Anugerah "Turun Dari Langit"

This is how I rate if food sedap ke tidak. 1) Macam Turun Dari Langit 2) Macam Muntah Kucing 3) Tidak lah lagi. Ok yang no 1 and 2 tu, untuk yang memang sedap gila dan tak kedapatan di tempat lain... while yang no 3 tu memang hampeh sehampehnya, I won't even give my cat (if I have one) to take a bite. It's not worth mentioning at all.

Don't get me wrong ... sedap macam muntah kucing is just my expression of saying.. sedap sampai tak dapat nak bayangkan. Has anyone tasted muntah kucing before? Takde kan? So tak boleh bayangkan, kan? Hahahahah and actually it's to put off people from having a bite of whatever that I'm eating yang sedap sangat sampai tak boleh nak dibayangkan itu. So if people ask, sedap ke? Sedap. Macam muntah kucing. Ha? Eiii .. Aaa bagus tak payah share.

Sedap macam turun dari langit tu.... paham sendiri la. Memang nikmat yang rasanya cuma boleh turun dari langit aje. Sometimes, ada extension to this award... sebab kadang-kadang rate tu boleh dinaik taraf kepada... macam turun dari langit ke 7... or macam turun dari langit ke 5...

Hahahahha.. weird? Who cares. I follow this rating system closely, so everytime makan memang puasa hati .. lagi gemuk gedempul.

And honestly, mostly makanan yang dapat rate sedap macam turun dari langit ni mostly ada kat Batu Pahat aje :). Perhaps they are everywhere else in Malaysia. But since I'm from Batu Pahat, my taste bud mostly gets it's exercise here. Sape-sape nak datang Batu Pahat, I could plan an eating itinerary for you. 6 meals a day. Dari pagi sampai pagi esok, makan non-stop. Amacam, berani?

Oh, well.. here are some of those that I have awarded - "Macam Turun Dari Langit", in no particular order.

1. Apek's Beverage Stall at Kg Merdeka

Kedai apek ni has been around since god knows when. Dari aku kecik sampai sekarang. Not sure if it was the same apek all these years or the baton was passed over. One thing for sure, all the drinks that he sells, memang sedap macam turun dari langit! Lagi la if hari panas. Ada air soya, cincau, sarang burung and our favorite.. air cendawan putih ! It's the green/yellow thing in the picture. Cendawan dari longkang mana dia kutip jadi air, I have no idea... but the taste...sighhhhh boleh minum 3 baldi. Ok exeggarating... sebab minum satu cawan dia yang besar, dah nak kembung perut. It only cost RM0.60. Some years ago.. RM0.40.. then RM0.50... Nak datang minum... drive your car right up next to his stall.. roll down the window and order.. Minum dalam kete. If ada banyak kereta.. you either queue.. or kena la keluar and order. Please understand, walking more than 100 meters in Batu Pahat is a crime, ok. Kalau boleh park kat dapur orang tu.. memang nak park :P

2. Apam Balik from Bus Stand.

Well, there use to be Apam Balik from Pasar.. tapi selalu pergi pasar dah petang buta, kedai pun dah tutup. When I was 7 years old.. I use to eat the apam balik or what I used to call it kueh potong, from pasar every single week. Dah la beli kat kedai Cina.. tah halal tah tak. Tah-tah ada minyak babi. Yummyyyy! But then the market evolved.. and now ramai orang Melayu yang dah pandai buat apam balik. And apam balik kat Batu Pahat ni... is the real mc coy. The jagung is really jagung and banyak and guna Ayam Brand.. not like pitiful portion, brand caplang. Butter, gula.. kacang all cukup sifat. No cutting corners. I bought apam balik once and it had chocolate sprinkles in them? Apakah? In KL, apam balik now cost about RM2.00 and.. mmg tak sedap. But here...it's still RM1.50. Beli 2 pun belum tentu cukup. Bila makan panas-panas, memang macam turun dari langit. Nak beli... standard procedure, drive your car next to the stall.. roll down window and order :)

3. Nasi Beryani Mat Shah

Ok.. acik ni aku tak sure yang ni ke Pakcik Mat Shahnya. Rasanya bukan :P Tapi dia la tukang kutip duit. There's a lot of people selling.. Beryani Gam Batu Pahat la apa la.. To me, if you're not eating them in Batu Pahat, jangan la percaya. To begin with... the price: RM5.50 (ke RM5.00).. it use to be RM3.50.. then RM4.50. Mana la ada orang jual beryani this dead cheap? In KL, mau RM6-7 .. tak tentu lagi sedap. The chicken or kambing... melt in your mouth ok. Nasi dia.. if makan macam tu aje pun sedap. Tak payah nak lauk2. Pastu, if you buy today.. esok panas balik pun still sedap. The 2nd picture tu is actually a picture of 'yesterday' nasi beryani. Eh ada pulak asam pedas.. but let's save that for next time. It will take me half a day just to talk about the asam pedas pulak. Going back to the beryani, jangan terkejut if orang batu pahat makan beryani for breakfast. This shop is ready as early as 10.30am. And according to my uncle..you have to eat the first batch.. coz it's the one that is being cooked over kayu api. Rasa lagi authentic. The afternoon batch, masak dlm periuk karan (term orang dolu-dolu) .... so gaya, mutu dan keunggulannya ada sikit kureng. To me, semua sedap aje. My sister told me that some people in KL order the nasi from BP and it is send over/ delivered via the express busses to KL. Orang tunggu pulak kat Puduraya for their order. Gila tak gila namanya. Aku tak pernah try...tapi jangan tak tau, I have their number in my phone. Senang nak order untuk raya. Tahun ni akak dtg tapau dgn periuk la. Kesedapannya? Repeat after me. Sedap macam turun dari langit.

4. Roti Kedai Bee Bee

Before there was Dunkin Donut, Krispy Kreme, and all the signature bakeries.. there were Bee Bee Bakery in Jalan Rahmat. And there still is Kedai Bee Bee. Hahaha the cheapest roti, is the roti coklat and roti kaya. It use to be just RM0.20... then became RM0.25.. then RM0.30.. Till recently RM0.50. Roti ni pulak nak bagi best lagi, beli plak kacang cap kupu-kupu (which is a different story all together) ... letak dalam roti. Then you'll get all the sweet, creamy and salty taste all rolled into one. We introduced this to my nephews.. and they were hooked. Hari tu balik Batu Pahat, siap habis roti ni. Ceh kecewa banget! Kesedapannya.. memang turun dari langit.

Goodness, I've worked myself an apetite now. Malangnya, all these things ada kat Batu Pahat aje. Takpelah.. cuci mata saje. There's a lot more from where they come from.. tapi semua takde gambar.. sebab makan dah habis baru ingat nak ambik gambar. Hehehe next time la aku update.

Hmm...agaknya batal tak puasa if tengok gambar-gambar ni lama2?

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan, people.. and may you find your buka puasa "macam turun dari langit" everyday.