Similarity among Datuk, Angel and Snacks?

Way way overdue post since this.

Allow me to do an introduction before I go further in my Jakarta posts.

We crashed at his place. We dined in style on his wallet. We spent his youth, burned his petrol, made bums dents in his bling-bling 4WD and overstressed his no-speakee-england chauffeur. He fell sick. The chauffeur. Lucky it was on the day we left. Hehe. And oh, a local Angel was roped in to make sure our trip was most informative and fun. What did he asked for in return?

Something not available in Jakarta …

A genuine SUPERB HOST itelu!

Heartiest THANK YOU, Datuk K (the lookalike wax figure in bling-bling batik of course) !

TONNES OF XIE-XIE ANGEL S!

Ok enough polishing Datuk K’s bling-bling golf bag … until our next trip. I’ll bring a suitcase of mints, k?

Usually you don't find me snacking but over there, I spend almost RM100 in a chain snack shop, Snackzone (colourful website). Bought some for colleagues, some for family members, some for friends and some because they look interesting. The variety of snack, not strangers. Here, take a peep:-

Plenty of fried singkong aka fried cassava, a starchy root vegetable similar to potato. Taste quite similar too. Err same same but different? A quick google revealed that it’s one of the staple food in most Asean countries except Malaysia. Hmmm. I bought so many packets and procastinated the picture taking. Consequence, all finished and no picture. *sigh* If it's any consolation, see those dark brown crakers-like packs in the plastic bag carrier?

These were among the many packs in those bags. Dried preserved pineapple slices.Very sweet. I am not too sure whether they were submerged in syrup before the drying process. Maybe the sweetness is natural as my experience with fresh pineapples there was very good.

Now this I find most interesting.

(If you happen to browse through my previous post , you would have noted the sticker on the glass container. Last photo.) Most people thought it was preserved cactus and were genuinely surprised when they took a daring bite. Nutmeg ie Buah Pala in Malay. Labouriously cut, dyed, dried and liberally doused with sugar.

You get it now? The similarity is of course the high level of sweetness all around !

How did Datuk K and Angel S pamper us? Posts coming up soon .. let's hope.

For my own reference:-
Going Out Kuala Lumpur LCCT (KUL) to Jakarta (CGK)
19 Sep 2008 QZ 7605 Departs 2050 Arrives 2145 385.00 MY
Coming Back Jakarta (CGK) to Kuala Lumpur LCCT (KUL)
22 Sep 2008 AK 957 Departs 2030 Arrives 2330 485.00 MY
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Total Package Price: 870.00 MYR