Burger King (Marsiling Mall)

McDonald’s may be the establishment that most would pay more attention to for their limited time-only hand pies; that being said Burger King always do have quite an interesting range of pies as well whenever they roll out one that is tuned towards the occasion where their limited time-only specials are themed after. Probably a little late to the game considering how National Day has come and gone, but Burger King’s National Day themed menu is still currently on-going at the time of writing this post; this menu features the Rendang burgers, as well as Fried Cempedak Mochi Balls, a series of Milo-based desserts and the Kaya Pandan Pie amongst a few others.

More people have been talking about the Cocoa-Nut Pie from the Golden Arches — one that we have had on multiple occasions but weren’t too impressed about; we are actually surprised that the Pandan Kaya Pie was one that is rarely mentioned even during the peak or the National Day season. Apart from the usual crispy pie pastry that Burger King’s pies come with (some outlets do achieve a slightly different consistency than the rest; at least something we learnt about from other previous limited time-only pies we had tried), the Pandan Kaya Pie features a really rich and thick Pandan Kaya filling that generously fills up the entire hand pie within. Whilst we were expecting a rather coarse and lumpy texture initially since that is the sort of commercially-made Pandan Kaya we are used to having from jars retailed in the supermarket, we really like how luscious and smooth the Pandan Kaya filling for the Pandan Kaya Pie was — all that with an evident note of Pandan whilst at it. We did find that the Pandan Kaya filling did end up on the sweeter side for us, but this is probably one of our favourite hand pies that we had come across thus far from Burger King; so much we actually have had two of them in the same week. Something that Kaya lovers should most definitely try before it gets rotated out of the menu!

Not sure how often it happens, but we would reckon it is pretty much rare for two fast food giants to have released the same limited time-only specials in line with National Day — found out that not only the big M was serving up a Pulut Hitam Pie; Burger King is also pretty much serving up their rendition of the same as well.

Having tried the rendition done by the big M earlier on, we were actually rather impressed by Burger King’s rendition where the filling was involved. Whilst the one from the big M was significantly creamier and more subdued, Burger King’s rendition of the Pulut Hitam Pie seems to be bolder on those notes of black glutinous rice whilst the texture of the filling was also noticeably smoother. There are swirls of coconut milk (or coconut cream?) laced within the black glutinous rice filling just like the version from the big M, though it did feel like Burger King had done a better job making that go together with the black glutinous rice filling without stealing its limelight as well. The only qualm for Burger King’s rendition however is the pastry — the pastry for Burger King’s Pulut Hitam Pie is rather flat in comparison, while the pie itself wasn’t as well-filled; the pie was also not really well produced in the way that the sides were not sealed up properly and thus biting on the pie causes the fillings to start to ooze out from the sides as well. Guess there is always a reason for why I prefer the pies from the big M in general — a bit of a shame since Burger King has the better filling of the two this time round.

It does seem that Burger King is upping their quality of the food and is getting somewhere at that — have not been a fan of their stuff for quite a while but their pie creations does seem to somewhat entice us these days (i.e. Red Date Longan Pie). One thing we still feel lacking about them is the upkeep of some of their outlets and the speed of service; waited for 16 minutes for just a single pie order which is a little less than ideal for a fast food establishment. That being said, perhaps it’s time to give Burger King a second chance these days; they do seem to be getting it better than what they have done previously.