Malaysia

Dec 19, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Penang street life

Hailing a trishaw on Penang road in Georgetown at around noon.

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Dec 17, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Three feet high and rising

Cook me a roti three feet high then slather it in honey and condensed milk. No, really. The above roti tisu (occasionally, “roti tissue”) is both the silliest and tallest thing that I’ve ever attempted to eat and succeeded. It came from the roti grill of Kayu Nasi Kandar, my

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Dec 15, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

How to eat an island

Roti chanai and kopi (coffee) Sitting at a breakfast of roti canai and kopi, you start to wonder if the roti could be flakier, less oily. If a few more layers of the papery pastry was possible. If only you’d stopped at the neighbouring nasi kandar vendor who will give

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Dec 12, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

Jolly Shandy

“Brewer”: Carlsberg Before people had the option of deadening their palate while getting their booze on with a premixed wine cooler, there was shandy, half beer mixed with half lemonade. It is one of those drinks manages to ruin two otherwise perfect drinks when you make it. I’d first heard

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Dec 11, 2007 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Malaysia is sweet

I’ve left Thailand for Malaysia and am running a little behind on writing. More sweet eating to come from Penang, Cameron Highlands, Melaka, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Bharu and more.

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