Malaysia holiday : part 2

When Ming asked what we wanted to eat for dinner one night in KL
S and I quickly replied "Hawker Food!!" or basically anything in an old style family type food court. Ming said it could get a bit messy or dirty there since theres a wet night market near the food court, our reply..EVEN BETTER!!

as a tourist staying in the city, you wont really get the chance to hang out in local food courts with a nearby wet night market. so we were very eager to see what the markets had to offer.

first up, an oyster omelette ...i've never had it before and boy it tasted soo good.

the eggs were nice and fuffy, just the right amount of grease and the chilli had a nice sour tang to it... damn... it all went down soooo easy.


next... ming's cousin vincent bought a bundle of these.. malaysian otak otak.
i've had otak otak before, but indonesian style. these were the same but different at the same time. malaysian otak has spices and bumbu incorporated into the fish paste, indonesian otak otak is plain ... we add a peanut chilli sauce that adds the flavour in the end.

ming's fried udon noodle. (that's what they looked like)

and my laksa... it was not easy eating this in 30 degree humid weather. but i had to have laksa while i was in malaysia. i washed it down with a sugar cane drink as seen in the back ground.

last but not least... my all time favourite... chi cheong fun.

i cant believe they sell this stuff every where...

i've only ever seen chi cheong fun at dim sum... but hey.. im not complaining.

I love all this hawker food stuff,
the flavours are good and the prices are friendly!
really cant wait to go back to KL
luv.clio

Malaysia holiday: part 1

many moons ago we went away to malaysia and (supposedly) thailand.
the thailand part did not eventuate... due to factors beyond my control...
(stupid thai riots!!...grrr!!!)... you read more about it in my previous blog, because im not going there again.

anyways... when we arrived in malaysia we were picked up by some close friends of ours.
and from the airport we went straight to a small hawker food stall that sold great indonesian style bakmi. sorry no pictures, we were too bewildered, hungry and excited to think about taking photos of food. food was simple and tasty and we had our first bak ku teh soup in malaysia.
it was VERY nice and did the trick.

from there we went straight to the malls... i cant remember the name but its the one with the egyptian theme at the entrance. at the mall we exchanged money and tried many snacks that was sold through out the place. my most memorable snack was a tako yaki - japanese octopus balls.... it was the start of many more tako yakis throughout the holiday.


from the shopping centre we started thinking about dinner... what to eat? where to eat?
restaurant at the shopping mall? or go hawker food?
screw the restaurants... we want hawker food! good cheap local eats ... yum....

and so this is where we ended up, petaling jaya in some huge open style food court.
and we pretty much went stupid and ordered with our eyes and noses ... because EVERYTHING smelt soooo goood...and yummy.

this is Brandon .. our friends son... such a cutie pie!

fruit juice!! yum!!! to tell you the truth i cant remember what juice this was (simon ordered it) but it was a huge mug and it was like RM5? sooo cheap!! in the background leni had a watermelon juice which was very nice too.

30 sticks of chicken and beef satay with longtong.

grilled to perfection and the meat was soo tender and full of flavour.

our little sting ray.

i've never had sting ray before but its a very nice white tender fish, cooked in a local sambal sauce with these wierd local beans. so yummy!!

grilled squid again with a local sambal and green beans

this was a really delicious meal, we tried so many new and different things that night and i just want to say thank you soo much to leni and gary for picking us up from the airport, showing us around and then taking us to the hotel. we really appreciate your friendliness and hospitality in showing us around that day. Cant wait to go back to malaysia!

luv.clio

ps: looking at all these foods is making me drool

im just not meant to be a baker

GRRRR

just made a batch of choc chip and macadamia cookies and i flunked!!
ARGHHH its sooo annoying!
and its not the first time i made them either.
i made them a couple of times before with simon's mother and they were a success

maybe the secret ingredient/skill was her?
i give up...

stick to cooking i guess

sad.clio

i found some hot shoes!!

i found some very petty, drool worthy shoes...
just totally out of my price range ..
but hey this little girl likes to dream that she has won lotto..heheh
its about $900US from saks.com

got to keep buying lotto tickets... :P

clio.

ps: still hunting for a hawt dress

i hate school

i hate school
im sooo stressed out
i feel like such a shit teacher
i hate writing programs
i wish the school holidays were here... sigh

sad.clio

flat footed

i just found out i am flat footed.
wow... i always thought i had a normal arch... but i guess you always learn something new.

luv.clio

just read, just watched, just loved

Last weekend i started reading the boy in the striped pyjamas, it was soo good i couldnt put it down and finished it within 2 days.

Its a fantastic story about a german boy who makes friends with a jewish boy at a concentration camp. They somehow maintain a friendship on opposite sides of the fence. Its a very innocent story of friendship during a pretty horrible time in history.

I loved the book and coudnt wait to see it in film.
However i have a personal rule to finish any book im reading before i watch the movie.

The movie was slightly different from the book but the storyline is pretty much the same.
(I hate that!!) But the boy who played Bruno was sooo adorable! The 2 boys did a great job and i recommend everyone to read and watch the boy in the striped pyjamas.

luv.clio