How It Ended

I shall start by telling you how it ended! No one said that I had to start from the beginning. The end was pretty straight forward. I came back and had lunch.



Here I am bored on the way back from my little trip. Traveling via public transport is the way to go! Considering the fact that the oil price has blown sky high, public transportation is a great way to reduce the strain on money.



This is what happened when I'm even more bored. Random pictures!

Now, you might ask what so important about lunch? Ask a Malaysian and they will look at you and stare. Basically Malaysians are GENERALLY really passionate about their food. When it comes to food, the discussion can go on for God knows how long.

We will talk about great places where we had that certain dish, comparing prices and so on. Then some one will cut in and talk about some other place which has better food and then the debate will start on which is better.



Today I shall introduce you to the wonderful cuisine of the "Mamak". These people came in years back to work in the rubber plantations in Malaysia. They were the ones that started this "Mamak" cuisine that has taken the whole country by storm and has roots in Malaysian culture.



This lunch that I am having is the Banana Leaf Rice. Basically you will have your meal on a banana leaf! Your banana leaf will be filled with rice and like the picture, they will just smother it with curry (you have choices of beef, mutton, chicken, and fish).

I opted for the mutton curry and it was fantastic! It was cooked in such a way that your teeth just sink in when you take a bite. The meat was so tender.

The Banana Leaf Rice is just but a small portion of the "Mamak" cuisine. I only have this picture because its what I had for lunch that day =) There are definite more popular and well known dished like the Roti Canai (flat bread which is our version of the pancake eaten with curry). The menu is really wide and it would take REALLY long for me to break it down.

Look at the amount of curry they gave me! Two walloping pots of curry! Gosh, that was definitely a great lunch.

This is where Malaysians usually hang out, whether if its for breakfast of meeting friends. The pulling point of this cuisine is its cheap price and availability. "Mamak" stalls could be found almost everywhere.



Here I am after lunch, unable to finish the rice they put on my plate. I told that guy to give me less rice! Felt kinda bad for wasting the rice but I was seriously bloated already. So that is a little on the "food" side of Malaysia. Enjoy!