You have tried salted-fish fried rice but have you tried salted-egg fried rice? This and many other simple but interesting dishes are available at British Malaya in SS2, Petaling Jaya. It is a 24-hours outlet and a good place to keep in mind during a week-long holiday when many other eateries are closed.
A sign on the entrance says is pork-free and lard-free. British Malaya is at 58 & 60 Jalan SS 2 /67, 47300 Petaling Jaya. Tel: 03 7865 4015
Olympus OM-D, ISO 500, f4.5, 1/40 sec.
It was around year 2001 and I was riding my old Harley down a lonely, dusty road. Half expecting balls of tumbleweeds to roll out, I was surprised by an orange Milwaukee sign instead. What I thought was a Harley-Davidson workshop turned out to be a truck stop-style diner from near.
I wasn’t on Wisconsin Highway 66. I was in the boondocks of Balakong. The old route from The Mines to Balakong was being straightened and widened, resulting in blinding and blurring dust.
12 years later, I re-visited the place today. Amazingly, waitress (now manager) Pam and Chef Razak Amin are still there. So is their Juicy Calamari Steak and many other delicious Western-style dishes in (the now refined) menu.
Originally, the biker-owner intended Milwaukee Steak Corner as a shrine to the iconic brand. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA is after all, Harley-Davidson headquarters.
Milwaukee Steak Corner is at 36 Jalan Kasturi 1, off Jalan Balakong, Cheras, Malaysia. Tel: +603 9076 4522
Milwaukee Steak Corner’s signature Juicy Calamari Steak (a.k.a. sotong or squid steak) photographed with the Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f2, 1/125 sec.
Combine straight off-the pan crispy fried chicken with egg yolk-soaked santan (coconut milk) rice and we have a simple but delicious dish that drives so many people into a dark back lane.
Bumbung is along Jalan 21/17, Sea Park, Petaling Jaya.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 10000, f9, 1/60 sec.
