The food journey continues...

Day 2 of our holidays and we are spending most of the day in KL, because our flight to HK leaves at 4pm in the afternoon.

Which means i ring up my best bud Miss M to say hey and wanna eat?!
We asked to be taken to another local place and eat what the locals eat.
Miss M takes us to an old skool kopitiam (i think) to have a Malay/Hainan breakfast.
Break fast in Malaysia is not like breakfast in the western world.. its heavier, greasier and full of surprises.

i opted for the light breakfast, kaya jam, butter & toast. Not a big fan of big greasy breakfasts - i actually don't eat breakfast normally. So this was just PERFECT. I also had a half boiled egg but i gobbled it up before i took a photo - heheh woops.. If you do find yourself in Malaysia one day, this is one thing i recommend everyone to try - toast with kaya jam. Watch out though it can be quite addictive!

The old school kopitiam place we went to was famous for their "roti babi" which translates to "pork bread". As curious tourists we had to order this dish, as it was the house specialty.
Roti babi is bread stuffed with shredded pork meat & cabbages, then the whole package is dipped into a raw egg mixture and pan fried till you get the golden egg skin as you see above. Very unusual meal but very tasty. A savoury french toast maybe?

This was hubby's breakfast - fried hokkien mee, very saucy and tasty.

The only regret we have was not trying the other unusual menu items, such as the pork chop & chicken chop. According to history, Malaysia was colonised by the British and many Hainanese chinese people we hired to cook for the British expatriates. These chinese people were "trained" to cook British foods but put their asian twist to the above dishes. So the pork chop and chicken chop are a mix of fusion asian & western cuisine thats evolved with the times and remains to be a popular choice by the locals. [brief history lesson - if i got facts & details wrong i apologise & feel free to correct me - my info comes from Miss M]. I didnt even take a photo of the dishes, but we did see people eat them. This is definitely on my TO EAT list the next time we go to KL.

more KL food

Come to dinner time and we were hungry for local stuff. This is when the hotel concierge recommended us to Jalan Alor. Food stalls galore, full of surprising and wonderful snacks.
On our walkabouts we came across this "deng deng" stall. As indonesians we call it "deng deng", which is pork mince pounded into flat sheets, mixed in with an assortment of herbs, spices, and sugar. Then its lighlty grilled to give it a wonderful sweet smoky aroma. We didn't end up buying any tonight, but was tempted to because it's not something you can have everyday back in Australia. What was so fascinating about the above picture is the "bacon dengdeng" - i think it was basically bacon treated in the same herb and spice mix then grilled - this i had never seen before. The other side was just normal "dengdeng"

This is a picture of Jalan Alor, packed to the sides with food stalls, people and tables. See how the car just squeezes in? people and food rule here.

Our very yummy black pepper mud crab. We were definitely licking every part of our fingers and crab shells to savour the flavours...

our yummy kung po beef claypot - servings were rather small so it was easy for us to finish everything.

our disappointing chicken satay. meat was dry and the sauce was bland and runny (fail!)

because we're on holidays, hubby and i turn into little pigs. on the way home we came across a super market and it had JACKFRUIT! i love LOVE jackfruit. jackfruit smoothies, ice cream, bubble tea, from the can and fresh - sooo good! This bundle of yellow goodness was about aud$3.00 but worth every penny. each fruit was super sweet and delicious, i could not stop eating them.

our other midnight snack was a crispy popiah from a local chain in KL. it was sooo good and hit the spot even though our bellies were full. what makes it crispy is the crunchy bits inside - as part of the filling of the wrapper skin. definitely a must try when you go to KL.