I feel a pimple erupting like Krakatoa (Eyjafjallajokull is so last week already) on my face, and it bothers me. Why I’m so affected, I have no idea, because ten pimples could embed themselves on my face and they would still blend in with my leathery middle-aged skin. It’s like going to the gym, isn’t it? When you’re 300lbs overweight, there is less motivation to go to the gym because a 10lb weight loss would make you 390lbs and you’d still be waddling with layers of fat. If only I could slice off a few layers and stir fry some kailan in the lustrous fat. Ah, one can only dream.
And talking about being 300lbs overweight, I last wrote a birthday limerick for my dear friend, Fatboybakes in 2008. When Ciki wrote a cute limerick on Sek Yuen today, Fatboybakes immediately glared at me (or at least, it was the MSN version of glaring) and asked me why I didn’t write him one in 2009. It’s 2010, and it’s a brand new year with brand new feelings and emotions, and I’ve decided to write this, off the cuff, for my dear friend Fatboybakes (aka Tangechi) who is a constant inspiration to me:
There was a fat boy called Tangechi
Who wanted to throw a pool party
He plotted and schemed
And even daydreamed
For his parents to go on a journey
“One week of freedom and bliss!
Thamby, I could give you a kiss!
Call in the troops
And bring in the booze
It’ll be a party you don’t wanna miss!
“I’ll bake you some scones and some cake
And splash in some rum that’s not fake
I won’t break a fart
While I make a tart
It’ll be a party that’s fit for a sheikh!
“Macarons will be aplenty
As long as you show me your belly
Wear a cute li’l bikini
Just don’t be bushy
I swear I’ll faint quite unchastely.
“No water, just single malt whiskey
No bikinis, unless you look like Twiggy
It’ll be hot like a suttee
All the better that you’re sweaty
I can’t wait for this party, my Thamby!”
A pool party is never without tea time treats, and what comes to mind is Tasty Kuih Nyonya (if Fatboybakes decides to break a fart while baking the tart). Located in Southern Park, Klang where I spent my childhood days, the shoplot has a simple front that belies the variety of kuih that is industriously and laboriously made by the little old ladies within. From little balls of pleasure (ondeh-ondeh) bursting with sweet, fragrant gula melaka filling to toothless pleasures (kuih koci – toothless because I remember some childhood pantun about some nenek kebayan eating kuih koci), sticky pieces of dough made with glutinous rice flour and filled with sweet coconut, savoury pulut panggang barbequed in banana leaves and little pink fluffy steamed huat kueh with the fragrant smell of coconut milk, they’re all sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little tangechis are made of…..
Tasty Kuih Nyonya
No. 80, Jalan Rengas
Southern Park
41200 Klang, Selangor.
Tel/Fax: 03-3371 2845, Mobilephone: 012-629 8858
Closed Sundays. Open after 1pm.
Ondeh-Ondeh
Kuih Koci
Pulut Panggang
Huat Kueh
brrreeeeelliant thambee…hahahah, hot like sutteee…. bow bow, i am not worthy.
*glares* Shucks! Glare not working 🙁 No limerick to my name oso. Chis!
Hahahaha! Why the Huat Kueh so small wan?
fatboybakes: no no no…I bow at your feet…I am not worthy, tangechi!
unkaleong: Limericks quota over today! Wait another day, handsome! hehe. Cute mah, the huat kueh!
Bow bow! Only you can brilliantly come up with something so funny and heartwarming and has completely nothing to do with the hidangan-kueh mueh all in one post! Brilliant lah like my Ah Pa would say.
*glares at BFF*
Is it just me or there’s something wrong with your math? “When you’re 300lbs overweight, there is less motivation to go to the gym because a 10lb weight loss would make you 390lbs and you’d still be waddling with layers of fat.”?
Munkeyboy: Eh, I thought I seamlessly connected everything? 😛 😛 Why you glaring at me, BFF? You want a limerick too? hahaha. The math is correct ler. When you’re 300lbs overweight, that means you’re 400lbs (assuming 100lbs is the ideal weight). 400lbs – 10lbs = 390lbs. Ta-da! *grin*
*clap clap clap*
Bravo! Lyrical indeed… 🙂
OH.. brilliant meens!! loveeeely!!!!
hehe, FBB will be so touched:) love the shots, love the limerick .. u r such a good fren to FBB he better appreciate what he HAS! xoxo, ciki
(thx for linking moi:P)
J: Thanks!
Ciki: Ya, he should be touched! 🙂 Thanks for inspiring me, Ciki!
hahaha. u guys should push each other more often, can give us more laughter.
cant wait for the partay! *making sure no alcohol, the night b4*
LOL Nipples! Yeah, we bring out the best in each other. 😀 Ya man, don’t pass out before the party ar.
my hat off to you, so brilliant!!!
is pulut panggang supposed to be shaped like that?? The ones I had were mostly long…
babe_kl: hehe. not as brilliant as FBB.
leo: yar, usually it’s long, but i’ve seen this version quite often in nyonya stalls.
i want one too on my birthday ok!
Sorry sorry, i knew i was never good with math or logic for that matter. Will leave that bit to you.
I’ll just go hide in my comical hole now!
I was about to complain that I tak de limerick pun despite the countless erotic musings I have dedicated to you, but then I realise your BFF punk tak de. Damn. Got line for the limericks oredi ar? 😛
P.S. The limerick’s brilliant and a worthier subject I can’t imagine. 🙂
KY: But first you gotta tell me when your birthday is, rite?
alilfatmonkey: hahaha. Come back, BFF!
LFB: countless erotic musings? if countless means ONE, okay! I wrote you a poem what. How many people get poems on my blog anyway? 😛
hi…i live in southern park and the nyonya kuih shop is my fav haunt (after pak din karipap in palm grove!!!!) its good to know that someone else shares the foundness of good sticky oily nyonya kuih!!!!
Mystic Swastika: Heya fellow-Klangite! There’s also a restaurant in Southern Park that is my family’s favourite haunt. It’s just down the road from this nyonya kuih shop. 🙂
Can I just click the “Like” button??
Gah…I’ll be missing the party. 🙁
are u referring to restaurant sin southern park, which sells chicken rice and power char kuey teow and lots of other goodies???
LOL!! Good one sista…couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud *trying hard not to cos everyone is asleep*.
Aiyoo…those kuih….somehow i never appreciate them before, but now, I so wanna have a bite of everything!
Hilarious 😀
Aiyoo, I am so far away! All those kuih photos are mouth-watering! You are killing me softly Meena 😀
jason: hehe. Cute!
Bangsar-bAbE: We’ll miss you!! All the best with the competition!
mystic_swastika: Was talking about Soon Tong at Southern Park. Great chinese dai chow!
Precious Pea: Hehe…just like the old days, eh? 🙂 Can you try making some of these kuih?
Kiran: Sorry, sweetie! Hopefully you’ll fill up your tummy when you come down next!
Aiii..i fails terribly at dessert! And no fresh santan here….it just doesn’t taste the same using canned coconut cream.
Oh, you’re so like my mother…she’s good with savoury stuff but just okay with desserts! I reckon even if you found fresh coconuts, they’d be pretty pricey there.
So brilliantly touching, hehe – I’m sure FBB is moved to tears 😉
Hmm… didnt know Southern Park has such sweet treasures – must go hunt this down one day when I’m in that vicinity.
I like the pulut panggang~ how good if the food can be taken out from the comp.. haha
Hehe.. Southern Park 😛
Remember the goreng pisang store under the tree in Palm Groove? I wonder if they are still there? So many new developments in that area now.
I love it when you write from the heart – about friends and food. Sweet, witty, gently self-deprecating. 😀
Soon tong food has dropped its standerd, i prefer to visit another restaurant located in taman sentosa….food is way better then soon tong…and prices are less steep!!!
Taman Selatan? Aiks, I am there whenever I’m in Klang. This one facing the main road to Port Klang?
Pureglutton: The day FBB is moved to tears by my writing/me is the day you ought to buy lottery. hehe.
wyyv: hahaha…yeah, we’d all be able to remain slim that way too.
Sushi: Ya, I remember that stall! I used to cycle there to tar pau the goreng pisang!
gfad: Awww…you always say the nicest things even when I don’t deserve them.
mystic_swastika: Now you got me curious! Where’s this restaurant in Taman Sentosa, pray tell? 🙂
J2Kfm: This is near the road on the way to Klang GH. 🙂
Ya know, I kept reading “South Park” instead of “Southern Park”. It’s all because of the “fart”s, I tell ya.
Cute as the kuihs, your limerick, babe! 🙂
Nyonya kuih!
but but..in Klang?? Darn..got to leave the Unka at home for tis one.
The Ondeh-ondeh just made me hungry man.. and its 1.53am.. Ondeh-ondeh is probably one of the only kuih that I will eat.. oh well.. *Stomach Rumbles*
HairyBerry: Hehe, you and your twisted mind! thanks….the limerick was fun to write!
thenomadGourmand: Unka dun like nyonya kuih? His parents live close to Klang wot.
TummyRumble: Oh dear, not good to have hunger pangs at that hour! Hope you got your fix today!
i call it chua soi lek shop as he is a frequent visitor to this shop…do u know where is taman sentosa in klang? from taman sentosa u go straight ahead, past the traffic light, the KFC is on your right…go on straight, u will pass GETHA mattress signboard on your right, pass a petronas, and u will c the taman sentosa police station in a corner shop lot on your left, the shop is located the same row as the police station, go there early, it is pretty packed by 7pm. Recommend the seafood soup, and the roast chicken.
mmm…i would say nyonya kuih is one of those nostalgic desserts for me, especially my hometown have really goods ones for me to gorge on when young 🙂
Yes, I agreed with rokh, nyonya kueh is moist and melt in your mouth while cakes is dry and never as satisfying as
good yummy nyonya kueh!