Making our way back over to Kuala Lumpur we passed through the city of Georgetown on the island of Penang. There’s not much to see or do in Georgetown itself, but it does repute to have the best food in Malaysia… and it didn’t disappoint in that regard. The food here is a mixture of Indian and Chinese flavors with a bit of local Malay style thrown in. One of the things to try and get here is roti, which is kind of a thinly fried naan bread. The stuff is absolutely delicious, usually accompanied by a light coconut curry sauce for dipping. If any of you have eaten at Banana Leaf in San Jose, you know what I’m talking about. Unfortunately, ordering roti at a restaurant was maddeningly difficult. Apparently roti is only a breakfast dish here, and every place we went to only served it in the morning. Dude… As you can imagine, this presented a bit of a dilemma for us as we were now forced to choose between sleeping in late and eating roti. Not a easy choice to make! Lucky for me, Ana went all “outside the box” on me and made it her personal mission to find a place that served roti after breakfast: a Malaysian Dennys (or iHop) if you will. It took her a couple of days, but she eventually found a place called Jaya which was a kind of 24 hour cafe for Indian food. We ordered two kinds of roti: a thin desert-like roti which was a bit too sweet, and a savory roti that had slices of onions cooked in… super duper delicious. In my opinion, the Malaysians are selling themselves short by only eating the stuff for breakfast.
What else? We had a bunch of good Chinese and Indian food… mostly of the street stall variety. Rooms here are cheap but still have lots of character, as most guest houses are converted colonial houses. Our time here was (successfully) non-eventful as we’re trying to store up some energy for our upcoming rendezvous with Ward Miller in Laos. I haven’t seen my childhood friend from Hawaii in almost 3 years, so I await the coming storm which is the drinking blitz sure to follow :o) Wish my liver luck!
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Damn yall are greedy! A couple of days to find Roti?:) So was it better than the Roti in the Carribean? We leave today on the dive boat Carpe Diem in the Maldives today. Pray for us: Holy Trinity time! We are gonna try to get some underwater pics for you guys, we know you'd appreciate it. Remember how bad I was in Australia? Just pray... Bruce
ReplyDeleteHey guys, try some teh tarik or teh halia (ginger tea)w/ that roti prata. I miss it so much :-).
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