One of my favourite exhibition is of food, of course! Something super dear to my heart, cause I love to eat! And this post is all about the food section. Above is a roadside Malay Kueh stall. It's a bit modern than I remember them to be. I did talk to one of the owner of the museum, and he told me they actually use some 3D printing to do up some of the miniature. For the above, aside from the mouth watering looking kueh, I really like the red plastic stool. They are a bit out of proportion with the table, but they look so nostalgic.
Next is a typical Chinese breakfast stall, selling those chinese traditional kueh, but in this one, they have some indian snacks like putu mayam too. There is also always a big container of fried beehoon and mee for breakfast in any respectable breakfast stall. And Yam Cake, always there too. It's a sight that reminds me of breakfast in the market. Again, very nostalgic. Thankfully where I am staying now, I can still walk to the market and get this experience :)
Kacang puteh stall! With the kacang puteh man. I love this stall so much. They can be found usually after school while waiting for bus, or outside the cinema, or at the pasar malam. For me, I used to stay near a convent primary school. So every evening, I would walk there and buy 40cents worth of kacang puteh from the friendly Indian uncle who wears the traditional white sarong you hardly see these days. I must have spend a fortune there! All my childhood pocket money! When I'm feeling rich, I might even buy those chocolate coated nuts!
Cut fruit stalls, usually found in Pasar Malam, outside school, and roadside. I never buy from these stall though. Cause in school they always show flies around such stall. So due to hygiene purposes, I never buy fruits from cut fruit stalls. Now that I am older, the more I avoided them, mainly due to cost. I can cut my own fruits myself without paying extra thank you very much!
In Penang, we don't have a standalone chestnut stall. We have chestnut pushcart. And again, it brings back memories of night time stroll along Gurney Drive, and having hot chestnuts with my family. The smell of it alone triggers so much memories. Now that I am a grown up, I realize how expensive chestnuts are! I don't buy them as snacks to eat any more, but occasionally I buy the packets one and throw into my mixed rice as a meal.
Satay stall. Not part of my childhood. In Penang, pushcarts are more of a thing. And we have halal satay, meaning with pork, and best of all, pork intestine! Interestingly the best satay I had was in Kajang by accident, when my friend got us lost in KL....It was a lamb satay :)
Dim sum, still very much an alive culture everywhere. You can go to fancy restaurants or cafe for them. For me, I always go to run down ones where old uncles sit around and complaint about life, each caressing their own teapot with their own personal tea inside of them, lol. If you have visited me in Penang before, you will notice I hardly ever bring you to a nice restaurant to eat. For me, the best food in Penang are eaten at the market, at the streets, the night market, or old run down restaurant. If they are sparkling clean, it would be expensive, and most importantly, not authentic. I like to eat at places where I have eaten since I was ten years old. I like to support those vendors, who kept the memories of my childhood alive. Plus, that is the real taste of the people of Penang :) If I went to a new restaurant with you, you can be sure we are not that close a friend :P
Youtiao and fried dough stall! Unhealthy, but part of my chinese culture. From time to time, I still eat there. But these days, I prefer my youtiao soaked in either porridge, bak kut teh soup, soya milk or coffee!
Lok Lok stall is also famous in Malaysia. Usually found in food center or night market. Strangely, I am not a fan. I only eat them if I am with someone and they want to experience it. To me, every stick can be cheaper if I make them at home!
But it is part of Malaysian culture, so please preserve it!
Above is an old stall ZhiChar stall. ZhiChar refers to customised dish, meaning you can order anything and ask them to cook it anyway you like. But usually they already have a set of options available for you to pick from. I do love ZhiChar stalls, but I also find them expensive. Something to eat on special occasion only. Above is the front view, look how detail it is.
And what is amazing that this here is the size view of it. The detail is amazing! I love the leftover rice on the scoop, the traditional chinese calendar, the red paint on the chopstick so that owners of the stall can differentiate which chopsticks are theirs. MinNature Malaysia, you blown me away with your details.
Here is a roast meat stall. Looking at the hanging meat is making me salivate!
But what is amazing is the ariel view of the stall. Nothing is left out. I know we have VR these days, but looking at these seems to trigger more of my sense :)
Now if I didn't mention it, and you just looked at the above photos, would you have though those are real vegetables?
And this is a typical dry good stall you can find in older wet market. Above is the front view.
And this is the size view. I still buy from shops like these, especially the soya sticks in paperbags. I love them. I love pulling the bags from the hooks.
Coming to an end now, above is a prayer offering table. I'm not sure if it is a Hokkien New Year setting, cause it has bamboo tied to the table. When I was younger, we use to pray like this, but not with a whole pig. We pray with cooked dishes and rice. Above is perhaps from a different dialect group, cause they have meesuah on the table. Perhaps Singhuanese, or putien area. Best thing about such prayers is when it's over, all the food has got to be eaten! Yum!
And lastly, the home dining table of a humble chinese family. Some of the best meals are eaten here. Usually involved white rice, fried eggs, soup and some meat dish, lol. A humble meal is sometimes the best meal to have.
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