Street food of the Year

SSL Noodles.

My tastebuds are now in a lovey-dovey mood with various noodles this stall has to offer. Despite the fact that you could see Remies playing hide and seek, it is still one of the most popular ones in Desa Setapak area. If you love Ratatouille, you should have no problem understanding why such a prestigious award goes to SSL. =p

Meet Plastic. Off-peak hours.

My fave- Gai Bei Yok Choy Xue Xu Meen. Their drumsticks fared better compared to Colonel Harland Sanders'.

Note: Do expect to pay a 20% premium for their street atmosphere. Irony, but true! =)

Blogging at war zone

Explosion of bombs, firing of guns, blah blah. I'm now at a cybercafe, people around me are so obsessed with all those games. A group of secondary students shouted at several hundreds decibels just now to celebrate their (typing) victory, louder that what American armies did when they successfully conquered Afganistan and Iraq.

This is a war zone without real bloodshed. We studied in History that Malaya gained independence without any bloodshed, too, right? Hm, I suppose our late Tunku and friends were some of the world's best gamers.

Singapore in shower.

My recent trip to Singapore brought me another familiar stamp on my passport. Well, I must say the trip did stimulate my tastebuds again. Neither my tougue nor eyes can forget the sexy dining experience at The Hooters. Their waitresses are so sexy that even the most pretentious innocent guy on earth would like to glimpse at them. Some sensitive boys, like primary kids, might even find its washroom orgasmic, as they have sexy waitresses watching over you near the urinals (just pictures la!). =p Anyway, till now I still couldn't believe that I had S$40 (S$160/4pax) dimsum at a famous-but-I-have-forgotten-what-its-name restaurant, near Orchard. The dimsum was great, but the taste was quite similar to Ipoh's famous... and I started to think Ipoh's dimsum is a bargain!

The crowd-puller. Queue to enter.

Some of the things we had.

Places visited were almost the same as my previous trips (didn't revisit Changi though), but it wasn't boring at all, as they always have lotsa new attractions to offer. (I've blogged about my recent trips over here, here, and here.)

Back home, we had a family raya gathering at KLCC Traders- a place I fell in love since my very first encounter with it sometimes ago. Our room, facing KLCC park, was truly awesome. DIY postcards can be made anytime, due to the magnificent view it has. Staying here has made me dream of owning a unit of Avare.

The view from our room. This gonna be the best postcard on earth.

The rooftop's Skybar is definitely the best bar in KL, offering the best view of the city centre, better than Luna Bar (though the latter has a greater washroom)!

Skybar.

The view from Skybar in the morning.

Thanks to nice coconuts during our buffet lunch at Jogoya Starhill, it made my urine smelled so good that reminded me of the best coconuts on earth that we had in Bangkok, last December. The buffet was really an ecstacy to my tastebuds, too much varieties and yummy. That night, we hopped into the hotel's buggy to Suria KLCC, to get a surprise birthday cake, and we celebrated mom's belated birthday together with relatives who visited us. :)

Ecstacy to the tastebuds. Her tongue proved it!

Something I revisited...

I can't believe that I have to do Add. Maths again. People say Chinese are born with a calculator embedded in their brains. Well, I'm an exception. Due to my poor Add. Maths' foundation, I'm obligated to revisit my SPM texts for some practice on certain chapters- from ground zero! Darn.

I found my ex-school's test pad inside. Hm, what a nostalgic practice!

Last fortnight, we spent our day in Ipoh again after my third appointment with dermatologist at Fair Park. We had dimsum, and this time was at Ming Court (Not our usual, Yoke Fook Moon anymore). Gosh, the restaurant was as sardine as the Putra Lrt during peak hour! Just like others, we waited for our seats by standing there. Lol. I wonder why Ipoh folk never get bored with their dimsum.

At Leong Sin Nam Street, too.

I guess it's a taboo to order orange juice in a dimsum restaurant...

They need a point of sales system. Currently you can order 11 plates and might just end up paying for 2 plates. Embedded calculator isn't flawless.

Thanks to our high metabolism, we can eat a lot. We went on for their salted chicken somewhere near Gunung Rapat. It was quite yummy but the place was really hot. Hey, I know sweat is kinda salty, but they don't need it for their that lil soup, ryte? I conclude that their salted chicken was great for take-away, not dine-in.

So much Ayam Garam boxes, it was meant for take-away!

Again, Malaysia will be celebrating its Birthday. Our nation is gonna be 50 year-old, but many of our politicians are still racist and naive. I shall see who should I cast my very first vote to. Hm.

Anyway, Happy 50th National Day to all colour-blind Malaysians.

p.s.: I've watched some great movies/cartoons recently- Simpsons Movie, and Ratatouille. Both were awesome, but Ratatouille was the best and definitely not to be missed. :)

I heart Remy (and cheese)!
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Taste buds civilisation

Americans are really good in establishing their own F&B businesses and reformat our taste buds to be their creations’ best friend. French fries might be originated from France, hamburger from Germany, and the best coffee bean from Java or Africa. But it was Uncle Sam’s families who popularized them, and we heart them more and more, day by day.

I suppose the history of Malaysian and Singaporean’s kopitiams could be traced back to centuries ago, even before the first European explorers arrived in America. In fact, I believe Parameswara was holding a cup of kopi ‘o’ while resting under the Malacca tree in 1400s. Besides, I also believe that Portuguese navigator and statesman, Afonso de Albuquerque drank cups of iced coffee ‘o’ before seizing Malacca in one of the hot and dry day of 1511. However, it was Coffee Bean and Starbucks that managed to popularize them in 1960s and 1970s, respectively. Do you know why? I seriously don’t.

If Colonel Harland Sanders and Ray Kroc were still alive, they might have been the current Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the United States, if they chose to venture into politics, rather than just preparing the best fried-chicken, milkshake, hamburger, etc. Nevertheless, I could still see the bright future of our kopi ‘o’ (even I prefer frappuccinos), and the exotic varieties of street food. Yea, the latter is what I wanna blog about now (sorry for that long-winded introduction, =p).

Now, let me introduce you some of the really great noodles around my domicile.

A) Yee Fu Mee (aka 'He Fooled Me', =p)

A well-known street food among Kamunting folk. They have been selling their yummy menu since 1980s. 'He Fooled Me' is people's all-time favourite. Despite the large number of people standing near the stall waiting for their order to be prepared every night - for two decades, none of them has managed to duplicate their secret recipes! It has no name. So we usually call it: Esso, he fooled me! - because it's situated beside of the Kamunting's Esso station. Oh, fyi, they were not using Esso gas cylinder, it was Shell! It caters for weddings, too.

This was how he fooled me!

B) Wanton Mee
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This awful-looking restaurant houses the town's awesome Wanton Mee. It's situated opposite of Medan Saujana's 7-Eleven.

Ironically, it was the maid who made me the noodle. She has been working there for years, safe-guarding the recipes from being duplicated. Look, she stared at me furiously when I was taking pictures! Gosh, we need more maids like her.

One tonne noodle? Nah, the portion was less than 100 grams, just good enough for supper.

Craving for more? Let me bring you to the one of the hawker centres in my hometown - Taiping Casual Market...

A very oddly-name Casual Market. I have no idea how it was named. Hm, a dress code, I suppose. It houses some of the best hawker foods in town. Not forgetting the best and not-so-fruity's Ais Kacang.

Uh oh, that guy with a pink shirt didn't obey the dress code!

Stall No.48 serves one of the best desserts in town...

...'Leng Chee Kang'.

Recipes of the Year

Revising for a test could be really boring for me, especially for accounting-related subjects. In one of the wee small hours last week, I decided to make good use of my newly-bought, non-stick mini pan for some self-created unique recipes. Frankly, my creativity was kinda good as they turned out to be unexpectedly yummy. ;p

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Well, good things should be shared, right? Here you are- my mouthwateringly unique recipes:

(A) Fried Egg with Cheddar

Add a slice of cheddar cheese on top of the egg and fry it slowly on a hot plate for about 4 to 5 minutes with a slight amount of cooking oil, soy sauce and pepper added, of course.

Voila, the pretty side of tempting Fried Egg with Cheddar.

The not-so-pretty side of it. Fried Egg with Cheddar - The cheapest yummiest food available on earth (slightly exaggerated though).

(B) Sandwich with Fried Cheddar Cheese

Add a little amount of cooking oil (no soy sauce and pepper, please) and fry the cheese slowly until it melts evenly.

Next, spread it on a bread slice. Look, It sticked stubbornly on it!

Note: The taste buds of people might vary. =)