{"id":10618,"date":"2020-01-05T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2020-01-05T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:18:45","slug":"little-house-cafe-more-sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=10618","title":{"rendered":"Little House Cafe \u2013 More Sweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Instagram Post 1\/5\/2020<\/h4>\n<p>Kuih are Malaysian snacks \u2013 sweet, savory, salty, ubiquitous throughout the region \u2013 and they\u2019re well represented at the always reliable Little House Caf\u00e9, an Asian fusion counter service venue with a few tables because you can\u2019t wait until you get home.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/USQU7850-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrequently, when you spot a two-tone layered beauty (seri muka\/kuih talam) like the ivory and tan polyhedrons shown here (upper right and lower left) half is salty, the other half sweet. In this case, the creamy layer (salty) has the flavor of coconut cendol freckled with green pandan noodle bits; the supporting role is made from sweet palm sugar.<\/p>\n<p>Glutinous rice, imbued with a blue hue courtesy of butterfly pea flowers occupies the diagonal counterpoise. These days, blue food is the darling of foodies in search of the novel and Brazil\u2019s jenipapo berries are gaining ground, but that\u2019s a story for another day. Crowning the plate is pandan kaya (coconut egg jam) for dipping (or slathering if you\u2019re anything like me).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AUSI2920-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThey have a righteous Chinese Wife Cake here as well; a flaky pastry generously filled with candied winter melon paste and abounding with legends about the origin of its name, it\u2019s recently adopted a refurbished identity as a symbol of resistance in Hong Kong.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HDNZ2517-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe bing bisected.<\/p>\n<p>Little House Caf\u00e9 is located at 90-19 Corona Ave in Elmhurst, Queens. Stay tuned for a look at some savories.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram Post 1\/5\/2020 Kuih are Malaysian snacks \u2013 sweet, savory, salty, ubiquitous throughout the region \u2013 and they\u2019re well represented at the always reliable Little House Caf\u00e9, an Asian fusion counter service venue with a few tables because you can\u2019t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=10618\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,59],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-10618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-eats","category-instagram","tag-malaysian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10620,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618\/revisions\/10620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}