https://www.facebook.com/108869145176248/

GULA, 22b Tyne St, Christchurch (2026)

01/09/2023

A WHOLE DANG EPILOGUE

Today marks the end of Gula.
A rollercoaster of emotions this past week has been. A sense of relief, while I was fretting over how to fit a monster truck (the trailer) into such a small space and figuring out where to source power so I can get baking!!, that I don’t have to do this again. A warm rush every time someone told me how much they’re gonna miss Gula. A wave of sadness at the thought of not seeing all these faces. Little moments of hope for the future. Sudden panic that the queue is around the corner and all I’m gonna serve to the crowd is disappointment. And then another wave of relief as I think about not having to feel this way again (selling out within an hour of opening) because my biggest fear is disappointing people.

Every single one of you played a part in Gula’s journey. Whether it was the idiot who sold this trailer to me, or the people who’ve stopped along the way to help the panicky overwhelmed girl trying to drag her trailer up a slope, to the people who show up every week, be it sharing on social media, queueing up at Gula or checking in on me. Thank you for being here!! I can’t believe my luck, thank you for letting Gula be a part of YOUR life.

Special thanks to Rachael from ***ybrewsterchch for creating the warmest comfiest space for Gula to grow all year. I am so so lucky to have met you.

Maybe I say thank you too much but so what? Gratitude is all I have today. Gratitude and joy that you let me get away with doing this for the past 12 months 😅

THANK YOU!!

Sarah xx

P.S. this is a reminder that you can do what you love, whatever your heart desires and stop doing it when it brings you less joy than it did when you started. You don’t have to hold on so tightly onto things that don’t serve you in life. If you are lucky enough to find a way out of it, leave before that light inside you dims to nothing.
Thank you & goodnight!!

27/08/2023

Hello Gula friends, I miss you! Come and have your Gula fix one last time this Friday 💖
A bittersweet moment it will be. I don’t have a clue what the future holds for Gula as I have big plans for myself and don’t see myself running a business again for a while till I have it all figured out.

This Friday, 4pm - 9pm at the Boxed Quarters Night Market with all the cool kids, I’ll be selling the following (no promises here, it’s been a while since I’ve done this and I could very well mess something up 💀)

Menu:
1. Pies - sambal pork, chilli tomato sardine, Kumara & potato curry, chicken curry (limited number of each flavour)
2. Gooey oatmeal raisin marshmallow cookie pies. So excited to make these! I bought rings for them a couple months ago and finally get to use them this week 😆
3. Portuguese egg tarts
4. Cheese mochi bread puffs
5. Milo Swiss rolls
6. Pandan chiffon cake
7. Drinks - orange coffee fizz, calamansi lime coffee fizz, coconut milk latte, pandan latte, Gula Melaka latte, wintermelon latte, Air Bandung

16/08/2023

Join me and other legends at by the wonderful .teek for their night market on the 1st of September!

Y’all wanted the tea and here it is. I’ll be doing events here and there if it fits into my full-time schedule. Prioritising stability over hustle rn is what I’ll be doing for the foreseeable future and I will not feel guilty for this!

Menu to be posted closer to date of market but it’ll be lots of my signature spiral-laminated Gula pies and a few other treats.

See you on the 1st of next month and I might give you a pinch and punch to add to the experience 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

08/08/2023

Gula is on an indefinite break! I’ll continue to fulfil all cake orders placed but I won’t be trading this week for the foreseeable future. Thanks for understanding.

07/08/2023

Ok so I’m back! Promised menu would be up yesterday, it didn’t happen but here it is!!
Specials for the week are…
1. Fresh fruit tarts with brown sugar frangipane
2. Milo swiss rolls
3. Vanilla custard choux with burnt honey and whisky caramel
4. Cheese mochi bread
5. Roti boy bun
6. Spring onion, cheese & mayo bun
7. Iced orange coffee
8. Salted honey cold foam coffee

01/08/2023

❣️ August Pie Menu ❣️
1. Sambal pork
2. Satay chicken
3. Paneer, potato & pea curry
4. Chilli sardine & onion

July came to slay and slay it did, so August said slay purr, count me in

01/08/2023

imagine being a roti boy and everybody loves u

don’t forget i’m not open this satdee!

24/07/2023

Didn’t get any nice photos from last week but thank god for customers sending you nice pics they took of your stuff eh?

Y’all begged and pleaded and cried for another burger day despite the absolute chaos. I’ll consider it but with a lot more planning and allocated time slots in the future.

In the meantime, we’re back to the last week of July pie flavours (Kumara and potato curry, salted egg yolk chicken, beef rendang, chicken curry) before we move on to August!

Speaking of August, I won’t be trading for the first Saturday of August due to family commitments. Back second Saturday of August 🫶🏽

This Saturday though, I’ll be selling the below items 👇
1. Pandan chiffon cake slabs with vanilla buttercream sandwiched between. A pandan chiffon sandwich.
2. Chocolate tarts with hazelnut cream as requested again but this will be the last week of them! I want to make new fun things 👿
3. Yoghurt cream and strawberry swiss rolls
4. Salted honey foam on top of iced filter coffee ✌🏽

15/07/2023

I’ll never get over how my pies look in the morning light 🥺

Someone asked me recently why I call them pies instead of curry puffs. To which I answered, everyone knows what a pie is 🤷🏻‍♀️

What makes them special to me is the way they’re laminated. If you’ve ever had a Teochew Thousand Layer Mooncake before, the pastry for my pies are made in a similar fashion, but with delicious golden butter instead of shortening and lard. This is why they’re not priced any cheaper and also why their flavour and texture is
✨ U N M A T C H E D ✨

Btw, I’m doing pandan mango sago choux, baked chocolate mousse tarts with hazelnut cream and cheese langue de chat cookies on top of Ramly burgers.
Taking preorders for Ramly burgers now!

Also I’d like to take the time to thank those who gave me some nice google reviews, it really helps a gal out! If you haven’t done already and if you’ve bought a cake/pie/drink from me and loved it, if you’d give my business page a nicey google review, that would mean the world to me.

10/07/2023

Just because I’m taking a break from Gula this week doesn’t mean the work actually stops. It doesn’t mean U STOP HEARING FROM ME

These baked chocolate mousse tarts with hazelnut chantilly cream were absolutely phenomenal.

Actual true story - a friend asked if she could buy the last piece off me. Lowkey hoped she’d forgotten so I could have it for breakfast the next day and anyway she had to work late and I was very excited and had it for breakfast and everyone was happy. Ok maybe not my friend. But I was happy.

Btw I’ve decided I want to do Ramly burgers next Saturday. I’m not backing out this time but to help make things flow quickly, I’ll be taking preorders! You can absolutely just pop in and order then and there but preorder if you can.

If you don’t know what Ramly burgers are, they are the ultimate comfort Malaysian street food. They’re grubby, sloppy burgers with cucumber, raw onion, beef patties wrapped in egg with lots of Maggi sauce (non-negotiable), mayo, chilli sauce, grilled buns in Planta. Burger snobs turn away 🫣

22nd July, mark ya calendars.

08/07/2023

can I be frank? i’m gonna be frank.

i’m burnt out. Iim reluctant to give up my part-time job as it my safety net for when business is slow & i get sick leave etc, but i want to do more for gula and also see my friends regularly and live a normal life.

trying to have everything also means burning out easily as i get overwhelmed and overstimulated quickly.

i guess i’m telling y’all this because i need a break from gula next week and am hoping people don’t get sick of me not showing up but life is short and i want to enjoy it.

next week, i won’t be at p***y. i’ll see you week after. thank you!

05/07/2023

If you were to tell 18 year old me that this is what I’d be doing 10 years later, I wouldn’t have believed you 🫢

Baking wasn’t something I really could do. I burnt everything and overcooked brownies. I’m certain I even ruffled some feathers with my host family with my experiments in the kitchen. After all that, all along there was some invisible string tying Gula to me 🪡

My gratitude for you all showing up every week, and tolerating all my random desserts I come up with, is immense and am overwhelmed by all your support, ILY!!!

GULA

01/09/2023

27/08/2023

16/08/2023

08/08/2023

07/08/2023

01/08/2023

01/08/2023

24/07/2023

15/07/2023

10/07/2023

08/07/2023

05/07/2023

Address

Website

Alerts

Shortcuts

Share

Category