Food, Food and More Food!

Going outstation means going for food binges!! Living in a multi-cultural community means there are lots of different types of food to savor.

On our outing to Sekinchan we nosed our way down narrow roads to a small family run restaurant which is actually one level above a shack. 

However, the food is fabulous. So it is very well patronized while its neighbor which is a much bigger restaurant did not have any customers. People are always queuing up for a table. The minute diners get up from the table, the next lot quickly sit down before some others can grab it, never mind the table isn’t yet cleared. Here's what we ordered.

                         Threadfin Slices Steamed With Tomato, Salted Vegetable and Onions

                                                      Okra stir fried with dried shrimps

                                                   Sweet potato leaves stir fried in garlic
 

                                               Deep fried calamari with sweet chili sauce


Every dish was delicious.  The Okra or Ladies' Fingers especially were very aromatic.  I couldn't stay away from it!! The "Lala" ( are they mussels?) was very tasty.  We didn't order any crabs as we wouldn't have been able to do justice to the food. There were only five of us and we're all small eaters. Besides, eating crabs can be very messy as we have to use our fingers.

After this lovely meal, we headed off to Kuala Selangor to buy our freshly baked biscuits, hot from the oven!  One type had a filling of sticky treacle while the other had a savory filling.
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Food in Ipoh

Ipoh has very old streets and shop houses, many of which house coffee shops that serve delicious hawker fare. These shops are always full and people usually have to stand and wait for diners to finish eating before they lay claim to the newly vacated table.

A famous dish is the steamed white chicken accompanied by the bean sprouts.

                                                    Some people prefer the roast chicken

The other is a well known dish, the Kueh Teow Hor Fun, a flat white noodle in a soup base served with bean sprouts and steamed chicken slices. Sometimes the chicken is shredded. The noodles are very smooth, unlike those found elsewhere which are not as smooth and are quite thick.

We also tried the dry curry mee (noodles) which my8 cousin says is very delicious and which sells out every fast.

   This is actually dry noodles topped with thick creamy curry.
Ipoh is also famous for its white coffee.

In the afternoon we had a bowl of cendol to stave off the heat.  This is absolutely delicious. The coconut milk is topped with palm sugar and the soft green cendol (small green strips made from pea flour) just about melts in your mouth. It comes in a bowl of shaved ice.

                                                               cold and delicious cendol

Then there are the desserts.  There is a road known as Rainbow City which has a long line of stalls selling all kinds of sweet desserts and supper fare. It opens only at night.

I had leng chee kang.

My niece had fruit salad ice cream while my sister had a red bean dessert.

                                                                   Sotong Kangkong                                                                                                                                                                                                     
We rounded off the evening with a plate of cuttle fish and vegetable Kang Kong. The sauce is sweet and spicy topped with roasted pounded pea nuts. 

Many other types of food are also available in the restaurants but hawker fare is still the best.  Some people think nothing of driving to Ipoh for a meal and returning that same afternoon to have dinner at home or elsewhere.