Hello from Malaysia!!

PC problems have prevented me from posting but here is my first post from sunny Malaysia! I went back to my dad's hometown Penang for Chinese New Year, and even though it was dead dead dead (it's mostly Chinese), we went to the famous Gurney Drive hawker center one night and though most of the really good stuff wasn't open, i still squeezed in some tasty stuff. Sadly, the pictures of the main dishes were blurry but here's a couple of the others!!

A shot of the few shops at Gurney Drive that were open. It's a shared space so you can sit down anywhere and order from any of the shops. The food will then be brought to you as it's cooked.

One of my fave appetizer-type Malaysian foods! it's called popiah and i SUPPOSE you could crudely think of it as Malaysian burritos, but it's completely different. The skin is a thinner tortilla-style flour wrap and it's stuffed with tofu chunks, stewed radish (very mild), roasted garlic and plum sauce. Some mild broth is lightly ladled on at the end. Eat it quickly or else it gets soggy! The stuffing has a great mix of textures and the broth makes it all gel. Delish!

Here is my fave drink in the entire world, sugar cane juice! (water?) it's literally just crushed/squeezed sugar cane juice and ice. Sweet, but not as sweet as you'd think and so so refreshing. Here's the stall they make this amazing stuff at!

As you can see, they just run the sugarcane through a grinder and collect the juice. Natural and delish! Processed sugarcane doesn't even compare...

Too bad i didn't take some of the other delish photos including my Penang Asam Laksa and Rojak, but that will have to wait for next time! Miss you C, wish you were there!!