So I've spent the past few days in KL hanging out with my cousin Lynet. Got in late Friday night and she picked me up from the airport. KL is great and I'm mastering the use of "la." Lynet explained that you have to use it correctly. On it's own la doesn't really mean anything, but it's simply used to place emphasis, as in "Their nasi lemak is the best la. Look at the long queue la." Speaking of which, my cousin and her boyfriend took me to eat the best nasi lemak last night at Antarabangsa, which means International. They have been there for more than 20 years are pretty well known! They have a board with thank yous from people from all over the world.
Nasi lemak is a local Malay breakfast. Nasi is rice and lemak is coconut--the coconut rice comes with different things. The basic one comes with egg (either hard boiled or fried), sambal (sweet chili paste), ikan bilis (fried anchovies). You either eat it there on the banana leaf, or get it wrapped up in a banana leaf triangle packet to go.
Photos to come when I have a faster connection.
I've basically been eating eating eating and shopping shopping shopping, which I'm coming to think are the two Malay (and especially KL) pastimes. Also hearing more about my family history from my Auntie Kwee Ling--complicated Chinese family la!
I'm off this afternoon to meet up with my friend Bonnie in Phnom Penh and then off to check out the temples in Angkor Wat. Cambodia here I come!
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