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 26 September, 2009
Saturday Sungei Wang Plaza’s Hidden Food Court
We found ourselves at one of Kuala Lumpur's many shopping malls, the Sungei Wang Plaza. There wasn't any particular reason for going, but after wandering around the rabbit warren of shopping aisles, we tried to find the signposted food court.

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The strange thing was that the place was listed as being on the fourth floor and we actually found ourselves on the third floor taking an escalator up to the roof, where there was a massive car park.

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To cut a long story short, the roof was a combination of open air and covered car park, but part of the covered bit, behind enclosing walls, concealed the advertised food court in question. Groan.

Anyway, luxurious it weren't, but the food court was pretty big. Though it clearly wasn't peak hour, there were still plenty of diners and so we wandered around the stalls along the walls to choose our meal.

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We ended up at this place which basically displays everything you can get on a massive long table. The chap behind the table gave us a plate of rice each and then we could spoon over as much as we liked from the table to accompany our rice.

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Most of the dishes were repeated along the table, but the variety was there, mixing meat and seafood with vegetables. After choosing, we just showed our plates to a seated woman further behind the table who made a rough calculation and stated the price (which was very cheap - typically for Malaysia!)

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It was difficult to outline exactly what we put on our plates, but aside from the obvious vegetables, we chose a mixture of bbq pork, tofu, chicken wings and curry, amongst other foods. I've no doubt that probably part of the selection was vegetarian (mock-meat) too.

The Sungei Wang website 25 September, 2009
Friday Pickle Buffet
Why a post about pickles? Well, I'm a massive pickle fan and have been all my life. Don't even get me started about pickled peaches (from Hong Kong)! Well, we came across a buffet offering an assortment of juicy pickles in the food court of the shopping mall below the Kuala Lumpur Tower.

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Fantastic! Although I didn't actually know what most of the pickles were. A fair number seemed to be mangoes - all slightly different, but all green in colour. You can see there are a few other items - some plums and papaya I think.

Read more... 21 September, 2009
Monday Famosa Chicken Rice Balls
Chicken Rice Balls are apparently a delicacy in Malacca and we couldn't miss it for all the Chicken-Rice-Ball-emblazoned restaurants around the historic quarter. Famosa Chicken Rice Ball was one of the restaurants, which incidently had several branches in the area.

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On paper, the chicken rice ball didn't sound very impressive to me. Round balls of rice flavoured with a little chicken or something. We popped into Famosa around mid evening and although it was packed, the place seemed to be preparing to close shortly after we were seated, as diners began finishing their meals and leaving. It was only approaching 9pm!

Read more... 12 September, 2009
Saturday Balanced Veggie Food at the Little Green Pastures Vegetarian Cafe
Our friend L took us to the Little Green Pastures Vegetarian Cafe in Singapore's Waterloo Street for a deliciously light lunch. She was keen to take us there as apart from being a vegetarian herself, the food was meant to be superbly colour balanced as well as tasty. Obviously, like me, she's a designer! Have a look at the food for yourself below! However, I do apologise for the yellowish tint, which I couldn't get rid of.

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With a plate each and a bowl of clear broth, the meal was a satisfying blend of visual and culinary stimuli. There's an upturned bowl of brown rice in the middle and this is surrounded by an assortment of vegetables, some lightly coated with a simple sauce.

Read more... 12 September, 2009
Saturday Kaya - Coconut Jam in Singapore and Malaysia
I first discovered Kaya in Singapore and well, its the best thing since butter on sliced bread! Kaya is a sweet and creamy food spread and gorgeous (with butter) on toast. It's a coconut jam that is made from a base of coconut, duck or chicken eggs, flavoured by pandan leaves and sweetened sugar.

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We had kaya on toast in a café just off Waterloo Road in Singapore. It came like a sandwich and rectangles of butter were placed inside along with the kaya spread.

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