Consolation…

I had arranged for another cousin of mine to pick me up at 2.00 p.m. but at that time, I was still having cakes and coffee with my other cousins so I asked her to pick me up where I was and off we went to the Green Road shops where this lady would set up her stall to sell her nyonya kueh and chang in the afternoon but unfortunately, she wasn’t there. What a disappointment!

Well, at least we did find some consolation here…

…where I had their super delightful ang tao peng…

…with just the red beans…

I am not all that fond of the wriggly slithering cendol.

Boy!!! The place was packed…

…but thankfully, turnover was high and there were always people coming and going so it was not all that difficult to get a table.

I heard that the belacan bihun here was good – people seem to love it so much but I had never had it before. I did see a lot of people eating that at one place here but I was kind of put off by the smell so I did not give it a try then. Having heard so much about it, I ordered a plate…

…but wait a minute! That was rojak paste – I think in its raw form, it is called otak udang or something like that, not belacan…and that certainly was not the smell that I detected a long time ago at that other place. No, I did not think it was all that nice and no, I did not think it was anything I would want to have again…ever.

My cousin went across the road to this coffee shop, formerly known as Peterson…

…to buy some of the hay peah (prawn fritters) and everything else…

…and the fried tau kua (bean curd cake)…

– I wondered why they had packed this separately…when we were going to eat it all up right away, anyway….with their special chili dip…

…with lots of crushed peanut in it.

When we were done, I decided to walk over to the shop myself and yes, the young and handsome boy that I saw last year was still there…

…busy frying…

…all the stuff…

…and of course, the hay peah…

…as well.

If you’re wondering why I went over, it was because I wanted to buy some of the hay peah home so I could fry them myself to enjoy as and when I would feel like it. Gosh!!! There were so many customers here too so I did have to wait for quite a while for my order to be packed to take it away with me. They were so very busy that they did not even have the time to put away all the money properly and they simply stuffed it under the trays in the glass cabinet…

– just imagine that!

We went back to the Green Road shops once again but to no avail – the lady was nowhere to be seen but at least, I had the hay peah and that sure was consolation enough. The nyonya chang would have to wait till the next time I hop over to Kuching then.

My girl was absolutely thrilled and delighted when she came home from Korea and I fried those hay peah for her to enjoy – she loves those too. Well, what wouldn’t a dad do for their kids, eh? And talking about dads, Happy Father’s Day to all…