Buying food from a night market can sometimes be a gamble, especially when what you receive looks completely different from what you expected.
A woman recently expressed her disappointment after claiming that the “cheesekut” she bought from a night market contained no cheese and was instead made using fresh cream icing and dry biscuits.
For those unfamiliar with it, cheesekut is a popular no bake dessert made by layering biscuits or crackers with a sweet cream cheese mixture before chilling it until soft. Its name combines the words “cheese” and “biskut”, the Malay word for biscuit.
Cheesekut reduced from RM15 to RM10
Sharing her experience on Threads, the woman said she bought the dessert at Pasar Malam Jeniang Batu 10 in Kedah.
According to her, each container was originally priced at RM15, but the seller offered it to her for RM10.
However, when she opened the container after reaching home, she was shocked by the dessert’s appearance and texture.
Photos shared in her post showed several layers of dry crackers placed inside the container and covered with a thick white filling.
What kind of cheesekut is this? There is no cheese at all. Did you use icing instead?” she wrote.
One netizen suggested that she return to the stall and ask the seller to finish the dessert instead of requesting a refund.
However, the woman explained that she only tried it after arriving home, which was around one and a half hours away from the night market.
She also suspected that the seller might not have a permanent stall at the location and could be operating at different night markets.
‘No cheese at all’
Speaking to WeirdKaya, Amy said she could not taste any cheese in the dessert.
According to Amy, the seller allegedly spread fresh cream icing around the sides of the container before filling about half of it with dry crackers. Another layer of icing was then added on top.
“There was no cheese at all. The seller only used fresh cream icing,” she claimed.
Amy added that her aunt and niece also bought one container each, bringing their total spending to RM30.
However, all three of them allegedly found the dessert difficult to eat as the crackers were hard and dry.
“It was not what a proper “cheesekut” should be like,” she said.
Amy said she only managed to take one bite before deciding not to continue eating it.
She claimed that the crackers began separating and rising out of the filling after the first bite.
“I only took one bite. Then I saw the crackers coming apart one by one. It did not make sense at all,” she said.
When asked why she thought the seller reduced the price from RM15 to RM10, Amy said she believed it could have been a tactic to make customers feel that they were getting a good deal.
However, Amy clarified that this was only her personal opinion and that the seller had not explained the reason for the discount.
‘I’m not trying to affect anyone’s livelihood’
Amy also stressed that she did not share the post to harm the seller’s livelihood or discourage people from supporting small businesses.
Instead, she said she wanted to prevent other customers from going through the same experience.
“My post was not meant to affect the seller’s livelihood. I just do not want other people to be treated the way I was.
“To sellers, please be honest when doing business,” she said.
The post gained widespread attention, recording around 790,000 views and more than 14,000 likes at the time of writing.
Many netizens were equally confused by the dessert, with some comparing it to dry biscuits covered with icing.
At the time of writing, the seller has not publicly responded to the allegations.
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