I had to go to the GF’s office near the Petaling Street area to collect some documents today, so decided to leave a bit early and go to one of the many anonymous Burmese cafes dotted around the area. I went to Gantawin, perhaps the safest option as it actually has a marker on Google […]
Night market
The GF left for London last night, bearing a suitcase full of demons. Fortunately he was not asked to open his bag, as while the demons were perfectly legitimate, they would have been quite odd to confront a customs official with. The boxes are also gone, and with them my cold. And the air conditioners […]
Dosa desire
I went for lunch to the newly opened Mavalli Tiffin Room, the outpost of a famous Bangalore restaurant. The delicious, if sleep inducing masala dosa, with a little pot of ghee to pour over it, and a rava idli, made me feel very sad indeed to be leaving Asia where the food burns so brightly. […]
Virtuous edutainment
Our flight wasn’t till the late afternoon so in the morning we went for what was reputed to be amongst the best nasi kerabu places. It was packed, despite being a Friday (weekend in Terengganu) and the day of Shab-e-Meraj, commemorating the Prophet’s ascension to heaven. Nasi kerabu is rice dyed blue with pea flower, […]
Roti john
I went for perhaps the least nutritionally dense meal I have ever had. I took the LRT to Dato Keramat in the Ampang area, where there are lots of food shops and stalls clustered in small markets near the station. It’s a largely Malay area, unlike most of those I normally frequent. There is located […]
An instagrammable moment
The photo is of my post lunch snack: oolong tea and a sesame ball, neatly arrayed on a little tray my sister gave me as a birthday present. Lunch was curry chee cheong fun from the downstairs market from a stall with a gloriously self-mocking Chinglish sign. It was very tasty and I see now […]
Sad river
This is a photo of the Klang river as it passes under the Masjid Jamek LRT station. A truly pitiful sight. To be fair, there is now a regeneration effort to release the river from its bounds, or at least clean it up and make walking paths alongside it. For now, however, it’s a dank, […]
Duck rice
The GF is off to Dhaka for a week, but we had time for a quick lunch of duck rice from Kenny Hill. Quick in eating, but it actually took about an hour to arrive. Had he not had a flight to catch it would have been worth the wait; it was delicious and I […]
Leaving home
Our next step has been confirmed and we will leave KL in the coming months. The city has become a sort of home, and life here has become life rather than an interlude. This was brought home at our celebratory dinner last night at Sushi Azabu where the staff recognised us and greeted us as […]
Gong xi fa cai!
Our building celebrated Chinese New Year today, with a lion dance and a dragon dance and a small banquet. I was glad especially to see the lion dance, as though I’ve seen the ‘dance’ bit of it quite a few times now, I’ve never been around, or close enough, on time, to watch the ritual […]