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: : Asian Junk Food: :

Thought I’d put this up just for the heck of it. Yes, Asians do have their own version of junk food. In fact, it’s been around for years and years.

Dried Plum Version 1

Tapioca Crisps

Dried Plum Version 1

There are so many different types of plum out there it’s hard to list them all. This snacks reminds me of my childhood days of buying snacks at the school canteen during break-time/recess. This is sweetened but nowadays, artificial sugar is used rather than the real stuff.

Tapioca Crisps

One of the best I’ve had so far. It’s not oily. It’s crunchy. Very spicy from the chillie. Not too sweet. Not too salty.

Both snacks were bought at a Timbang Outlet (Timbang = Weighing in Malay) at Big Fresh Supermarket, Tabuan Jaya. All snacks are bought according to weight. Kinda like a sweet soup but this time for junk food.

: : Expert : :

Went to Tabuan Jaya for lunch today with some collegues from work. Had to persuade them to give me some time to take shots of their meals before tucking into them.

Hurry up, Rowena! Hungry lah!

Okay okay okay.

Tang Hoon Soup

Kolo Mee Pok

Chicken Rice

Tang Hoon Soup

Direct translation : glass noodle. Yes, it is transparent, made from rice. PL got it from the Fish Ball King stall. It’s not the best tasting Tang Hoon Soup but will do. For a better choice, there is always the Chinese Temple at Carpenter Street. Anyway, the soup also has a lot of other extras inside : the fish balls, meat balls, deep fried fish skin, tauhu stuffed with meat, plain tauhu, deep fried tauhu, crabsticks and others. At this stall, you get to choose what you want to eat although I always make the mistake of taking too much!!

Kolo Mee Pok

Mee Pok is the flat egg noodles. Cholesterol bomb but definitely tasty. The mee is first cooked in boiling hot water. Then, it is mixed with salt, soy sauce, sesame seed oil, pepper. Garnishes include char siew (sweet roasted pork), minced pork, fish balls, spring onions. Sarawak Kolo Mee has a unique taste to eat and is a big favourite among the locals and West Malaysians!

I had this from the Singapore Chicken Rice stall. The good thing is the chilli-garlic sauce by the side. Very nice. The rice is cooked with chicken fat and chicken stock. It’s accompanied with roasted chicken and a bowl of soup.

Well, that was lunch! Expert Hawker Center is at Tabuan Jaya, behind Bank Utama and next to Thompson’s Corner. It’s so-so but it’s a typical lunch spot.