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The CEO aka Devil talked about it and it reminded my time while still studying hard like an idiot back then in the university. I had the most meagre pay (my dad paid me and what can i expect) and every food that i could salvage was from this stall. This stall is famous in any places that you could find in Malaysia. Not only it represent our culture and our food we digest but it is the ever loving trend among the Malaysians whether its the socialites or just the brick laying men.
The mamak stall offers you many things if you just won't mind the environment:
1. Football season : This is a must have place to watch football with your mates. Order a glass of teh tariks each and you can watch your favourite team the whole night. What is teh tarik? Tea added with condensed milk and is pull to and from 2 cups (one cup to another cup) for the taste and the warmth feeling when drinking it.
2. Roti Canai : This is the star attraction if you are going to order food in a mamak stall. As Devil wrote, it is indeed a must have. Save the list for the Devil, you can get to see a whole description of rotis in his blog. My favourite rotis would be roti telur add with onions, kaya cream, mayonaise and served with chutney and dhal. Its feeling and nice. If you are not full then you can try their all time favourite nasi goreng mamak or nasi goreng ayams. COM recommended rawa thosai.
3. Girls : Well, look out for those nights. Sometimes ladies after their rounds of drinking and dancing, you will get to see some beautiful ladies spending their supper in mamak stalls. Occasionally, they stop by at mamak just to get sober before driving home. It can get pretty messy! God knows why they have to get so drunk every Friday night. I stopped doing that after one year of working. Of all the painful headaches and lethargic state in the morning, i rather stayed at home play computer games and cook dinner.
4. Discussions : other than footballs, rotis and ladies, you still get to see many groups having discussions from work to family topics. Any topics you name it. Therefore, there will be laughters, seriousness, and sometimes fights. However, at the end of it everybody still gets to finish their last drop of teh tariks. Teh tariks works like wonder. The moment you lay your bottom on those chairs, "Aneh, teh tarik satu!" (brother, one glass of teh tarik). To top it all, you can even have a drag of your cigarette and chat with your friends while waiting for your cuppa. You have to remember mamak stall is a special place because it is usually in an open air. Though you can still sit inside the stall most will prefer to have their moments outside just to smoke, drink and laugh together.
5. Date : If you can risk yourself from being nag the whole night by your partner for making her straight hair smelled like curry.
6. Extras : Sometimes, if you are lucky while having your time in the mamak stall maybe someone will come by and introduce you to some of the cheapest and newest movie.
In conclusion, mamak stall is just enriching and a culture that you can really spent your whole night there. If you feel you have no place to bond your mates just bring them to mamak stall. Do you feel not sleepy then why not head to your nearest mamak stall and drink? The beauty of mamak stall is that it brings the whole world to you instead of you bringing to them. By the way, its my time to get my cuppa.
The CEO aka Devil talked about it and it reminded my time while still studying hard like an idiot back then in the university. I had the most meagre pay (my dad paid me and what can i expect) and every food that i could salvage was from this stall. This stall is famous in any places that you could find in Malaysia. Not only it represent our culture and our food we digest but it is the ever loving trend among the Malaysians whether its the socialites or just the brick laying men.
The mamak stall offers you many things if you just won't mind the environment:
1. Football season : This is a must have place to watch football with your mates. Order a glass of teh tariks each and you can watch your favourite team the whole night. What is teh tarik? Tea added with condensed milk and is pull to and from 2 cups (one cup to another cup) for the taste and the warmth feeling when drinking it.
2. Roti Canai : This is the star attraction if you are going to order food in a mamak stall. As Devil wrote, it is indeed a must have. Save the list for the Devil, you can get to see a whole description of rotis in his blog. My favourite rotis would be roti telur add with onions, kaya cream, mayonaise and served with chutney and dhal. Its feeling and nice. If you are not full then you can try their all time favourite nasi goreng mamak or nasi goreng ayams. COM recommended rawa thosai.
3. Girls : Well, look out for those nights. Sometimes ladies after their rounds of drinking and dancing, you will get to see some beautiful ladies spending their supper in mamak stalls. Occasionally, they stop by at mamak just to get sober before driving home. It can get pretty messy! God knows why they have to get so drunk every Friday night. I stopped doing that after one year of working. Of all the painful headaches and lethargic state in the morning, i rather stayed at home play computer games and cook dinner.
4. Discussions : other than footballs, rotis and ladies, you still get to see many groups having discussions from work to family topics. Any topics you name it. Therefore, there will be laughters, seriousness, and sometimes fights. However, at the end of it everybody still gets to finish their last drop of teh tariks. Teh tariks works like wonder. The moment you lay your bottom on those chairs, "Aneh, teh tarik satu!" (brother, one glass of teh tarik). To top it all, you can even have a drag of your cigarette and chat with your friends while waiting for your cuppa. You have to remember mamak stall is a special place because it is usually in an open air. Though you can still sit inside the stall most will prefer to have their moments outside just to smoke, drink and laugh together.
5. Date : If you can risk yourself from being nag the whole night by your partner for making her straight hair smelled like curry.
6. Extras : Sometimes, if you are lucky while having your time in the mamak stall maybe someone will come by and introduce you to some of the cheapest and newest movie.
In conclusion, mamak stall is just enriching and a culture that you can really spent your whole night there. If you feel you have no place to bond your mates just bring them to mamak stall. Do you feel not sleepy then why not head to your nearest mamak stall and drink? The beauty of mamak stall is that it brings the whole world to you instead of you bringing to them. By the way, its my time to get my cuppa.
is sky the limit... aneh, teh tarik satu! Kurang manis.
2 comments:
dude did u post the enty in PPS...do it...sure got loads of comments...
oh yeah... ISTL has finally made its first publication to the PPS (Project Petaling Street)... Wooooo!...
devilwitattitude - thanks reminding me always...
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