Gourmet Garden

I have been thinking about Malaysian food for quite some time. So last Friday, Anand and I went to this food court in Markham that sold Malaysian food. Markham is about 30 minutes drive from Toronto if there is no traffic jam. It is a suburb that is mainly populated by people of Chinese descent.

So in this food court, there were 4 shops. One selling the usual roast duck/chicken/pork, another selling Philipino food and another selling Cantonese food. The fourth and most popular one is Gourmet Garden, selling Malaysian food. The menu is extensive! Even have bak kut teh, poh pia (weekend only), asam fish, ayam percik. Anand and I ordered Char Keow Tiao, Petai Asam Udang and Roti Canai with Chicken Curry.

Anand had never eaten petai before. He said it tasted like paper. Only the next day did he understand why I said it is also called stinky beans. Value for money is good. Taste is good, except that the Chicken Curry was salty. My Char Keow Teow is good but not the same as home. Maybe the Keow Teow we get here is not the same. The funny thing is that we both felt heavy after dinner. Not sure if it is due to the fact that we pigged-out (large portions - the Char Keow Teow can be shared with 2 people), or is it the MSG?

So we'll go back and test again :)

Teo Chew Fish Ball Noodle, China Town

For dinner we decided to head towards China Town as we heard that the food there is one of the best as well as being very reasonably priced.

Before we boarded the MRT to China Town, we were faced with the problem of how to use the "high tech" ticketing machine. It took us quite sometime to figure out that the machine was equipped with a touch screen monitor...duh!!!!..being the jakun that I am, Kar Wai bravely volunteered to be guinea pig. After a couple of minutes he managed to figure out how to purchase a ticket.

Upon reaching China Town we promptly headed towards the "People's Park" Food Court. I was on a mission, I wanted to satisfy my craving for chicken rice after a disappointing chicken rice meal for lunch.

However, upon entering the food court Kar Wai noticed that most diners were feasting on gigantic fish balls. When I say gigantic I mean the fish balls were bigger than ping pong balls. So we went in search of the fish balls and came across this stall. A long line of people were forming in front of this stall and based on the logical deduction that if the locals are patiently queuing up to buy a bowl of this fish ball it must be good.

While waiting in line, I took the opportunity to snap a few photos of the Aunty behind the counter preparing the noodles. She worked continuously without any rest, scooping steaming portions of noodles and fish-balls into bowls to be served by her assistant.

After waiting patiently for more than 15 minutes I was served this....look at the size of the fish balls!!!. I paid SGD4 for a large portion, Kar Wai Paid SGD3 for a regular portion. The difference? He got 2 less fish balls. I am really not able to articulate the taste and ecstasy of each bite. To put it bluntly, each bite felt like an amalgamated explosion of taste...it was and still is orgasmic...as I type this my mouth is literally watering...maybe I will head there again for lunch tomorrow haha.

As it was so hot and humid in the food court, plus the fact that I requested for an extra spicy portion resulted in me sweating profusely...I certainly got a few strange stares from the locals.

Antony Bourdain, if you are reading this...head on over to China Town in Singapore and que up at this fish ball noodle store at the People's Park Food Court and be prepared to enjoy an orgasmic gastronomic experience.

SS19 Subang Jaya Ramadan Food Market

We decided to head towards the food market in SS19 on Sunday. Parking as usual was a problem. The food market was so packed with people or all races and religion buying food. This is the absolute beauty with Malaysia, multi-racial and multi-religion. Politics asides, I think people on the street get along extremely well without any prejudices at all. why can't our politicians get this right???

Food...oh...Food...For those of you based overseas...salivate on this hahahaahahahahhahaha...