Lap Mei Fan

You know Chinese New Year is near when eateries start to sell "waxed meat" rice. Basically "waxed meat" is salt cured meat, there are more to curing the meat that is beyond my knowledge so just google for it if you are interested.

The Zun Express at MidVally/Gardens is offering a "waxed meat" rice set meal for MYR19.80++ which includes the rice, a herbal soup (select from 3 choices), and a jelly dessert. We ordered one set to share.

"Waxed meat" rice - the rice is very soft and flavourful

A choice of herbal soup (select from 3 types)

Wolfberry Jelly dessert

Polo Buns - MYR2 each - must buy at least 2. There were 2 types,  chicken savoury or sweet custard fillings. I ordered one each to try.

MYR4 - I like both. The sweet custard fillings taste like kaya. Will definitely eat these Polo Buns again.

Soft cookies

After my post about this expensive cookie, I was told that Subway has cookies too so I went to buy some to try because I like soft cookies although I know they won't be as nice as those baked by PH and RG.

One for MYR1.7 but three for MYR4.5++ (MYR4.75) so I bought three to share with my family.

I think this is a Macadamia Nut Cookie

This should be a Double Chocolate Chip Cookie

This one is most probably a Chocolate Chip Cookie

Verdict: they sure are soft so I like them but not their degree of sweetness because they are way too sweet for me and my family can't eat more than one tiny piece each so I had to finish them myself. Don't think I will buy them again unless PH and RG start to bake more soft cookies like this and I can't help myself. :)

Sangkaya

I was in Ampang Point recently and walked by this stall - "Sangkaya - nuts about coconuts" and so decided to try this coconut ice cream. I think they only sell coconut ice cream, no other flavours.

One scoop of coconut ice cream on a cone - MYR2.90, 3 scoops of ice creams - MYR6.90 and 4 scoops of ice cream with coconut flesh and 3 toppings of choice - MYR9.90 so we chose 3 scoops of ice creams but then the cashier upsell the MYR9.90 and we were sold so 4 scoops it was. We will get one more scoop of ice cream, some coconut flesh and 3 toppings.

We had to choose and put on the toppings ourselves but there was no space at all on the ice creams so we took only very little toppings. The choices for toppings are corn niblets, cornflakes, oatflakes (I think), kidney beans, coconut shavings, peanuts. We selected corn niblets, peanuts, coconut shavings.

The 4 scoops of ice cream on top of some pieces of coconut flesh were served in a tiny piece of coconut shell which made us very afraid that the ice cream would fall off and there was really no place for the toppings.

The coconut ice cream itself was not too sweet, just nice and before I knew it, the ice cream was finished. Maybe I will go for the single scoop next time.

Texas Chicken vs KFC

KFC Chicken (Original)

Texas Chicken (Original and Spicy)

Verdict: I prefer the Spicy Texas Chicken (which is not as spicy as KFC spicy chicken) to the original one and the taste of the Original KFC chicken is better than the Original Texas Chicken. However, the Texas chicken (breast meat) is more succulent than KFC chicken meat.

Possible solution?

Thank you all for your comments. More info about the situation shown in the photos below. The crowded area is inside a station so you can't turn back to call a cab, you have to exit the station first. :)

I don't think this is the norm at this station because I exit at this station frequently at this time. This is just a special case.

In reply to the RG's comment below, the people from B mostly came from D, not A. There is an escalator moving downwards from the train platform (area D) feeding people into the area B. So from the photo, would you say this situation is a queue or a crowd (still referring to RG's comment below)?

"RealGunnersJanuary 9, 2015 at 7:56 AM

Those people from B, they all came from A isn't it? I don't see any entrance near B. So I would probably suck it up and go to B to queue. The same, it really depends on whether the situation is a queue or a crowd where many lines of people congregate into one place."

D shows the escalator feeding people into area B

The way I see it, people from A do not have a need to go against the flow to get to B because if they do, they will be causing more congestion by going against the flow. The people from A should just wait at the point C to merge into the queue just like the cars in the photo above.

The cars in O must let the cars from P into the queue so that the cars from P have a chance to move forward and not be stuck there forever waiting for traffic from O to be cleared which it never will. What I observed in UK is that the cars in O will alternate with the cars from P to merge into one lane and traffic would be smooth flowing.

People here also should move faster just like people in Shanghai. Before I could even blink my eyes, the people around me in Shanghai have all gotten into the train the moment the doors to the train opened and they move so fast that I could not believe it to this day. Here, people move slowly at a leisure pace and some are also under the impression that they must form proper queues so they walk against the flow thus causing more congestion and they also do not alternate to allow people to merge into the area to exit the station faster so they cause the crowd to build up.

So please move faster, allow people to merge alternately and do not walk against the flow when one faces a situation like this in order to ease the congestion. That is my opinion.

Similar Situation

I got a shock when I saw this - so many people!

No place to even squeeze in

Question Time

If you are coming down the stairs from point A, would you:

X: Squeeze your way to point B to queue

or

Y: Merge slowly into the queue at point C

?

So is it X or Y for you?

This is the same case as the question I asked here before.

Free Flow Soft Drinks

I went to Reggae Mansion KL again with my friends this time for their set lunch which includes free flow soft drinks - there is a choice of coca-cola, sprite or ice lemon tea; soup of the day, dessert of the day, and a main dish - seafood marinara for MYR15.90 nett or grilled chicken on a hot plate for MYR19.90 nett so I chose the pasta dish. As I do not take soft drinks, I told the waiter, no drinks for me but still he brought me a glass of water which I did not touch at all because the source of the water is not known to me. On hindsight I should have requested him to take back the glass of water.

Soup of the day - mushroom soup with doughy bits in it

Seafood marinara - I like the marinara sauce because of the tomatoes in it but my friend dislikes it and I did not ask her why. The spaghetti is too al dente for me because I like it to be softer and the spaghetti just did not taste like durum wheat pasta to me. I felt it is more like Chinese noodle but then the generous amount of ingredients - 4 prawns, 3 squids, and 3 crab meat balls kind of made up for the taste of the pasta noodle.

A small thin slice of chocolate fudge