Showing posts with label dumplings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dumplings. Show all posts

Friday, May 18, 2012

Delightful Detour

Scene 1: In the car, somewhere along the North-South Highway 

Dad: Mama, where's that place where you can get delicious dumplings?
Mama: (busy reading Google Map)...hmmm...I think it's Tanjung Malim.

Dad: Is it far from here?
Mama: Next exit.

Dad: How far?
Mama: Look for the signboard...ummm...500 metres.

Dad: Phew! Almost missed the turning.
Mama: It's OK. We didn't.

Dad: Now, how far in from the toll booth?
Mama: Dunno. Let's just cruise in. We are not in a hurry anyway.

Scene 2: In the car, after half an hour going in circles.

Dad: Boy....this town has changed so much since we were last here.
Mama: Yeah...that would be about ten years ago.

Dad: Where's the darn shop?
Mama: Dunno. Let's drive around some more.

(...someone in a red car swerved dangerously in front...)
Dad: What the @%&*!!!
Mama: There! On the left...ooohh...we've passed the junction.

Dad: It's OK. We'll make a U-turn.
Mama: Thank Cod there's not much traffic here. Finally....

There...what we were looking for. The famous restaurant that sells the Famous Tg Malim Pau. "Pau" is the local name for dumplings Chinese style.
This freezer welcomes you at the front. Frozen ones to take home. Four types of pau fillings to choose from: chicken curry, beef curry, red bean paste and coconut jam.
Hot and steamy ones to partake at the shop.
All ready to be steamed.
Coffee to go with the pau.
A display of newspaper cuttings.
Another display of newspaper cuttings. Told you this shop is famous!
Can't help chuckling at this one.
The restaurant also has an extensive menu offering Malaysian cuisine. This is a noodle with gravy thingy.....before demolition.
...and after...burp!!!
Angelina's notes: Tanjung Malim is a small town about an hour drive north of Kuala Lumpur. Besides the Famous Tg Malim Pau shop, an established teaching university called UPSI is also located there. purrrr...meow!