Sunday, June 21, 2009

Was it worth it?

I began to dread the fact that I agreed with mama the night before to go to the Pasar Tani, Shah Alam at 7am. It didn't help that I only fell asleep at around 4 am. I was so engrossed in this book that came highly recommended by mama entitled 'Fragrant Rice'. Initially I told myself that I would only read a couple of pages. Well, those couple of pages ended up being 117 pages. Hahahahha...Talk about a page turner. Anyways, as mama knocked on my door, I was so tempted to cancel our plans and continue on sleeping. But then I thought, what the heck, I should just get my lazy behind up and go. Mama has already before that told me about this famous 'gerai' at the Pasar Tani that sold 'Sup Gearbox'. Being me, I can't say no to food.
On our way to the Pasar Tani (tried to capture the sunrise but obviously failed. hahhaha....Sunrise behind coconut tree)
So off we went to the Pasar Tani. We got there at around 7.20 or so and got a good parking spot. Oh I forgot to mention that one of the main reasons why we wanted to get there early was to secure a good parking spot. If you arrive later, there is a possibility that you would have to park far and walk for quite a bit.
Mama at one of many vegetables store. Love the petai hanging in the background :)
The Pasar Tani sold pretty much everything. They had plants, clothes, fruits, vegetables, the freshest seafood, chicken, beef, lamb, etc. As well as my all time favourite, the reason I am up so early on a Sunday morning... Cooked food. Yummmm...Roti canai, nasi lemak, kuih-muih, fried koay teow, bihun, keropok lekor, roast lamb and chicken, and the list goes on. I was salivating and was spoilt for choice! In the end this was what mama and I settled for: the famous 'sup gearbox', soto ayam and nasi lemak. hehehhehhe... Yes, when people dine with me we tend to over order. hahhahaha... Food was good and I was stuffed. And no, we did not finish all the food in one sitting. We ended up 'bungkus-ing' leftovers from the soto and sup gearbox.
Sup Gearbox (RM13.00and worth every penny). They even give you a fat straw to suck out the bone marrow...sinfully delicious!!! The happy faces of yours truly when she is presented with oh! glorious food...

The reason to love breakfast! Nasi lemak with fried egg, kelempung, daging goreng, sambal. All for an affordable price of RM4.50! Yummmmm!

So was it worth it? 1,000,000 percent yes!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG! I soo miss the food back home. That's one thing you don't get in the UK. Proper Malayisan food. THere are a couple of malaysian restaurants here and there... but nothing beats eating the original! mmm yummm!

Banafsheh Bakavoli said...

Yup, u're right Ling...Nothing beats good ol' authentic Malaysian food made in Malaysia and eaten in Malaysia :)