Anno Draco IV: Going Vegetarian

Red Packet, swiped from williamnyk on Flickr.

Tagged along with KH to a lunch gathering with his friends, HL and KS. Since HL is a vegetarian, we ate at Yishensu, One Utama. The whole restaurant was manned by lethargic waiters. Pengz. 'Meat' was high on our list of dishes with faux roast goose, curry fish, stir-fried chicken and beancurd. Over lunch, I was sad to hear that HL had broken up with his ang moh boyfriend. I had met both of them over tea at Pappa Rich just the year before. KS on the other hand was new to me. Quite an interesting character (dressed up in a tie and leather pants!) who regaled us with stories of his days working for a Malaysian Anna Wintour who bought him Prada shoes and other luxury items in exchange for his soul. After cam-whoring and saying our goodbyes, we quickly sent KH to the Immigration Department at Kelana Jaya to collect his passport. A literal fish market-like atmosphere. Immediately after collecting it, we went to nearby Aman Suria for tea with Jaded Jeremy and Bunny at Old Town Kopitiam. Another case of lethargic service there with a penchant for mixing up the orders. Ugh. Jaded Jeremy was nice enough to give me a red packet with a promise that he will wash my car for MYR5 (for ten times no less). A steal right? :). Basically talked about their recent brush with Dengue fever. Ninety minutes later, Bunny's battery levels dropped significantly, prompting Jaded Jeremy to go home. For dinner, we ate at Ah Yap Hokkien Mee just a few shops away. Supposedly famous but the chef for that branch was a Myanmarese. Oh well. Didn't have high hopes for the Hokkien Mee, but at least the tapioca noodles did not disappoint. Also tried their Yin Yang pork ribs but it was quite bad. Too sweet and the thousand island sauce gave me indigestion. Crap.







Before sending KH home, we stopped by at the nearby Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia to see what the hype was about. The branch at Kuchai Lama was just two shop lots with limited products. They sold both the KR1M brand and the other more reputable brands. Believe it or not, I actually bought at bottle of KR1M bath gel to refill my hand wash bottles. At just MYR4.90 a litre, I wasn't too worried about the quality. Looked through the whole shop and did not find any KR1M condoms or sanitary pads. Diapers got la. :P. Thank goodness didn't see their canned curry chicken and milk powder on the shelves. Hehe. After that short Barisan Nasional shopping excursion, I kissed KH goodnight and sent him home...