Hameed's Capati

Within Medan Idaman lies this shop, Hameed's. The capati is made by hand piece by piece on order. There is less oil, too. Prices are reasonable and for about RM2, you can have a decent breakfast here. If you do come here, try their fish curry with capati. They are the best in the area. Unless you know of better ones and tell me, which I might want to check out and post about.

Rampai Business Park Boom

This used to be a small secondary jungle

One of the bigger food outlets catering for the middle class.

Boutique cafe for the hip?

There had been a spate of new development areas sprouting up around the Wangsa Maju area. This one is at Taman Seri Rampai at an area used to be occupied by thick undergrowth. You wont recognise it now - with its shoplots and eateries. I bet Wangsa Maju has the most happening places in the whole of KL per sqaure kilometre. Agree?

Messy Medan Idaman

These are some of the stalls that are hitching a ride on the supermarket's popularity. They have taken up the pavements. Where are pedestrians supposed to walk?
Uncontrolled hawking activities are turning Medan Idaman into an eyesore. If you pass by Jalan Gombak Batu 5 (Fifth Mile), your eyes will be greeted by these scene of hawker stalls right infront of the Ong Tai Kim supermarket. These have been in existence for as long as the supermarket started operation.And they continue to grow uncrontrollably.
Parking space is also taken up by these hawkers to lay their tables, not to mention the dirt and grime from their cooking littered all over the road. Worse, is they are obstructing traffic along the pavements.
Sidewalks are built for pedestrians to walk. But how did City Hall end up allowing such trading practices? Are the hawkers licensed? If they are, then City Hall is not helping clean up its image of an impartial enforcement agency. Shouldn't there be some form of control over hawking activities?

This Woman Needs Help

If you are familiar with the Air Panas Pasar Malam on Monday evenings, you will be familiar with this woman. She can be seen sitting by the side of the road, cradling a sleeping baby, which I presume is her own. Sometimes she breast feeds the baby. From her looks, she did not appear to be handicapped in any limb. One wonders why she is here week after week. The Women's Aid Organisation, I understand, helps women who are disadvantaged. How about helping this woman?

Tomorrow is Mooncake - Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival Is Here Again!

This year, the Lantern Festival or Tung Chiu falls on Saturday, Oct 3. Mooncakes have been sold almost a month ago and this year, perhaps because of economic slowdown, prices have never been so low. Discounts, too, are plentiful. Most unique are those that have become halal.

I remember the times when mooncakes come with generous amounts of lard, and some meat chunks in 'kam tui' variety. You can hardly find those anymore, and the same goes with the lanterns.

See the picture above? Modern lanterns made of cardboard paper or plastic with running lights. No more glass paper and wire frame ones in the shape of rabbit, dragon, cockerel and pigs. Times have changed, indeed.