KL volunteering day 6 & 7

No market this morning, so I got a lie in, then was greeted with little boxes of food when I eventually went downstairs.
Leon got a flight early this morning so I'm the only volunteer here for now. I too was only meant to be doing a week, however it's so lovely here, I've got no plans and they've got no volunteers til next week, so I think I'm going to stay until Sunday. It feels very homely here, Lili and Popo are so welcoming and generous, plus I love getting taken to all the local food spots and markets!
It was super quiet today, we didn't have anyone in at all. Lili has been thinking about adding roti canai to the cooking class list, so she'd made up a batch of dough, and we tried stretching and shaping it out. It was so much harder than all the street vendors make it look! Our dough wasn't very stretchy so our rotis didn't turn out very flakey, but they were still super tasty with some coconut jam for lunch.
I did some cleaning, then Lili decided to close early as she thought we all needed a rest, which was lovely.
I napped, then we headed out for a night market at 6. Traffic was horrendous so instead of 20 minutes, it took and hour and 20! By the time we got there we were all starving! The market was on a street adjacent to a very busy road. Must've been hundreds of stalls in a row, lining this one long street. It was very busy as this particular market is only open on Wednesdays.
We slowly made our way down, buying different snacks as we made our way down and eating them on our way. Once we reached the end, we circled back and found somewhere to sit and got a few bigger dishes. I think I ended up eating more dessert than I did savory! My favourite of the bunch was a red bean and strawberry mochi.
The next day we went to a food hall with breakfast and I was introduced to 'the best carrot cake in the world'. It wasn't carrot cake as we know it, instead a dish made with radishes which was savoury and didn't resemble a cake at all! It was fried cubes of white radish stir fried with bean sprouts and egg. It was absolutely delicious! The reddish was crunchy on the outside but melted in your mouth.
Again today we weren't too busy. I popped out for a coffee then wandered back to help with the lunch time service. After 4 we had no customers, so again Lili decided to close early and we headed out for dinner :) One of their friends joined us and we went to a vegan Japanese restaurant and got some delicious vegan sushi. For dessert, we ventured back again to the shop that did Chinese sweet soup. This time the owner was there and beckoned us over to sit with him. Lili and Popo sat and chatted to him for over an hour in Cantonese, I got some bits translated for me and he showed us how the soup is made. Apparently they're the only shop in KL that still makes the soup the traditional way, grinding all the ingredients by hand with a huge stone contraption.
I don't think I ever go more than a hour hungry here, I'm constantly eating and always go to bed full (no complaints hehe).Read more