Food at JB!
Last night, P, JH and myself drove up to JB, Malaysia for dinner. The occasion: P had recently sold her flat and it came with a small profit, and she decided she should give us a treat :D God bless this girl! :D
Inspite the jams and customs clearance, we arrived at 9pm. Not too late for dinner-supper, I'd say.
First destination: Seafood fare at a hawker place.
1) Stir-fried Crab, Stir-fried Kangkong and Lar-Lar (a kinda shellfish)
2) Stir-fried deer meat, chopped chili in soy sauce (haha, I had to put that description in!)
3) Lar-lar and chili crayfish
Everything's good except the deer meat... I guess that is not a local speciality. The crabs were fresh and the meat sweet. Kangkong is delicious and the crayfish okay. Lar-lar is not too bad. Oh, we also had Fried Oyster, and the chili was "very good", commented by P and JH and verified by me.
I asked them, "So how do you define good chili?", they looked and me and laughed, with the only-you-will-ask-this-kinda-question look and said "Good chili is good chili lah, and.. it would smell good, the chilli is just right..." I added, "It must also have been a 'remixed' chili right? Because chili on it's own is just... Chili." They agreed.
We wanted to head to the jetty to see Singapore from the other side of the sea, but JH realised that the local authorities have diverted the route, and we decided to abandon the idea, not wanting to have another +"Kulai"+ incident happen again :)
Next, we proceed to have "Lok lok", which in Chinese (Cantonese actually) means "Joy Joy".
The stall is a mobile one, and parked outside some dance clubs, along with 2 others. Until our arrival, the stall had no customer. But when we start to order, people start to come over.
1) The variety of food on skewers for boiling and frying.
2) The stallowner (right) and his helper
It was a nice experience. And nice to eat those food too. Especially the fried barbequed pork and yam! My favourites :) Definitely a must-try.
After these, we head back to Singapore.
The Singaporeans who come her for the food actually came here for the nostalgia too. Singapore was like that, till the government decided to make food hygienic for us.
I guess that's what the JB government could bank on. Offering what Singapore don't have, to earn the Singapore dollar.
Earning a living there is not easy. While we were seated at the seafood stall, we've got beggars coming to us, as well as illegal CD peddlers and lottery ticket sellers. They go from table to table, offering their ware to Singaporeans. Practically everywhere we go, there would be someone hoping to get some money from us. Comparatively, I do believe our streets have less of such characters around.
Not making a political statement, just stating my observations (as usual).
I was updating my +Food List+ page and realised that I am indeed a huge fan of food! :D
In fact, I have eaten alot of varieties of food that are available in Singapore (of course, my list is not extensive... Still yet to explore lots of others).
This journey will continue on... To Food City and Beyond! (Hey, that was the immediate line that came to mind! :)
Inspite the jams and customs clearance, we arrived at 9pm. Not too late for dinner-supper, I'd say.
First destination: Seafood fare at a hawker place.
1) Stir-fried Crab, Stir-fried Kangkong and Lar-Lar (a kinda shellfish)
2) Stir-fried deer meat, chopped chili in soy sauce (haha, I had to put that description in!)
3) Lar-lar and chili crayfish
Everything's good except the deer meat... I guess that is not a local speciality. The crabs were fresh and the meat sweet. Kangkong is delicious and the crayfish okay. Lar-lar is not too bad. Oh, we also had Fried Oyster, and the chili was "very good", commented by P and JH and verified by me.
I asked them, "So how do you define good chili?", they looked and me and laughed, with the only-you-will-ask-this-kinda-question look and said "Good chili is good chili lah, and.. it would smell good, the chilli is just right..." I added, "It must also have been a 'remixed' chili right? Because chili on it's own is just... Chili." They agreed.
We wanted to head to the jetty to see Singapore from the other side of the sea, but JH realised that the local authorities have diverted the route, and we decided to abandon the idea, not wanting to have another +"Kulai"+ incident happen again :)
Next, we proceed to have "Lok lok", which in Chinese (Cantonese actually) means "Joy Joy".
The stall is a mobile one, and parked outside some dance clubs, along with 2 others. Until our arrival, the stall had no customer. But when we start to order, people start to come over.
1) The variety of food on skewers for boiling and frying.
2) The stallowner (right) and his helper
It was a nice experience. And nice to eat those food too. Especially the fried barbequed pork and yam! My favourites :) Definitely a must-try.
After these, we head back to Singapore.
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The Singaporeans who come her for the food actually came here for the nostalgia too. Singapore was like that, till the government decided to make food hygienic for us.
I guess that's what the JB government could bank on. Offering what Singapore don't have, to earn the Singapore dollar.
Earning a living there is not easy. While we were seated at the seafood stall, we've got beggars coming to us, as well as illegal CD peddlers and lottery ticket sellers. They go from table to table, offering their ware to Singaporeans. Practically everywhere we go, there would be someone hoping to get some money from us. Comparatively, I do believe our streets have less of such characters around.
Not making a political statement, just stating my observations (as usual).
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I was updating my +Food List+ page and realised that I am indeed a huge fan of food! :D
In fact, I have eaten alot of varieties of food that are available in Singapore (of course, my list is not extensive... Still yet to explore lots of others).
This journey will continue on... To Food City and Beyond! (Hey, that was the immediate line that came to mind! :)
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