Comments on: Chinatown … is Chinatown https://glendalarke.com/2016/04/chinatown-is-chinatown/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2016/04/chinatown-is-chinatown/#comment-18088 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:18:28 +0000 #comment-18088 Chinese cooking is usually not very hot, except for Szechuan province, but in Malaysia everyone likes their hot spicy dishes (chillies rather than pepper). It's a culinary paradise, because there are so many common cuisines available so cheaply. All kinds of Indian, Chinese, Malay, Thai, Indonesian…

We used to go for a walk then stop for breakfast — 2 people, eating dhall (lentils) sauce with tosai (aka dosa), tea with lemon, and two newspapers — all for about $3…

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2016/04/chinatown-is-chinatown/#comment-18087 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:23:36 +0000 #comment-18087 I saw a programme about Malaysia last night, it was called Cook Abroad and the Malaysia one was the last in the sequence. I was very impressed with a couple of the towers there. The food looked amazing. The young woman visiting was a Malaysian with a Chinese heritage brought up in England. She visited family, but then she went north of KL and even to the jungle looking for "real" Malaysian food. Didn't realise hot spices were such a part of the cuisine. They kept making a very hot sauce, sure you know what it is, which was served with rice and many other things. Looked delicious. Didn't really catch the name. She also visited a temple which was started by her family, Koo, who were quite powerful in the area once upon a time. She went to an island in Penang, I think. Absolutely fascinating.

Only Chinatown I have ever been to was in San Francisco. Didn't get to stay there very long sadly. I was fascinated.

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