George Town Curry Chicken and Dalcha (Contributed Article from Ruben Juliarto)

This posting is contributed by Ruben Juliarto, our beloved friend and regular contributor for Jejak Rasa. Thank you and look forward to hear about your next article contribution bro!

On 21 August 2014, I visited Penang Island aka George Town. The City
impression was very good. The city is clean, many historical buildings
and town squares were well preserved. I enjoyed my one day trip there
and delicious Indian dish in Little Indian square.

During lunch time, I chose to come to Kassim Mustafa restaurant, which
was near Indian market. I ordered chicken curry, butter rice and
dalcha. The taste of Indian taste were very strong (was it Indian
masala?). In my opinion, the spices were stronger than Indian food
which I ate in Bandung's Indian Restaurant. After I asked Kassim
Mustafa waiter, I knew that the dalcha soup main ingredients were
vegetables. Dalcha soup was suitable for vegan diet. The soup was
thick and savory.

According to trip expenses note, I spent 7 MYR for curry chicken,
butter rice, dalcha plus kopi tarik. Kopi tarik was coffee plus milk,
and were poured several times which made bubble.

I do hope to go there once again and try out chinese food in George Town.

Enjoy!

The Restaurant

Dalcha & Butter Rice

Kopi Tarik

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Woontoon Pork Noodle (Contributed Article by Ruben Juliarto)

This posting is contributed by Ruben Juliarto, our beloved friend and regular contributor for Jejak Rasa. Thank you and look forward to hear about your next article contribution bro!

I bought woontoon noddle pork near Ayutthaya train station before I
left Ayutthaya for Nongkhai. The price was 35 Thai Bath or about 1 US
dollar. The noddle was served with woontoon, sliced roasted pork,
vegetable and radish. I thought that 1 US dollar was not too expensive
for one bowl of woontoon noddle becuse I got a lot of woontoon and
roasted pork. Before I eat it, I poured nampla (fish sauce) and
grounded peanuts. Enjoy my dinner before night train ride.

Woontoon Pork Noodle

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Khoopat or Fried Rice in Thailand (Contributed Article from Ruben Juliarto)

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On my transit at Dongdok station, Vientiane, I was very hungry so I
went to food stall to order food for lunch. The stall owner offered
khoopat which is fried rice in Thai language.  The price tag is 15k
Laos KIP (almost equal to 35 Thai Bath or 4 Malaysian Ringgit)

For about 1 US dollar, I got plain sup, sunny side fried egg, and
fried rice with shrimps. Sorry you can't see the shrimps on the
picture.

Anyway I also found fish sauce, and didn't know whether the fish sauce
is also called nampla here in Laos.

After I finished my lunch, I prepared myself for 24 hour bus ride
leaving for Hanoi.

Khoopat/ Fried Rice

Local Fish Sauce

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Padthai on Hatyai, Thailand (Contributed Article by Ruben Juliarto)

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My Thai friends brought me to restaurant for dinner. It was on Hatyai,
Thailand, near Malaysian border (Bukit Hitam). Well I let my Thai
friends decide what to order, and they agreed to order "patthai" or
mee goreng in Malay or fried noddle translated to English.

So let see what the restaurant served for three of us who were hungry
and thirsty. (please see attachment)

• three cups of ice, plus glass bottled mineral water.
• fresh raw vegetables/ salad which were served with ice on it
• patthai or fried noddle.

Mee goreng were served with shrimps. For condiment, we could choose
white sugar, salty soybean sauce, grounded peanuts, pepper, and nampla
or fish sauce. I poured 3/4 spoon of fish sauce, and my Thai friend
said that I dropped too many fish sauce. I didn't regret it because
nampla is not too fishy or salty. I could taste the freshness of fish.

I do hope someday I visit Hatyai once more and eat patthai again.
Aloiii (delicious in Thai language)

The Patthai

The Ice Salad

The Fish Sauce

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