( a haiku chain)
Blue stained pulut rice
golden caramel kaya
delicious pairing
Gently peeled red and
white layers melt on my tongue
my childhood pleasure
White coconut shreds
conceal your core of liquid
gula melaka
Soft snowy santan
crowns your verdant velvety
sweet under-layer
Chewy red tortoise
resting on banana leaf
sweet mung bean paste tummy
Steamed to perfection
gula melaka encased
in white rice flour disc
Folded crunchy shell
peanut and sugar filling
pasar malam treat
Tall mound of shaved ice
drizzled with syrup and milk
red beans and corn capped
Slippery white scoops
of steamed soy tofu custard
nestled in sweet syrup
(in order: pulut tai tai; kuih lapis; onde onde; kuih talam;
ang ku; putu piring; apam balik; ice kachang; tau fu fa)