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Tepee

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Let's start with Prawn Noodles or Har Meen. You can order your fav noodles, be it rice vermicelli (mai fun), yellow noodles (meen), flat rice noodles (gway tiu)...etc, or a mix, like in this pic. The soup is a rich prawn stock and comes with finely-sliced strips of lean pork, half a hard-boiled egg, sliced fish cake, halved de-shelled prawns, deep-fried shallots, chinese chives and a dollop of sambal. And, bean sprouts, too.

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I'm eating some chicken/baby shrimp gung bao from my local branch of Grand Sichuan right now and enjoying it, yet looking at the prawn mee picture, I almost regret not having that instead. I wish I could get decent prawn mee anywhere in New York.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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TP,

You are making me so hungry....

Can you give us approximate prices on what these might cost?

I have already told my husband that in 2007 we are going to Malaysia!!

Kristin Wagner, aka "torakris"

 

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Today's offering is Char Siu (bbq pork)/Wan Tan (minced pork dumpling) Meen (Noodles). You have a choice of noodles which are flat/medium thickness or fine strands. The noodles are boiled, refreshed and mixed with thick soy sauce, and you can choose to accompany it with char siu, wontons, soey gau (boiled dumpling of a bigger size than wontons; filled with minced pork, prawns and water chestnut), or chau soey gau (which is the deep-fried version of soey gau) minced pork and choy sum (chinese flowering cabbage). Condiment...usually pickled sliced green chillies.

Cost: RM2.50 - 3.00 (US$0.68 - 0.80).

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[...] or chau soey gau (which is the deep-fried version of soey gau) minced pork and choy sum (chinese flowering cabbage).

Do they call it "chau" soey gau and not "zha" soey gau?

In Hong Kong Cantonese, "chau" means stir-fried and "zha" means deep-fried. :unsure:

W.K. Leung ("Ah Leung") aka "hzrt8w"
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Do they call it "chau" soey gau and not "zha" soey gau?

In Hong Kong Cantonese, "chau" means stir-fried and "zha" means deep-fried.  :unsure:

Dear Cantonese-dialect Police,

First of all, I should have spelled it "zhau". It's colloquial cantonese for "zha" and is used more often here. Yes, "chau" meaning stir-fried is said the same way.

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Malaysian Leun Ja Ja

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I just had breakfast, but your latest is making me hungry all over again! May I request something of you, Tepee? Would you be willing to take a photo of the hawker / stall as well? Just curious to see the street action. Thanks :wub:

Yetty CintaS

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:biggrin: Please don't encourage her.

Too late.....I'm on the roll now! BTW, Karen, nice to have you drop in to this gentle forum of ours.

Penang Rojak or Malaysian Fruit Salad with a delicious sauce. My SIL recently brought along a couple of packets which she claimed is THE best rojak ever, bought from a van which operated in Taman Desa, Off Old Klang Road. I have to agree with her. Apparently, the vendor cuts the fruit (according to your choice) only when the order is given, unlike some others who have cut fruits in bowls.

Fruit/Vegetables and crunchies which make up this *drooool* rojak are:

firm mangoes

under-ripe papayas

cucumber

fresh sweet and juicy nenas (pineapple)

crunchy yau zha gwai (chinese cruellers)

crispy keropok (crackers)

sengkuang (yam bean)

blanched taugeh (bean sprouts)

Cost: RM3.00 ($0.80)

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TP, what's that crepe-like thing over the rojak?  BTW, that rojak pic is kinda haam sap, don't ask me why.

It's only because you are a haam sap lo! Laksa. :laugh::laugh:

Food porn, again. .. :rolleyes:

You said it, not me! I was thinking that too (but in a good way, really), especially in combination with the sig.

I am loving these pictures, but they make me very hungry while I'm at work. And pineapples just don't taste the same in North America.

regards,

trillium

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TP, what's that crepe-like thing over the rojak?  BTW, that rojak pic is kinda haam sap, don't ask me why.

What is Penang rojak and how is it different from Negeri Sembilan rojak?

Answering for Tepee here, the crepe like thing is a prawn cracker for rojak, sort of like a thin crispy cucur udang instead.

Penang rojak is fruit rojak lah where there is prawn paste (not belacan but hae kor (Hokkien) / har go (Cantonese)) in the sauce. What is Negeri Sembilan rojak?

TP, what's that crepe-like thing over the rojak?  BTW, that rojak pic is kinda haam sap, don't ask me why.

It's only because you are a haam sap lo! Laksa. :laugh::laugh:

Food porn, again. .. :rolleyes:

:laugh::laugh::laugh:. Am waiting to see what Laksa's retort to that will be!!!

Yeah, but what's haam sap? Is that Cantonese?

Yes, haam sap is Cantonese, means lecherous.

Penang Rojak or Malaysian Fruit Salad with a delicious sauce. My SIL recently brought along a couple of packets which she claimed is THE best rojak ever, bought from a van which operated in Taman Desa, Off Old Klang Road. I have to agree with her. Apparently, the vendor cuts the fruit (according to your choice) only when the order is given, unlike some others who have cut fruits in bowls.

Is this better than the Jalan Batai rojak stall?

Hmmm .... shall we have a rojak showdown one of these days :biggrin: - ta pow (get take-aways from the various stalls) from the various stalls (sauce, crackers, crueller, peanuts packed separately from the fruits of course) and do a taste test :wink:?

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TP, what's that crepe-like thing over the rojak?  BTW, that rojak pic is kinda haam sap, don't ask me why.

What is Penang rojak and how is it different from Negeri Sembilan rojak?

Answering for Tepee here, the crepe like thing is a prawn cracker for rojak, sort of like a thin crispy cucur udang instead.

Penang rojak is fruit rojak lah where there is prawn paste (not belacan but hae kor (Hokkien) / har go (Cantonese)) in the sauce. What is Negeri Sembilan rojak?

TP, what's that crepe-like thing over the rojak?  BTW, that rojak pic is kinda haam sap, don't ask me why.

It's only because you are a haam sap lo! Laksa. :laugh::laugh:

Food porn, again. .. :rolleyes:

:laugh::laugh::laugh:. Am waiting to see what Laksa's retort to that will be!!!

Yeah, but what's haam sap? Is that Cantonese?

Yes, haam sap is Cantonese, means lecherous.

Penang Rojak or Malaysian Fruit Salad with a delicious sauce. My SIL recently brought along a couple of packets which she claimed is THE best rojak ever, bought from a van which operated in Taman Desa, Off Old Klang Road. I have to agree with her. Apparently, the vendor cuts the fruit (according to your choice) only when the order is given, unlike some others who have cut fruits in bowls.

Is this better than the Jalan Batai rojak stall?

Hmmm .... shall we have a rojak showdown one of these days :biggrin: - ta pow (get take-aways from the various stalls) from the various stalls (sauce, crackers, crueller, peanuts packed separately from the fruits of course) and do a taste test :wink:?

Ham sap loh, is more then just leacherous.

It's the Cantonese equivalent of a"DOM" or "Dirty Old Man"

After all it's a name I have been gifted with for several years. The older you get the more affectionate it becomes.

Cantonese/Toisan Ladies it would be considerate if you display to fellow eGulleters the Hand/Finger motions that are traditionally provided when this term is used. It goes together with the finger tip rubbed across your beautiful cheek in another special way.

Irwin :cool::rolleyes: "Sorry, couldn't resist" :huh:

I don't say that I do. But don't let it get around that I don't.

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Well - the beauty of the thing aside (as if one could or would want to do that :wink: ). . .I am still wondering what it IS, you know! Fruit salad? Stunning!

What sort of "delicious sauce"? I've never seen a fruit salad look like that!

I wait to hear that with anticipation. :smile:

Edited to add: :laugh: I have found the description, above, in the thread now. :blink: Must. remember. to. have. coffee. before. reading. eG in the morning. :wacko:

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What is Negeri Sembilan rojak?

I don't know. I made that up. :raz: If you invent a new rojak, you have my permission to use that name. :smile:

The rojak you find in Sibu has jicama, cucumber, deep fried dried bean curd and pineapples, mixed with the hae gor and crushed peanuts in a glazed earthenware bowl (seems to be a pre-requisite for good rojak).

It's only because you are a haam sap lo! Laksa. :laugh:  :laugh:

I'm a little worried now about my on-line reputation... I was hoping it would be different from the one I have in real life but alas... Very curious about the hand gesture Irwin is talking about.

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Gee whiz!! Every time I go to town for the day, my threads get gah liu

(added ingredients/flavour). :laugh:

To quote Jack in another thread...

Bulletin boards by their nature are mainly self policing, and the community in general acts as a moderating influence, and keeps things on topic and in perspective.

Thank you, people. If you behave yourselves, I'll continue to post more ero...er...I mean more food pix.

Lobak is actually a pork roll (see top left corner and I made an attempt here), but is also a generic name for a whole range of stuff * besides the sausage roll sold in a lobak stall.

* These include:

firm tofu

prawn rolls

otak-otak rolls

prawn crackers

fish paste/balls, various

sausages, various

When you've picked the goodies, the stall operator will give the pieces a quick deep-fry, then chop it into bite-size pieces. Eaten with chilli sauce and a sticky brown sauce.

Very blurry cell phone pic of stall.

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TPcal!

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