this use to be my playground

beside an undisturbed moment in the loo and occasional nose picking, food always give us pleasure... and we're not talking about steak, pasta or some so called civilised food... but simple food like karipap sardin and kuih bangkit. yeah... im sure most of you out there agree with this. its the kind of food that take you to your childhood where everything is just fine... nothing to worry... life is just one big playground.

karipap sardin is definitely on top of the list when talking about soul food. i guess the combination of karipap (which is already an all time favourite) and sardin is just mind blowing. just imagine a home cooked karipap sardin with soft puff pastry and full of sambal sardin inside.. the beauty of a home made karipap sardin is that... it is full of sardin... not like the one you buy from the bazaar which is full of onion with tiny peaces of sardin... what a rip off... we had that for buka puase last monday. it really hit the spot. between the two of us.. we managed to wallop 15 peaces of karipap sardin... and we finish it in the shortest time you can imagine; while driving from bangsar to the curve... that is like what, less than half an hour. we are like de karipap sardin piranhas...

then there this thing called kuih bangkit. white in color, kind of hard on the outside but once u've bite it... it melts in your mouth... well at least that's how it suppose to be. we've been looking for a good kuih bangkit ever since... so far the one that we've got is kind of frustrating... back in the days, a fucking good kuih bangkit is abundence. can even get it in the kedai mamak beside the jeruk kelubi or jeruk betik or jeruk mangga... nowadays its a different case all together... we accidentally found a good one while we are at the curve. i guess becos its nearly raya. when we saw the makcik there, we know its gonna be good... and it does. after a bite it melts in your mouth with an excellent after taste... smoothly taking you to back to your childhood days when life is much more simpler than it is now... every peace seems to have a memory of its own... it was excellent...

and since picture says a thousand words... here it is....


in life whether we realise it or not, its the simplest thing that always bring us pleasure and never fails to put a smile on our face.... as much as we thought life experience has influence or changed us... we always look for the things that can take us back home, where we really feel happy and safe... and beside a good joint... soul food like these will always do the trick.... thank god for that...