The independent food scene in Malaysia - it's alive!

Was at the Great Food Escape in BSC today and saw some really interesting and innovative food ideas by small entrepreneurs.

Great to see the independent food scene alive although I wonder where a lot of these vendors are selling when not at these foodie events (which are often poorly publicised and frankly, very small in size and scale). I don't usually publish pictures on my blog but this seemed to be the fastest way in which to capture a sense of what was interesting to me and intriguing as well. I didn't taste much (diet, thou foul creature) but here were the ones that interested me...

Hand crafted sodas are big in the US but haven't really caught on here.
Wonder how these guys will do. But did like the localised brand name.

Japanese puddings was the other interesting idea that caught my eye.

Available at The Bee at JAYA ONE, these guys had only a few flavours left. At RM8 a pop, it was quite a premium product although not for the BSC crowd. Would have been interested to try it, esp the Cendol flavour.

The cookie recipe in a jar thing is pretty common when you go on Zite (my favourite app for food porning) but hasn't really caught on here (but then again, Malaysian food blogs not known for their unique recipe ideas generally). But these were some nice ideas from Craft Kitchen and the cookies tasted quite good too (I had a little...crumb...)