Kuala Lumpur is the perfect town for stopover eating: parachuting into town for the few hours between flights. I’ve done it once before but this time was a bit more of a nostalgia trip. For me, breakfast in KL is synonymous with nasi kandar; Malaysian Tamil Muslim food from a cheap restaurant, leaden curries matched… Continue reading Parachute Foodblogging 2: Restoran Nasi Kandar KL
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Five Links on Friday: 22 February 2008
Food Trend: Seaborne Chefs – Marco Pierre White hits the high seas, rented out by P&O Cruises Intestines in Coca Cola – Great Vietnamese offal recipe (in Vietnamese) Rachael at Thus Bakes Zarathustra wants to glass Jamie Oliver – and I want to watch. Food Trends: Malaysia’s Roti Boy and Papa Roti open in Korea… Continue reading Five Links on Friday: 22 February 2008
The last ditch
Saturday night market in Little India, Kuala Lumpur If you could choose your last meal in a country, what would it be? It’s a much more concrete question than some imagined last supper: unless you’re on death row or about to commit suicide then chances are you’ll have no power over the menu for your… Continue reading The last ditch
Three feet high and rising
Cook me a roti three feet high then slather it in honey and condensed milk. No, really. The above roti tisu (occasionally, “roti tissue”) is both the silliest and tallest thing that I’ve ever attempted to eat and succeeded. It came from the roti grill of Kayu Nasi Kandar, my favorite roti chefs on the… Continue reading Three feet high and rising
How to eat an island
Roti chanai and kopi (coffee) Sitting at a breakfast of roti canai and kopi, you start to wonder if the roti could be flakier, less oily. If a few more layers of the papery pastry was possible. If only you’d stopped at the neighbouring nasi kandar vendor who will give you a knowing look as… Continue reading How to eat an island