Category Archives: Malaysia

Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul

I may be in Hanoi snacking on pomelo and digesting a street-side dinner of delicious fried rice with beef, slivers of sweet lap cheong and crisp sour pickled vegetable, but I still yearn for cendol. The grass is always greener.
For those who are yet to experience cendol, it is all about pandan flavoured rice [...]

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Sate Kajang Hj Samuri, Kuala Lumpur.

I’ve had a lifetime of bad sate luck. A history of fine bamboo sticks lumbered with giant cubes of gristley chicken inexpertly BBQ’d to charcoal, sauce too bland or sweet. Plus those 6 or so peanut-free years added up to the simple appeal of grilled, marinated meat on a stick with peanut sauce passing me [...]

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Badam Milk, Georgetown.

I love food, I’m a glutton, but I also have a strange mental response to some things edible. There are some things that I just cannot bring myself taste, mental block style.
In January F and I ate our way around Georgetown, Penang. One evening during a 2nd dinner of Tandoori Chicken and average Naan I [...]

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Weird fruit in Miri, Sarawak

Miri, Sarawak. Hot, muggy, tropical. I’m only here as a gateway to Gunung Mulu National Park, and a place to catch up on some sleep. I fail to find impressive meals – though I did have some amazing roti – but I’m not looking terrible hard to be honest. Wandering the hot, sleepy streets I [...]

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Toh Soon Cafe, Penang

How embarrassing! I have been back in Australia for a month and I still haven’t finished telling you all about my holiday. My laziness is especially bad as this breakfast that I am about to tell you about was a revelation.

We had been in Penang for a few days and were dealing with that age [...]

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