Food Type: Chinese Category

1. “Queue up and you’ll get your food faster,” the lady at the stall said in a low voice.  “If you order and go back to your place, you’ll have to wait longer for your food.”  In Malay, our language of communication – “Awak tunggu sini order ar, awak dapat cipat-cipat lor.  Awak duduk ar, nanti tunggu lama […]

In the town of Serendah, there is a tiny shop with a handpainted sign proclaiming its sweet treats within. Palkova, it says in Tamil lettering.  Barfi.  I grew up eating this, a solidified milk and sugar confection, and so the extreme sweetness doesn’t bother me.  The barfi here doesn’t have the anticipated rich buttery softness, but […]

1. Headlines: Blogger and friends detained for crashing wedding dinner Yes, Yang Arif, we crashed a wedding dinner.  No, Yang Arif, we weren’t aware that there was a wedding going.  Yes, Yang Arif, we saw the school buses and cars parked outside the restaurant.  And the wedding entourage, yes.   Yes, Yang Arif, I’ll get new […]

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Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.