I though i’d start off with a picture post. Its been a while since i took my camera out to play. I’m slowly getting my groove back with photograpy but it’s just not quite there yet. So bare with me.

Last weekend, Liyana (Amal) and I decided to celebrate our kemerdekaan (from exams) by having crab noodles at this place called Ling Nham down in China town. It wasn’t really planned, it was more like

‘Eh Mal, kau lapar?’
‘awu, ko?’
‘Awu. ko?’
‘Awuu.’
‘Where should we go?’

after walking around for abit i remembered that i have been craving for crab noodles ever since i saw a foodie cover of it on the travel & living channel. Which i think was a good two years ago! So anyway, since we were in China town..we thought, why not ask around? Bumped in to an old friend who suggested we should try going to Ling Nam.

When we arrived, the place was packed. I’ve passed by the restaurant quite a number of times and its popular among the students..so it wasn’t surprising that we couldn’t get a seat right a way. The ‘aunty’ behind the counter told us that she’d call us on our phones when there are seats available which would take approximately 15 minutes. so we waited. Walked around china town for abit, when there was no call we decided to head back to the place. The aunty greeted us again: “oh hey hey! i CALL YOU!” she said accusingly. And we were like? ‘What call? telephone no ring!’ She told us we had to wait for another few minutes cause she “acidentally” gave away our table to somebody else.

hahaha mcm..hmmm acidentally kah.. ACIDMENTALLY?? boo. tau jua urang ya inda mau rugi. This time we waited in the restaurant. Thank god she offered to take our orders in advanced.

so anyway after another 15 minutes of waiting we finally got ourselves seated. I was abit dissapointed that the food didn’t come straight away. There weren’t even PEANUTS on the table!!!!!! Imagine how hungry and kusut we were as we sat and drooled over food that were served to the tables nearby. Rasakan ku gagar restaurant atu..huhuh manatau capat? but yeah eventually the food came..

oh i wishhhhhhhhhhh i had a camera with me. im not really good at giving descriptions but i will try. The plate of (king) crab came..on a bed of egg noodles drenched in some sort of chinese style ginger sauce. We quickly filled up our plates and took a bite of the noodles..and OMG. we were in heaven!!! Liyana kept on chanting AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME as she worked through her plate of noodles. This must be what exstacy pills are made of. hahaha Ling Nam crab noodles!!! The ginger gravy was AWESOME..the taste of ginger detectable in every bite…oh sigh. i could still taste it in my mouth. our bill came up to $150. pretty expensive considering we only had around 2 1/2 pounds of crab, equivalent to one king crab shared among the two of us. but it was worth it. we had fried icecream for the CLOSING CEREMONY. hahaha.

the next time i go.. i will bring at least two more friends with me ..lol to split the bill with..and i must must must not forget to bring my camera. hahaha so any takers????

lol. now i understand whyyyy the place is always packed. with seafood that good, i wouldn’t mind waiting a MONTH just to get seated. yatah bah skalinya.. 3 days later. here i am. still craving for crab noodles. not just any other crab noodles LING NAM crab noodles. sigh. So not wanting to break my bank, i googled the recipe for ginger crab noodles and went down to china town to scour for the ingredients. here’s hwere the pictures come in. lol.

China town.. i used to walk pass it every day after school. i liked taking this route home because its usually the quitest just before peak hour 3pmish.

Its nice during the winter, but now approaching summer the little lanes in china town smell like something you get when u leave the kitty litter out in the sun for too long. But yes, that didn’t stop me from getting the ingredients i need to make my crab noodles. stopped over Wing Cheong, one my favourite asian groceries here as they’re not usually as busy as the other ones on the street. and plus, the owners are usually willing to help ORANG PUTEHs like me to find the ingredients needed for a recipe.

This wasn’t even HALF of their noodle collection. they were alot to choose from. and i had to ask the lady working there which type of noodles i needed.

Me: Aunty, what noodle ah i use for crab noodle?
Aunty: oo cwab nwoodle ah? u yut dit (use this) one!!!
me: can u read the instructions for me? i dont understand chinese
Aunty: “ok lit one ha.. u lip(dip) it and hok (hot) water..30 seconds! an len u lip in ice water.. and den when u want to eat..u lip it in hok water again!!!
me: wow. why so difficult?
Aunty: i dono. not i make. they make.

lol. fair enough. so yea i got everything i need, went straight home and made my version of the noodles. the out come? heh. not the least bit sama. hence no picture..cause it wasnt even photo worthy!! hahaha

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