On my "eat to live" days, I would simply eat "chap fan" ("economy rice") just to tick the box next to food on my daily to-do list. Stirfried lady fingers, stirfried long beans, a hard boiled braised egg and a little rice - MYR3.50 and my lunch is done.
Simple but yummy & cheap.
ReplyDeleteCheap is correct. If I cook these it would be more expensive than this.
DeleteOohh when nobody wants to go out to eat or dunno wat to eat, we'll also settle for chap farn.. But I dont like greens, hehe.. Normally I'll take 1 meat, 1 egg, maybe 1 tofu.. And lots of gravy!
ReplyDeleteA meat and gravy gal! :D
DeleteOoooo....I love stewed eggs. Not really a fan of chap fan as usually, they're too oily and msg-loaded and the ones here generally do not taste very nice. That's the problem when cooking in bulk, too much at a time.
ReplyDeleteLovely greens, you had. I don't think the ones here are ever of this colour - all overcooked. :(
DeleteI try to go for chap fan stalls with less msg. I can detect msg by how thirsty I get after eating the chapfan.
DeleteSome leafy vege dishes here also get quite brown after a while so must go early to eat the dishes immediately after they are cooked.
Better than cooking your own, right? I will buy that too if only evenings in my place has chap farn....
ReplyDeleteIf I cook the same dishes will be more expensive because can't cook a few long beans only must cook more and time consuming. Here in the evenings there are chapfan stalls too. None in Ipoh for dinner?
DeleteLOL looks surprisingly similar to my canteen lunch on workdays. Simple is bliss :D
ReplyDeleteYa, quick and simple. Full = job done! :D
Deleteno meat?
ReplyDeleteNo. Egg only.
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