Breakfast at Petaling Street Wet Market & 7 Random Things

I am working my way through the KL cliches, the undisputed champs and gems around town, and last weekend, with my visiting lovely folks in tow, I managed to tick off one of them - breakfast at the Petaling Street wet market.

Madras Lane chee cheong fun stall, featuring an efficient production line of chee cheong fun.

Now this has been touted as one of the best in KL but frankly, I didn't quite get it. The CCF was cold to begin with, which isn't the way I like my breakfast. The simplicity of the two mingling sauces worked fine, as did the slippery smoothness of the rice noodles, but I would have liked it at least lukewarm.

Curry noodles, the cockles were practically still breathing! Too bad none of us were fans of raw cockles, as I imagine this would've really made the day for one. The curry was thick and nutty, and I liked the fact that the curry came with plenty of long beans and slices of brinjals, upping the veggie content from just the customary toss of beansprouts.

The star of the show at the area has got to be the Yong Tow Foo stall. The stall was completely inundated by patrons, who were jostling and pushing for the attention of the lady boss, a shrewd looking, sharp-mouthed woman presiding over yet another impressive production line responding swiftly to the mounting orders. I'm not a fan of yong tow foo to begin with so the fact that I found the stuffed brinjal palatable when dunked in the chilli and bean sauces goes to explain the queue - they have the goods!

On a separate note, I have been tagged by What2see and Food Paradise! Thanks for thinking of me, CK Lam and Regina!

7 Random Things about me:

1. I'm a notorious movie/tv show bootlegger, having severed ties with Astro after a very acrimonious relationship. I enjoy foreign flicks (with correct subtitles, of course) but also find great amusement in pirated DVDs with extremely inaccurate subtitles. Case in point: Memoirs of a Geisha (hideous movie, but this is not the forum for that), you badly needed the subtitles to understand what the hell anyone's saying, but when "Mr. Chairman" becomes "Mr. Charming" and "Mr. German", the movie suddenly comes alive and becomes heaps more fun!
2. I can't stand milk, but I love ice cream. I don't touch cheese on its own, don't mind it on pizza, but not in my pasta or anything else. So my stand on dairy is... inconclusive.
3. I am a great reverse parker.
4. I am a great fan of hats. I have great joy in shopping for hats, purchasing one and watching them wrapped up nicely in a hat box! I wish we had more agreeable weather in Malaysia for hats.
5. I play Scrabble online. I was devastated when they removed Scrabulous from Facebook, and now I make do with Scrabble worldwide (excluding US and Canada).
6. I read gossip blogs. There, I wrote it, posted it!! Gah! I shall so regret this. Please don't judge me.
7. I have given up on the gym after having wasted good $$ on year-long commitment membership and numerous battles of conscience. However, a functional alternative towards the pursuit of health and fitness remains to be seen.

And that is all! I shall now tag the following:

Pleasuredevotionbalance

Makan King and Queen

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