Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The Taiwanese are famous for their street snacks, but instead of flying all the way to Taiwan to enjoy this gastronomical affair along the foodie streets, right now I can try some of them at Shih Lin, a franchaise of Taiwan street snacks in Malaysia. Far from being found in the streets, Shih Lin Taiwan Street Snacks targets the upmarket shopping centres and hypermarts in Malaysia.
Fancy some Taiwan street snacks? Shih Lin offers XXL crispy chicken, handmade oyster mee sua, crispy floss egg crepe and seafood tempura. Eat as you walk! XXL crispy chicken is their bestseller.
You can read up their story on the walls of their bright red stalls.
This is the handmade oyster mee sua. My first impression of this mee sua is that, it actually taste a lot like shark fin, texture and tastewise. A few more spoonfuls and it will taste more like mee sua. Owing to the fact that it is actually made with oyster, I get quite “jelak” towards the end. Oh, on the first look there were no oysters, but they were actually buried deep down. Two of them oysters, haha!
The XXL crispy fried chicken.
Very crispy and flavourfully seasoned.
Better than Uncle Bob’s, I would say.
And soy bean milk to wash down everything. Nope, I can’t stomach the remaining two snacks in the menu already. Some other time perhaps?
This branch of Shih Lin is in Muar’s Giant. They are more coming soon to your nearest shopping centres! 
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Remember these old school bread? These white and fluffy bread used to be the only type of bread that I eat when I was younger. Back at where I come from, these bread were either sold plain or readily slathered with margarine and kaya.
They seem to be vanishing rapidly to make way for the commercialized, mass produced Gardenia, High 5 and the likes. Nowadays, these bread are more like novelty, and they cost a bomb as well.
I was driving along the streets in Muar when I saw this ahpek selling the bread. Made another turn and bought the bread along with a tub of kaya, which sets me back to almost RM5.00. Seeing that I am not local, they even give me a spoon! Hehe. How convenient. I could now satisfy my kaya cravings ever since I saw them on Greg and Nee’s!
The bread doesn’t really keep well as the harden the day after, so steaming or toasting them prior to consumption will be better. At least, that shows that they use lesser preservatives, no?
Next time round I must go back my hometown and get my fat arse to the old school bakery to buy meself another loaf!
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
You know where have I been last weekend? I finally drive to the Southernmost state of Malaysia, Johor, all on my own! Yeah, I feel so accomplished, man. Just drop by to visit JY who is currently working in Muar.
The first night dinner was settled in a street full of small hawker stalls where the locals call it 贪吃街 or Glutton Street, in English.
What is famous in Muar? Otak otak of course! The ultimate “brain” food! Akakakaka!
Made of fish, eggs and coconut wrapped in pandan leaves (screwpine leaves) and grilled to perfection!
You can tell that I sort of consume on that for dinner. Filling, but only for a little while.
Another shot of the otak otak. Syiok!
Okla, I actually ate something else. Konlo wantan mee, which is quite normal but taste a tad different from state to state. The wantan mee from my state is darker, because we like to drench our food with a lot of dark soy sauce.
Will be posting about more foodie from my Johor trip, so stay tuned!
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