{"id":6196,"date":"2013-03-24T22:58:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T14:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2013-03-24T23:13:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T15:13:26","slug":"economy-rice-is-economical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/economy-rice-is-economical\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Rice Is Economical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The oddly named &#8220;Economy Rice&#8221; is meant to convey thrift or meal on a budget. It is also known as &#8220;Mixed Rice&#8221; sometimes.\u00a0This originated from the combo of rice and side dishes. I think of it as buffet-Malaysian style. You can pick any dishes you want but limited to only one serving. No second helpings (unless you pay again).<\/p>\n<p>In the the middle of Taman Muda, my curiosity was piqued when I saw so many people congregating at a stall named Sun Gee. Dozens were queuing and hundreds busy eating at the tables when I stumbled upon it. The main attraction was the choice of over 50 different dishes. The selection was indeed astounding and bewildering. For less than USD 2 you get rice and 3 dishes plus free Chinese tea. Economy rice is economical.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked permission to photograph the buffet line, a nice Nepalese worker offered me this special vantage point.<\/p>\n<p>Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f4.5, 1\/200 sec.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6197\" title=\"Economy Rice Is Economical\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice.jpg\" alt=\"Economy Rice Is Economical\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice-113x113.jpg 113w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice-169x169.jpg 169w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/economy_rice-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the the middle of Taman Muda, my curiosity was piqued when I saw so many people congregating at a stall&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/economy-rice-is-economical\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1339,563,8,25,519,9],"tags":[1373,1313,1009,114,511,698],"class_list":["post-6196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-2","category-instagram","category-life","category-news-commentary","category-omd","category-photography","tag-cheras","tag-chinese-food","tag-hawker","tag-olympus","tag-om-d","tag-rice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6196"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6207,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6196\/revisions\/6207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}