Bak Zhang

My first #bakchang since going #vegan 🥹 I nearly shed tears of joy when I learned it was available year-round at my newly frequented #vegetarian #kopitiam 😭 For those who may not be familiar, this is a fantastic kind of #chinese #dumpling 🤩 It is a #steamed one at that! The wrapping is pandan leaf… always 😳 It gives a gentle fragrance to the mass of #glutinousrice within, but not just plain. No sir… Notice the inviting colouring of soy sauce that seasons this snack 🤪 Then, at the core of it… some #hericiummushroom and the usual Chinese flower #mushrooms 😝 I believe this 1 pyramid food came at the price of RM3 or RM3.50 🙃 I still remember as a child… my mom complaining about it being RM2 😂 If you’ve never had, you haven’t lived 😉

In spite of a year of learning Mandarin on Duolingo, I still can’t compose reviews in it 🥹 Someday 🤞 As must as the someday of having vegan #bakzhang like this be more readily available! Tonnes of them still seem to contain egg or are plain when #zongzi like these with #fakemeat just come across a lot better 😋 They seem to have used some kind of #veganchicken for the filling, which they clarified was #eggfree 🐣 @m1tch9i suspects she might know just the one they use! Malaysian vegan superpowers I suppose 😂 At RM3.50 each, they’re not the cheapest.. but the prices of everything is going up as we prepare for recession 💸 Always happy to #supportlocal, especially those that opt for cruelty free options like this by default 💚 #veganisnotscary #supportlocalbusiness #malaysianeats