its normally teh simple foods that everybody takes for granted that are the ones that are most sought after by wayward visitors coming back.
a roadside stall selling fried fritters, from banana, tapioca, yam, currypuffs, fish dough.
crunchy, oily, tasty
cheap 60 cents bun full of holes and layered with cheap lard inside tasting heavily of some cheap flavour. still, it brings back memories, and worth eating once a year.
the grown up version of the cheap bun, this is the cheap loaf, just as many holes in teh bread, sans the cream. the adults will have to slap on their own choice of lard, in this case, kaya, a coconut derived spread.
perfect tea time suspects: hot milo, cream crackers to be eaten dipped in the milo or spread wiht kaya, tau sah piah (green bean pastry) from Penang, and a huge mug of chilled coconut water.
half boiled egg with light soy sauce ad a dash, or two of white pepper.
indian breakfast: chewey dough with a variety of curries: chicken, dahl or fish. best taken with a bubbly cup of tea.
if that wasnt enough, add an order of tossai. great with chutney.
Yong tau foo which is fish paste cramed into anything, then deep fried or boiled. eaten with a salty soup with noodles, or rice. notice the ubiquitous chilis.
a cold desert to cool down on a hot day. cendol. green tasteless strands of smooth whatever in a soup of brown sugar, coconut milk, and shredded ice. amazing.
little penang cafe is located in mid valley megamall, which i think is the largest shopping complex in south east asia. whatever.
its quite a good joint, with authenthic tasting dishes.
kari laksa.
ais kacang
pieces of banana? never seen this before. kidney beans and attap seeds- my fav.
rice with fern sprouts and a beef dish called rendang hantu. dont know why they call it 'ghost'. probably coz its so spicy you die of it or its so spicy even ghosts are afraid of it.
delicious spicy
large wall mirrors give an illusion of space.
made curry chicken from the instant A1 pack i bought back from KL. super easy to prepare. Made 1kg of chicken curry and invited two singaporeans over to grade my curry-ing skills. also baked two baguettes to dip in the sauce. yum!!!
rice, bread, and curry chicken. you dont need anything else to live.
yup, samsam, truly asian.
another local fav, pan mee aka flat noodles. its just dough that they flatten out and cut into strips.
its cooked in a broth and served with a veg, egg, minced pork, and fried anchovies. eat with a spicy lime-chili mix.
the stalls here are set up haphazardly at the road side next to drains. the philosophy is that the dirtier the stalls are, the better the food, coz the chef concentrates on cooking, and not on cleaning up. thus, the food tastes good. the zooming past cars add some delicious dust to the meals.
as an appetizer, hot black glutinous rice with coconut milk
the main dish
the awesome chili. just looking at it makes my mouth water.
the local famous noodle coffee shop, serves the usual suspects.
hand made egg noodles, with chicken feet stewed with mushroom
'dry' version of the noodles with slices of roasted pork
dumplings in soup. yum
the soup version of the same dish.
and what is a coffee shop that doesnt serve their own mixed concoction of tea dust to make amazing tea with condensed milk?
everytime i go home to KL, for sure one of the meals would be bak kut teh.
two bowls, one is bak kut teh, which is pork ribs in a herbal soup. the other bowl is inerds cooked in a fiery white pepper soup. pig's stomach and intestine to be precise.
name the body part. consume with lots of sliced chili and chopped garlic.
empty plates
went to Garuda, an Indonesian restaurant in Singapore for an amazing dinner.
fried fish with spicy sauce
brinjal with sambal
kangkung belacan
come in hungry, leave with overfull stomachs.
behind my humble house in KL, there grows a fantastic coconut plant. very sweet water and smooth flesh. the only problem is you got to get it from up there.
15 coconuts!
chop chop
draining out the life of the nuts
