NOT a food blog
Food bloggers’ gathering – Part 1 of 3
It felt like a blind date.
I was invited to join a bunch of food bloggers (“floggers”) on a hawker food spree and despite being somewhat extrovertish, I was still nervous. It’s difficult revealing your real life persona when you’ve been assuming a different name all this time. And what a name too – Lyrical Lemongrass is hardly a good description of a person, is it! But I have been sharing a little bit about myself in every post because my life is quite an open book. I’m not very different in real life; what you see is what you get.
I’m glad I did it. I got to meet boo_licious, fatboybakes, rasa malaysia and wmw (and their respective friends). So what happens when a bunch of floggers get together? You get cold food! Imagine this scenario – one plate of chicken wings arrives at the table. Immediately, 5 cameras come out. Politely, the bloggers take turns shooting the picture at the angle of their choice. Plates get turned around until the best angle is achieved. Several pictures are then taken by each blogger. By the fifth person, isn’t it a wonder that the food is still hot?
We decided to meet at Wong Ah Wah at Jalan Alor first. Wong Ah Wah is famous for its grilled chicken wings and I’m not surprised. The chicken wings were nicely charred with a slightly sweet and salty taste that was just wonderful. Apparently, it used to taste better in the old days, but since I have no basis for comparison, I’ll take what I can get.
Along with the chicken wings, we also ordered steamed lala (a type of shellfish) in chinese cooking wine, spicy balitong and a plate of stir fried vegetables. The balitong was quite a chore to eat, despite rasa malaysia’s instructions of sucking the back first then sucking the flesh out through the front. I really tried, but I only succeeded in sucking all the extremely spicy sauce off the shell, and out of 6 balitongs, I only succeeded in tasting the flesh of 3. Certainly a dieter’s boon.
Wong Ah Wah
No. 1, Jalan Alor, KL.
Tel: 603-2144 2463
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.
team BSG
February 24th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
what an interesting night !
We would have been there but alas…
suppose looking at yr pixs also can feel the heat ( or da cold?)
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 24th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
lol, team bsg! The girls tried calling you on the phone that night (u’re a popular one!), but all they got was some hmm..feng tau background music? 🙂
boo_licious
February 25th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Yum! My first time there and I liked their smokey chicken wings even though it was a tad skinny. Am glad you came along and had lots of fun.
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 25th, 2007 at 5:33 am
boo_licious: Yeah, the chicken wings were delicious, weren’t they? I’m glad I joined you guys too. We should do this more often (at the risk of expanding waistlines!). 🙂
wmw
February 25th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Hey there girl! Ha ha…food paparazzi like you said! It was good food and great company. :o)
wmw
February 25th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Oops, forgot…by the way, it’s WMW, not WMV as per your post. ;o) Yah, let’s catch up for some makan and more tales of the sea ok? LOL…
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 25th, 2007 at 7:03 am
wmw: oops! sorry girl! duly rectified. What? You have more tales from the sea? lol
fatboybakes
February 25th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
wow, everyone’s pics look so nice. definetely need to invest in a camera with those big lenses in front….
pleasure meeting yall.
Precious Pea
February 25th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Wahh…nice food..great pictures! Too bad I was not free to join you guys. 🙁
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 25th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
fbb: hehe..I realised that night that you don’t need an SLR camera to be able to shoot nice pics. Rasa Malaysia has a nice cute compact camera which does a fantastic job. She gave me some great tips in taking pics.
Hey, it was nice meeting you too, dude!
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 25th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
precious pea: Yeah, food was great, company was great too. it’s a pity you couldn’t join us, girl. Would have loved to meet up with you.
Tummythoz
February 25th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Awshucks. I missed it all & I’m sure ur later posts are going to make me cry!
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 25th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
lol, tummythoz. And welcome back! 😉
jason
February 25th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
It’s nice to read about the gathering!
Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchy
February 25th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Wow looks yummy! 🙂
Glad the floggers got together.
Nigel
sc
February 26th, 2007 at 12:52 am
your pictures looks gorgeous! and yummy of coz 😉
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 26th, 2007 at 3:51 am
jason: we had a good time! btw, haven’t seen any new posting from you in quite a while? u taking a break?
nigel: we gotta thank boo_licious and rasa malaysia for making this gathering possible. (sounds like an Oscar’s acceptance speech!)
sc: thanks! we try to please. 🙂 food was good too.
jason
February 26th, 2007 at 6:33 am
lyrical lemongrass: not really, just arranging my photos. btw, due to some reasons, i’m not able to take high quality photos… so do bear with those taken with my phone for a while, ok? Gomen nasai~~
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 26th, 2007 at 6:41 am
jason, your cameraphone takes pretty decent pics. 🙂 I enjoy visiting your blog. Anyway, nothing beats the terrible pics I took with my cameraphone for my first food posting on De Foodland Seafood Restaurant. Now that’s what you call really atrocious pics! haha!
jason
February 26th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
lyrical lemongrass: Thanks alot, I like your blog too. Haha, people learn from mistakes. Planning to get a new camera soon *finger crossed* 😉
tigerfish
February 27th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
I love chicken wings and this one looks sooo….delicious! Seems grilled to perfection.
Lyrical Lemongrass
February 28th, 2007 at 3:27 am
jason, u getting a cool SLR? 🙂
tigerfish: yeah, the chicken wings are really good. I will probably go there again for more!
Lee Ping
June 5th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Dear Lyrical Lemongrass,
Thanks for the photos especially the grill.
Lyrical Lemongrass
June 7th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Hi Lee Ping
I’m glad your chicken wings turned out so nice. Next time, I’ll try your recipe.