Food: Pasembur rojak and Cendol love affair

OK, let me straighten out the facts here for a minute. THIS IS NOT A FOOD BLOG.

But heck, I might as well do it for a bit ~ since I did rag on about barley rice yesterday, and having gotten a mouth watering inspiration from Eating Asia today. It's a sign from God I tell you!

While on my adventures in Malaysia earlier this month, I did what every good pilgrim would do... Ease the food craving. The ONE place that I must pay homage to is very near my house. This, is the ONLY place in town where I would honestly say I love eating rojak at.



Shocked to see that it's only a wee truck parked on the side of the street with no proper facilities?

Hell yeah! You'd be even more shocked when you realize that half the time, there'd be people with BMWs and Mercedec-Benzes double parked alongside that road just to have a taste of their humble looking, but fantastilicious Pasembur rojak concoction of hard-boiled egg, tofu, cucumber, bean sprouts, broiled cuttlefish, funky tasting Indian-spiced cakes, and of course... the secret peanut sauce!

That was a mouthful, I know.

AND

See the green jelly looking things wading in a pool of ice slush, in combination with what could be a highly addictive mix of black (qincau) jelly, whole red beans, coconut milk and coconut palm sugar? Those are the green things that make it what it is ~ Cendol.

Another mouthful, I know.

Forgive me for ragging, but it is THAT good! For a mere RM5 (USD$1.50), you can appease that burning fire of your culinary cravings for rojak and cendol! Whoever thought of mixing elements of hot (spicy rojak) and cold (cendol) to create this lethal love affair, could have only been nothing short of genius... or might I even say, a master in the Tao of Yin and Yang!

In case you wonder, there are a bunch of these all over the place in Petaling Jaya, and even Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. But this is the only one that I eat at. It has always been parked at Section 17 Road 21 Petaling Jaya in front of the market for as long as memory serves me. Business hours are usually midday ~ 6pm. Business is usually awesome and they tend to close early sometimes. Other landmarks include the Rothmans roundabout, Sin Chiew Jit Poh, and the Section 17 flats off-Jalan University.

Try it... and you will be a believer!

I will stop ragging now.