samsamsam

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.