pick up Seremban Siew Pau nearly anywhere in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur.
When I was down in Seremban recently, I went to try the “original” Seremban Siew Pau from the “original” bakery. The bakery in the town is now a cafe and they have now taken it to restaurant status outside of Seremban town, near the new area of Seremban 2.
The siew pau sold in Seremban is RM1.10. I think its between RM1.30 to RM1.50 per piece in Kuala Lumpur. Each pastry bun is quite small though and rather flat. I used to like eating siew pau for the flaky pasty that is slightly sweetened and the savoury filling inside of shredded pork cooked with various spices into a dark coloured filling.
Unfortunately, what with inflation and all, this is all you get. A flattened thick pastry with a thin layer of filling in it. It was very disappointing. I’d rather pay more for a better quality pastry than a cheap price for mediocre fare, since I don’t eat it much anyway!
However, Seremban Siew Pau is one of those things that one has to eat at least once if only to say you have eaten it, and that it wasn’t much to shout about!
Do you know of other bakeries that sell good siew pau with hearty filling and nice flaky pastry?
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ahh.. I think there are still places that make them the thick & juicy ways.
Re Seremban siew pow, can think of two that are decent:
(1) The shop in Bukit Chedang, which used to be pretty famous though they may have moved; it’s been ages since we’ve been
(2) The shop in Jalan Temiang, which still has pretty decent crust/pastry.
i day night see and day night eat. now see also scared. …..-_-” WAH SI FU version also not too bad.
When I was in college days, I used to buy Seremban Siew Pau from a vendor in PJ New Town (near the MPPJ building). Don’t know if he is still trading in that corner-lot kopitiam or not.