Courtesy of @orangila (Official #teammalaysia Photographer)

Dining with the Ladies

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#teammalaysia have had this planned about three weeks before when we first got to find out that @livinguktaiwan was coming to Malaysia for vacation. It was a Sunday night when @ladiesofasia was invited to the talkshow, Teh Tarik Sundays to share about their initiative when @livinguktaiwan mentioned that she will be coming down to Malaysia. Later on, we found out that @jrvacation was going to drive down from Singapore so that she could meetup with @livinguktaiwan! And you know what that means?! Let's make it a Combine meetup!

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First Stop - Dinner

Illegal parking under the bridge of Pudu

I arrived at the dinner spot called Huen Kee Claypot Chicken Rice. It is known for its traditional style of cooking and it's one of the last few that uses charcoal style cooking for their claypot dishes. This is also my first time coming to this restaurant that is located in Jalan Pudu. Jalan Pudu is known for its wet market, old traditional eateries and for its crime. This is where you can still find a lot of existing restaurants that were being passed down for many generations. If you're looking for traditional dishes with their special secret family recipes, come to Pudu. Though I must say, the recipe will always remain a secret. No point trying to figure out the ingredients, just enjoy the food. :)

Huen Kee Claypot Chicken Rice

As I approached the restaurant, @elizacheng was there early to book the seats. I thought we were early, but we had to wait for another 20 minutes queuing for a table for 10. Shortly after, @livinguktaiwan and her hubby arrived and we had a little chatter and introduced ourselves outside the restaurant. @jrvacation arrived a few minutes after @livinguktaiwan arrived but we had to stand outside in the queue for awhile while we wait for the table to be prepared.

I decided to take this chance to snap some photos to take my mind off the hunger and the grumbling of my tummy since 7pm. The grumbling intensified when I smell fragrant charcoal burning and cooking the claypot dishes outside the restaurant. Oh gawd, help me!

Traditional Charcoal Cooking Method

The sparks of burnt charcoal

OH! Did I mention that claypot rice is ONE of my favourite food. So I have my standard quite high up there when it comes to the food I love. It's because I've traveled and tried many different restaurants that serve the same dish that I know what is the best! But before we get into the food and all that, it is a MUST to take a wefie with our International Guests!

@elizacheng, @jrvacation, @livinguktaiwan, @littlenewthings, @livinguktaiwan's hubby and me

I know we were all smiley but believe me, we were also VERY hungry. I know I AM! Not long after that, we got a table for 10 and the owner reminded me that we shouldn't take so much time and chit chat because there were still a long queue outside.

@orangila, our professional #teammalaysia photographer came shortly after we were seated. And as we were waiting for our food to arrive, everyone was getting to know one another. Since it was @jrvacation, @livinguktaiwan and @elizacheng (Ladies of Asia members) first time meeting one another apart from chatting on discord, this was their first time meeting face to face. Let me tell you, it is always fun to meet that Steemian who you've always been chatting online. You finally 'believe' that that person actually exists! A little exaggeration there but you get the point. And to think that Steemit brought all of us together is just awesome.

Later halfway through our dinner, @aaronleang and @joannewong who were supposedly outstation that evening decided to drop by and surprise us! I was glad they could make it because I haven't been catching up with them for awhile now because of all our life schedules getting in the way. I hope to catch up with them soon.

Signature Claypot Chicken Rice

Curry Fish Head

When the food arrived, the fragrant claypot rice was indeed one of the BEST I've tasted so far in my life. The traditional cooking method DID do a big difference in flavour, and gave a nice charred to the rice at the corner of the claypot (which is my favourite part). The curry fish head dish was also really really good. Added to my favourite dish of the year and will definitely come back for more. As the rest were talking and enjoying the food, I didn't actually manage to talk with them much because I was too busy eating and also because the owner told us that we couldn't stay long, I decided that we probably should bring the chitchat to our dessert place! Yes! Malaysians LOVE Desserts!

A quick group photo before we left for dessert

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Second Stop - Desserts

About a month ago when @alvinauh came down from Sabah, @joannewong introduced this really good dessert shop which was also located in Jalan Pudu. This shop is at the ground floor of a old hotel and has been there for FOUR GENERATIONS. The secret recipe used to make the peanut sesame desserts have been passed down since 1982. They also make their sesame with the traditional sesame grinder and it is done manually. I guess it's something about the 'traditional' way of cooking that preserved the authentic taste of these dishes.

Only if you know mandarin. Restaurant front.

We were early and the restaurant was already half full, another place that is always pack with people. We managed to get a seat outside. The weather at night was cooling, not too hot as well. Just nice for a warm dessert and talking.

The owner cooking up the dessert

The famous Egg tart

Crispy Pork Bun and Red Bean Paste Bun

Other than the famous peanut sesame dessert, the restaurants serves other chinese delicacies like the crispy siewpao, red bean paste bun and egg tart. We were lucky because we managed to grab the last 4 egg tarts available.

Egg Tart Uncle : How many you guys want to order?

Us : *counting hands raised

Egg Tart Uncle : I only have four left.

Us : BRING ALL! WE WANT ALL!

Our Tong Sui

Our main dessert, Tong Sui arrived shortly after. We ordered peanut sesame, egg custard, black sesame, mix black sesame and peanut. To my surprise, they even did a little 'latte art' on my mix black sesame and peanut tong sui.

Tong Sui directly translates to 'Sugar Water' which is a term we used to say dessert in cantonese.

My 'latte art' Tong Sui

Traditional mix Modern day peeps

When the desserts arrived, everyone took out their handphones to take photos. We gotta let the camera eat first u know... It was funny as people were watching us. Pfft, like they don't do it too.... :D

@aaronleang and I sneaking a wefie

A group wefie with shoutouts

Before we left, I decided to take another group wefie and this time, they are able to give a 'shoutout' to anyone they want to. A shoutout to @ladiesofasia, @bitrocker2020 and @karinzdailygrind. Congratulations, you guys were picked and loved by us! CAUSE YOU COULDNT MAKE IT! :(

But no frets, I'm sure we have more meetups coming up. I know one with @scrooger coming up this Friday where it'll be a Malaysian Pack Combo Night Out once again. We're going to bring him to try durian for the first time, and a lot a lot of Malaysian food. I promised @scrooger that he'll be horizontal when he leaves Malaysia and its a promise I intend to keep.

And for the rest, I hope that you can come to join us if you're free because it really is awesome when you meet Steemians rather than just text on discord or from the comments. You get to build friendships and bonds through meetups like these and to share the same passion we all are on Steemit for.

Once again, Thank you @livinguktaiwan and @jrvacation for meeting up with us and I hope that we can meetup again someday. With that, this is zord signing off with a 'cheesy grin' for ya.

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