Polo Bun @ 瓊萬興茶室 Kheng Wan Heng Coffee Shop, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Other than seafood, Sabah is also known serving delicious Polo Bun, or known as pineapple bun. This simple pastry is unique than the conventional pineapple bun in the sense there are actual pineapple jam as filling. One of the popular spot to get Polo Bun will be Kheng Wan Heng Coffee Shop located strategically at Jalan Gaya, There will always be a queue outside the coffee shop to takeaway the freshly baked polo bun, but you also can choose to dine in.

The Polo Bun (RM 1.50 each) has a soft and fluffy texture with a slight crisp layer at one corner of the bun, and filled with a nice pineapple jam which is not overly sweet and just hit the bull's eye. Almost every table in the coffee shop would have polo bun on it, proving its popularity.

Other than polo buns, there are a range of pastries such as red bean buns, coconut buns, butter milk buns and many more. I gave a try on butter milk bun (RM 1.20) and it was not bad, filled with a not sweet butter milk cream. The taste of the butter milk gets increasingly strong over time.

If you are looking for something more solid to fill your stomach, the coffee shop also offers a range of noodle soup. I had a bowl of Koay Teow Soup (RM 6.50) that packs with lots of ingredients and it was mediocre. Polo buns still remain the only solid reason I will make a return.