Yep, we ate Indian, Chinese obviously, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay. When we got there we were afraid to eat anywhere. Compared to here they all looked like dumps. A couple of miles down the road, there was this Chinese open air food court made of cinder block right on the South China Sea. Every time we passed it was packed until 2:00 am ( they eat late there). We finally stopped in.
Flies everywhere and cows eating out of a trash can right next to you. Not a fence in all Malaysia, and everyone has cows, pigs, goats and chickens which all just run wild. Anyway, we decided they must be doing something right. We were served entire serving platters of calamari, fried prawn, and sweet and sour beef with fried rice. All to die for! Had the huge aqarium that you'd pick your Talapia out of, they'd net him and sacrifice his body for your appetite, right before your eyes. Man, this stuff was some of the best I've ever eaten. All of that along with 6 Tiger beers came to $45 Ringit, or about $12 US. My gosh, since I got back to the States, I've tried and tried to find a Chinese restaurant that could make flied lice like that place, but not a chance.
The really comical part was when we first arrived, two bubbas from East Texas. We arrived Feb. 1 of 2000. Chinese New Year, Year of the Golden Dragon. Like Christmas and the 4th of July all rolled into one. Everything was closed. Anyway, we find our rental vehicle complete with the steering wheel on the wrong side, then discover we have to drive on the wrong side of the road. It's the tail end of monsoon season, so the first morning, we have to be at work long before the crack of dawn. It's raining sideways, pitch darkness, wrong side of the raod, wrong side of the truck, and every time we looked in our headlights, there's a cow standing in the middle of the highway. Bubba does the Orient! We lived.....barely.
The company I work for has plants in both Malaysia and Singapore. Singapore was fabulous. Never would I have dreamed there could be such cultural diversity in one place. And the entire Island is immaculate. 16 miles long and about 8 or 10 wide, with 4 or 5 million people and not a speck of trash. I loved Singapore. My wife did an extended stay in Malaysia with me, but she missed Singapore. I'd love to take her there someday for a second honeymoon. She's done extensive Habitat for Humanity work in the Phillipines, so she's very accustomed to Southeast Asia. I fell in love with Malaysia, drives all over the country and up to Thailand. Just a mystique that makes it a whole other world as you well know Dred. The nicest, most poilte people I've ever met.
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