.. breakfast ..

a typical malaysian usually had either nasik lemak (steamed coconut rice), roti canai (a type of bread) or mee that goes with teh tarik (pulled-tea) for their breakfirst.


today is a public holiday as the nation celebrates the chinese new year. i'm expecting most of chinese shop will be closed, but to my surprise, all malay's nasik lemak stall around my house also close today. i think they took the opportunity of 4 straight holiday for a vacation or going back to their hometown.


and so i'm heading to the 24hours, 365days operations mamak restaurant for roti canai. my friend and i used to have this discussion on mamak restaurant:


me: "you know why mamak restaurant always a happening place to go everyday? because they open everyday!"
my friend: "no lah! not everyday. some do close for few days - sometimes"
me: "come on la wei. they even open during muslim eid mubarak"
my friend: "some restaurant do close on one particular day"
me: "when?"
my friend: "when local municiple council whack them up for the cleanliness. they have to close a few days to clean up their shop. haha!"
me: "aiseh. not all lah. some only"