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laksa

team bsg writes: no matter what people say ...some things never change.after the Big Fight , lets eat !malay laksa chinese noodles indian roti malaysian cendul malaysian iced kacang.the way it was ...the way it should always be ...right folks ? read more


Shah Alam Stadium Sunday Morning Market

Malaysia

boo_licious writes: Petai aka stink beansLast Sunday, we finally managed to make it down to the Shah Alam stadium's morning market. I have been dying to go look at the place for quite some time but due to work commitments, it has been placed in the back burner.Beautiful purple brinjals or auberginesThe place is pretty happening with a Pasar Tani (a kind of farmers market) with lots of local produce, food stalls and stalls selling second hand items. It is advisable to come early as it can get packed in the later part of the morning. Luckily, we reached here nice and early.Kundang... read more


pavlova
Lyrical Lemongrass writes: Diamonds usually do it.  But not all the time. When I want to meet up with my girlfriends, I know exactly where to go. And now, there is a new location for the same delectable, titillating, scrumptious cakes…the same variety that was available in Bangsar more than ten years ago. The trademark tiramisu, which is more of a tiramisu cake rather than a tiramisu but oh-so-delicious with its fluffy texture and nutty toppings. The steamed chocolate cake ... read more


Prawn mee
babe_kl writes: Come lunch time, Changkat Ceylon, Lorong Ceylon and Jalan Mesui will be abuzz with activities. It is very popular amongst the office workers around this area to have their lunch at the hawkers at these stretches. I used to come here very often when my office was nearer. These days I will only come here once in a long while due to the distance.There are a lot of good stuff around here ranging from the mixed rice stall located within a Chinese temple along Changkat Ceylon (that leads to Wisma MPL's carpark) which sells vegetarian dishes on the 1st and 15th of the lunar calendar. No doubt the dishes are very tasty but it's super duper expensive, ... read more


Black Canyon

Malaysia

teckiee writes: I wanted to have some pork ribs a few weeks back. First thing that came to my mind was Cagayan's. But too bad, they were not open =( I ended up at Black Canyon instead. It was already late and I was really hungry. Black Canyon is located at the old block of Center Point, One Utama.I usually go for the Lime Frost (RM6.50) which is really refreshing, but I decided to go with the BlueBerry Delight (RM7.95) that day. Frozen blueberry yogurt with fresh blue berries, tasted just so so. The other friend of mine got the Green Tea without Milk (RM4)..which didn't look ... read more


isle of wonders

Malaysia

team bsg writes: Just when you thought Genting Highlands' skyride cable car was incredible , wait till you try Langkawi Island's staggering shot upwards . And before you know it be even more dazzled by this architectural hanging strip of metal curving between two jagged limestone cliffs right beside the superdomes housing the cable car transit stations ! the awesome walk between da valley...& feel the wondrous breeze ! another shocker , a yellow kunyit nasi lemak right on top , winds gushing at speeds of at least 30kph striking your fluffy rice and banana leaf so beware laksa kedah is everywhere on ... read more


Road Food

Malaysia

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Robyn Eckhardt writes: One measure of a country is how well one can eat on its roads. Italy, with its autostrada pit stops serving toasted panini and espresso (and selling hunks of aged parmesan Reggiano and every sort of salumi under the sun), scores pretty high. So does Thailand. On our last tour up north we rarely drove more than half an hour without encountering a tempting edible, everything from barbecued chicken to ice-cold corn juice (incredibly refreshing). Our beloved Malaysia disappoints in this department. The main north-south highway is dotted with official rest stops that dish up nothing of worth. Finding eats in the kampung (villages) lining smaller roads is more often a ... read more


Shave Before Serving

Malaysia

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Robyn Eckhardt writes: A trip to the wet market never fails to turn up something new. This morning's visit to Temerloh's always enjoyable Pekan Sehari ('one-day' market - Sunday mornings only) was no different. Today every other vegetable vendor, it seemed, was displaying small piles of hairy eggplant. We'd seen 'bald' versions of these bristle-haired vegetables in Thailand, where they're called ma-euk; in Nan we learned to squeeze their innards into nam prik kapi (shrimp paste 'dip'). But we'd never encountered them with their fur (we didn't know they have fur), so we didn't know what we were seeing. Malays call this member of the Solanum ... read more


an oldy Modern coffee shop

Malaysia

team bsg writes: noodles & rice , breakfast for 3 Its always refreshing when the latest hippiest eating joints pop up with their one-up-manship manouevers . Watch how many cool cafes have sprouted in the gleaming gigantic shopping malls of late, such as the tummy-breaking jaw-dropping lower ground KL Pavilion Food Republic . Don't you dare accidentally drop one of those giant designer plates and bowls and shatter them into tiny pieces here for they will probably cost more than the tiny boutique ( but hawker) food you were then holding in your trembling hands ! So its always very nice if you meet a fresh little kopitiam far far away for a change. Especially if it tempts with mostly Malay kampung delights plus some Nyonya ... read more


Commerce and Community

Malaysia

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Robyn Eckhardt writes: It's Not All Business at Kuala Lumpur's Pasar Bandar Baru Sentul KLue  January 2008  Issue 111 Text: Robyn Eckhardt     Photos: David Hagerman Should the Ministry of Tourism want images with which to promote multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural Malaysia, it needn't look farther than Pasar Bandar Baru Sentul ('New' Sentul Market). Ramshackle appearances aside, the thirty plus-year-old pasar is a Malaysia-Truly-Asia marketer's dream. The cavernous structure, anchored at one end by a Chinese temple,is located a short walk from Amru Ibni mosque and sits just across the street from Kuil Sri Maha Kaliamman (a Hindu temple). Inside, the market is a seamless transition, over the length of a football pitch, from Chinese to Malay and Indian sections, each populated ... read more


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