What have our BeLoved Lontong degenerated into ?..

[Fishypie]

ALL you'd get nowadays is just a few sLices of cabbage Leaves, an egg which is no Larger than a QuaiL's, a piece of factory's prefried tofu; which skin's is totaLLy dry, some 3 pieces of ketupat rice; with coconut rempah which is probabLy outsourced from the same suppLier..
Where have those good oLd stripped turnips, diced jackfruit stems; and serunding gone anymore ?..
..and it cost me a cooL $3.50 at a F/C this morning..:(

 

[jubilee1919]

Good lontong @$2.50 can be eaten near your place if you know where. For example Eunos MRT F/C next to the market. Marine Parade is not a good place to have hawker food at reasonable prices as high rentals is the cause.

 

[Fishypie]

Oh, taLk about Eunos MRT F/C; that's one of my fave weekend's breakfast haunt as weLL..
Here's why; paper-thin crispy prata from one aLi-BaBa staLL:

 

[bushtucker]

lontong is a lost art. same goes for mee kuah.

 

[scroobal]

Now we are talking. Lontong is easy to prepare but hard to get it right.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

wait a minute here...............EUNOS Hawker Centre..........???!!!..............got nice food meh...........???!!!


even taxi drivers have been saying the food there sucks.....................i know some people living there keep complaining the food sucks...........

 

[halsey02]

Now we are talking. Lontong is easy to prepare but hard to get it right.

There is a name of the coconut thing they sprinkle over it that gives the dish the taste, making that is a skill plus the gravy... the ingredients are not difficult to prepare & get...

Not easy to get a good lontong these days, either it is too watery, too bland, or something is just don't taste good...Malay food has lost its flavor & its authencity over the years...

 

[kopiuncle]

you can hardly find any serunding in your lontong now.
everything short-cut. now after every plate, i run toilet...they no longer use coconut milk...but evaporated milk!!!
no turnip...the chilli is mass produced and really lousy.....cabbages are over-cooked....standard really drops!!!

you want really good lontong, try to do it yourself....most important, fry lightly and gingerly the serunding...shiok!

 

[jw5]

Now we are talking. Lontong is easy to prepare but hard to get it right.

scroobal is hard to prepare and hard to get it hard.

 

[jubilee1919]

There is a name of the coconut thing they sprinkle over it that gives the dish the taste, making that is a skill plus the gravy... the ingredients are not difficult to prepare & get...

Not easy to get a good lontong these days, either it is too watery, too bland, or something is just don't taste good...Malay food has lost its flavor & its authencity over the years...

Firstly they don't use kutupat anymore but rice cooked in plastic. There are many good places if your taste is more into Malay food. The Muslim stalls at Seah Im Food Centre to name one location. I find their Gado Gado delicious and the keropok one of the best.

 

[halsey02]

Firstly they don't use kutupat anymore but rice cooked in plastic. There are many good places if your taste is more into Malay food. The Muslim stalls at Seah Im Food Centre to name one location. I find their Gado Gado delicious and the keropok one of the best.

The like the Indonesian Gado Gado..& the ones with the tempe, right spelling or tempur?? Gado Gado depends much on the keropok & the peanut sauces & the rest of ingredients..sedap!

 

[jw5]

ALL you'd get nowadays is just a few sLices of cabbage Leaves, an egg which is no Larger than a QuaiL's, a piece of factory's prefried tofu; which skin's is totaLLy dry, some 3 pieces of ketupat rice; with coconut rempah which is probabLy outsourced from the same suppLier..
Where have those good oLd stripped turnips, diced jackfruit stems; and serunding gone anymore ?..
..and it cost me a cooL $3.50 at a F/C this morning..:(

never go to foodcourt to eat lontong. look for the coffeshops or hawker centres selling nasi padang, the longtong is usually quite good and ranging from $2.50 to $3.

 

[Fishypie]

@Jw5, either it's F/Cs or H/Cs; Lontongs' are never the same anymore..wondering how much do you guys stiLL remember the good oLd Kachang-PooL ?..

 

[Fishypie]

lontong is a lost art. same goes for mee kuah.

Bro, mee kuah was neVer an OriginaL MaLay dish..perhaps it was inVented by some Chinese guys empLoyed by a
MaLay Boss; hence it's concoction..

 

[jubilee1919]

Bro, mee kuah was neVer an OriginaL MaLay dish..perhaps it was inVented by some Chinese guys empLoyed by a
MaLay Boss; hence it's concoction..

Guess the Malays are getting to be more innovative. In Indonesia and Philippines they serve Mee Bakso and Singapore and Malaysia Mee Kuah.

 

[jubilee1919]

The like the Indonesian Gado Gado..& the ones with the tempe, right spelling or tempur?? Gado Gado depends much on the keropok & the peanut sauces & the rest of ingredients..sedap!

Yes, tempe is correct. In Indonesia it is a staple food as many Indonesian food has tempe and in their markets you can see many stalls selling only tempe.

Gado gado is a healthy food considering they are all vegetables.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Bro, mee kuah was neVer an OriginaL MaLay dish..perhaps it was inVented by some Chinese guys empLoyed by a
MaLay Boss; hence it's concoction..

I thot mee kuah is Indian dish?

 

[valiant20]

Guess the Malays are getting to be more innovative. In Indonesia and Philippines they serve Mee Bakso and Singapore and Malaysia Mee Kuah.

You should see the "Singapore Fried Noodles" that they have overs her in Aus.. Anyhow whack a Name for a noodle dish!

 

[jubilee1919]

You should see the "Singapore Fried Noodles" that they have overs her in Aus.. Anyhow whack a Name for a noodle dish!

Anywhere around the world, their Singaporean dishes are nowhere close to the taste of ours. I guess they use different ingredients to cater to the locals of their host country. Even in the States, the food purported to be Singaporean or Malaysian are not the same.

 

[loneshark]

What about the Malay food at Geylang Serai market second floor? Looks good, but I seldom get to eat there.
Any special dish or stall there?