So many tempting types of honey-sweet, guilty-pleasure treats are showcased here, but a language barrier and the lack of a clear menu kept us from knowing how to narrow our choices.
Baamieh (Persian egg cake) & pistachio butter puff. Starchy and sugary, with all the aromas that swathe Middle Eastern desserts (a hint of yogurt, a splash of rose syrup, a tinge of nuttiness).
This beautifully illustrated menu that explained nothing ...
... and an Arabic-to-English dictionary were our only real guides to ordering.
Iranian Swiss rolls? We'll return sometime to investigate. Ermmm, or maybe not.
Sufficient cookies for an open-house feast to feed a multitude!
Not sure how Melina ever finishes selling its wares, since the outlet is often empty.
Melina Persian Confectionery,
Iranian Fine Pastries & Cakes,
Jalan Solaris 3, Solaris Mont Kiara, 60480 Kuala Lumpur.
wat a special bakery!
ReplyDeleteThe pastries there all look so unique^^
Xjion: oh yeah, if you enjoy middle eastern pastries, this place seems to have it all (and more!) :D
ReplyDeleteThis beautifully illustrated menu that explained nothing !! cute la you:P Woah! The Baamieh & pistachio butter puff! is the puff anything like baklava?
ReplyDeleteciki: heheh, thanks =) oh ya, the puffs taste very similar to baklava. but they're very tiny ... two bites and it's gone! :D
ReplyDeletePersian cookies? That's something new! The Swiss Rolls looked kinda.. scary though.. hehe but let me know how they are if you decide to try them :P
ReplyDeleteiamthewitch: heheh, i'm also scared to try! because the sugar content for all these pastries seems way too high! :P
ReplyDeletei'm scared. most middle eastern desserts are very sweet cos they are supposed to go with coffee or tea...
ReplyDeletemichelle: heh, ya, unfortunately i don't really enjoy drinking coffee or tea much =)
ReplyDeletei do hope that he can finish selling all those delicacies!
ReplyDeleteEiling: yeah, it'd be a shame to have too much leftovers!
ReplyDeleteThat's a whole lotta pastries if no one buys any... :P
ReplyDeletelfb: a whole lot of ants might be happy! :D
ReplyDeleteOr the workers if they get to tapao the unsold pastries home. (Though their family members might get jelak of sweet stuff for months afterwards...)
ReplyDeletelfb: there seem to be no workers! one guy, possibly the owner, mans the entire outlet. i sympathize with him if he has to do all the baking too :D wonder if i could get HIM to do a mangosteen puff :P
ReplyDeleteGiven the lack of patrons, I bet he'd be glad to! :P
ReplyDeletelfb: yay! a middle eastern mangosteen puff! but it'd be so shameful that an iranian dude can make a mangosteen dessert but malaysians can't :P
ReplyDeleteGosh so much to choose from! So mind boggling o.O
ReplyDeleteBabe_KL: ya, too many choices! And all packed with sugar, heheh =)
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