Wimpy continental tongue
by tarlia on April 28, 2007
in behind-the-scenes, food
Aaron beat the papers to the Roseberry food review. Mine should be out in the Sunday edition as usual.
The cafe scheduled the review at a rather awkward time. Normally I’d bring colleagues, but 4pm is rush hour in the newsroom and people who are available during that time are far and few in-between.
I snagged Aaron (because he SMSed me the day before to let me know he’s back in Kuching and I figured a college student might be free in the afternoon) and Isaac (because I had a hunch he’s in town and he doesn’t work a 9-to-5 job). It’s nice to bring random friends when situation permits.
The hideously spicy mixed beef noodles went off in my mouth like a bomb. Aaron said it was spicy but “not too bad” shortly before the comedy with my “wimpy continental tongue” ensued. Isaac, who arrived later and missed all that, sucked it up without any reaction while Aaron and I watched expectantly.
Isaac: Hmmmm…
Me: I can’t believe he’s not reacting to any of that!
Aaron: [stares hard] He’s turning pink.
They have pretty good food there. Go read Aaron’s review here and check the papers in the morning for mine.
Photo of me at work. Photo by Aaron.
I’ll actually be on holiday with the rest of you guys on May 1st, in case anyone wants to do anything interesting. Otherwise, I’ll just stay in bed.
Not a free lunch
The entire paper had what we’ll call a “business lunch” with the CEO on Wednesday. I’m not going to talk about what the business was about, but I’ll show you what we ate.
Garden salad, with vinegar dressing.
Fish Fillet with butter lemon sauce
The fish fillet reminded me vaguely of airplane food (the one on MAS in particular), not that it’s a bad thing. It was actually quite delicious. The food was done by Tempayan Restaurant. (Hah, you didn’t know there’s a restaurant on the 3rd floor of Crown Towers, didja?) The food there is quite an improvement from last year.
The photos don’t show my plate of food. I had to shoot my neighbour’s because for some reason, the waitresses keep putting the ugliest one in front of me. They obviously don’t realise that I’m the food writer.
Eating in KL
If there’s one thing about KL, you never go hungry! I ate exceedingly well there, thanks to friends to took me to cool places and quite often, bought me the meal as well. I certainly can’t stop myself from shooting photos of interesting food that arrived at the table, and thought that it merits a post of its own.
The night I arrived, my hosts Andy & Joyce took me to their favourite dinner place – Restoran OK. They serve up some tasty dishes like Butter Squid and Marmite Pork Ribs. The squid was a little dry but it was still nice. The place is pretty popular.
Butter Squid & Marmite Pork Ribs @ Restoran OK
My photo, however are not terribly pretty, hence the smaller version. I apparently arrived in KL ahead of my photo mojo. Fortunately, they get better.
