Not what I was looking for…

I wasn’t all that thrilled about the kim kua koi or Chinese steamed pumpkin cake that I bought the previous day, so the next morning, I dropped by my regular fruit and food shop in the next lane where they usually sell that in the morning.

Unfortunately, when I got there, I saw to my dismay that they did not have what I was looking for, just the or koi (RM2.00 a block)…

…or the Chinese steamed yam cake. Left with no choice, I just grabbed two packs and headed home. Those people at the shops get a lot of things for sale in the morning, delivered by people who make them at home, for breakfast and in the afternoon too, for tea.

The ladies in the house would not eat or koi steamed just like that – they prefer it deep-fried so that was what I did with the two blocks that I bought, sliced and each coated with egg…

I tried some and I thought it was really very good, all mashed yam and not jelly-like and wobbly like those inferior ones where it is mostly flour, hardly any yam…plus salt and a lot of msg. I loved the ones at the canteen in the school where I was teaching before I retired – they had chunks of yam in theirs. I’ve retired some 13 years now so I wouldn’t know whether they are still doing it or not.

I managed to get four slices from each block so that worked out to 50 sen each and I thought that was rather expensive. I remember buying them at that price outside and I did not have to go through the chore of frying them but my missus said they are definitely a lot more expensive now, some even going up to RM1.00 a slice. Ah well! I guess it is all right as long as it tastes good, worth what you pay for…and you will not feel shortchanged in the end.

SWEE HUNG (2.316161, 111.840441) is located along Jalan Ruby, in the block of shops, the one on the right of the parking area in the centre – next to a hair salon at the extreme end…and on the other end, to the left is the Kim Won Chinese Medical Store and LAUDATO SI’ CANTEEN (2.287292, 111.832110) is located in what was previously known as the Catholic Centre in the compound of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jalan Lanang and St Rita’s Primary School, Jalan Bukit Assek.