Melissa, the mum and I dropped by the Taman Selara Muhibbah (Goodwill Food Park), a hawker centre near my house one night and she was thrilled to bits. She said that she missed this sort of “dining” experience that may be found in every town and city all over the country as they do not seem to have anything like this in New Zealand.
Actually, we went there for the satay but our regular stall was closed for reasons unknown to us – maybe they do not open for business on Wednesdays. Luckily, there was a stall selling that among some other stuff but they only had chicken…
Ah well, beggars can’t be choosers. Thankfully, the satay was pretty good and the peanut sauce tasted great as well.
Melissa and the mum went round the place to look at what the stalls were selling and ordered a few things that she used to like a lot like these fried dumplings, for instance…
…and the fried carrot cake or koey kah…
They also ordered these fried meat rolls served with squirts of mayonnaise…
Then, I went around myself a while later and spotted a new stall and I decided to try this fried sotong (cuttlefish) with salted egg…
…which was quite ok by me but everybody loved this…
– fried brinjal with meat floss.
Did Melissa enjoy herself? Well, this photo says it all…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 