Gee!!! They sure have a way with names at this stall…
…at the Ramadhan Bazaar at Bandong here. Addy Adabi Senduk Menari – hey, that rhymes!!! And Senduk Menari means the Dancing Ladle! Hmmm…that sure is a nice way of putting it – how the ladle moves when one is cooking.
According to this sign…
…they sell the local kampung (village)-style delights here…
…and I was rather amused by what they have on their menu here…
…and also here…
…with names of songs such as The Power of Love…and hits by local singers such as Fauziah Latif and Zaiton Sameon.
It would be interesting to see what they would call each dish…
…if they were to label each and every one individually, Labu dan labi for the pumpkin (RM5.00) perhaps…
…and kenek kenek udang for the prawns (RM10.00)…
– the two that I bought home for dinner that day.
If you’ve noticed from the first photograph, they have managed to complete the construction of the hawker stalls…
…in time for Ramadhan. I think there is a ruling in the peninsula that states that they must not start selling before 3.00 p.m. but I guess they are not so strict here so there were a few things available…
…even though I was there at around 2.00 p.m…
…to send my car to the car wash on the other side of the road but many stalls were still closed at the time.
I also bought this rojak (RM3.00)…
…generally known as Rojak Kassim after the celebrated one here a long time ago (now based in Kuching), our version of the so-called Indian rojak though to me it is more like the Indonesian gado-gado. This was really very good but it sure did not come cheap! All that was in it were some cucur (fritters), tofu puff and cucumber. They did give quite a lot of the very nice gravy though so if ever I were to buy this again, I certainly would want to add my own boiled potatoes and egg.
I guess there is no point going too early as there would not be very much one could choose from and buy though I certainly would prefer to go before 4 and definitely not after office hours by which time the place would be so jammed packed and one would probably have to park very very far away and walk all the way to the bazaar and the weather these days has not been all that kind – it’s so very very hot here…every day!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 