Steamed Buns with Char Siew (roast pork) filling
I hesitate to call this a char siew pau (or char siew bao). It isn’t a char siew pau (steamed bun with roast pork filling) in the truest sense of the word. I guess you could call this a char siew pau with a twist.

A usual char siew pau will only have the white steamed dough wrapped around the char siew (roast pork) bits inside. This one which I bought from Desa Seri Petaling has the white pau dough wrapped around a steamed cake (mah lai ko) middle.The char siew is wrapped up inside.

Eaten hot, it is delicious.
The char siew is a little on the sweet side, but it is tempered beautifully by the pau dough and the mah lai ko cake which isn’t sweet at all. I actually really enjoyed it.
Each bun retails for RM1.60 at the famous Loh Mai Kai pau shop at Jalan Radin Anum 1 in Desa Seri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. I’ll be writing about the special Loh Mai Kai pau soon so stay tuned!
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This is the first time I have seen such siew pau. If you have time, do visit my website at http://penangfoodgalore.blogspot.com/.
andd im supposed to be on a diet
thank heavens i hardly know the location of this place… or elsee… i wouldnt def give in to temptations.
[...] also had dim sum but it wasn’t much to shout about. This shop is also where I got the Char Siew Ma Lai Ko pau that I wrote above before. Now, that one is worth [...]
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I would like to try this new product too