Battered chicken or "Ayam Penyek"

I know of buttered prawns. What about battered chicken? Secrets out. I just discovered a new dish in town but was told that it has been introduced just a few months ago. The menu's specialty is deep fried chicken breast that is battered or in the local lingo 'Penyek" in Malay to mean hit hard and flattened. It is served with rice and a small bowl of soup. A selection of fresh vegetables and leaves ( long beans, young tapioca leaves, white cabbage) are added as salad. Now the last and most important thing ( to me) was the red sauce of which the formula is not disclosed due to trade secrets . Anyway I bet that there were tomatoes, chillies, onions and shrimp paste ( Belacan) that made part of the magical formula. As is customary here the best way to eat the dish is with your right hand and fingers. Its just finger-licking good. A lunch set above costs RM 6.00 , drinks aside.

P.S. Have a nice weekend everyone!

Tissue Cake ( Roti Tisu)

It was a surprise of sorts when I dropped by a coffee shop cum restaurant at Mile 7, Kuching- Serian Road called the 'Bombay Masala'. I ventured to attempt a unique snack called the 'Roti Tisu' loosely translated to mean ' tissue cake'. Well it was thin like tissue paper but managed to fold itself like a pyramid. A sugarly red solution was sprayed lightly from the peak and you dip the thin pancake into curry. Tasted good. On the right is the local 'Teh Tarik' which is tea plus milk, a local favourite for drinking while eating 'Roti Canai'- another popular pancake consumed by all age profiles and creeds of Malaysia. What will they think next to retain customers?