Demo Day

I woke up screaming. "Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no." Let me explain. I don't have a watch or a clock. With the change in time zone, I am doubly confused, so I had set my iPhone as my clock.
It is 7 PM, September 2, 2010. That is what my iPhone said.
I checked again, and checked my laptop. Yep! 7 PM, September 2. My flight to Penang is 2:30 PM, September 2. I must have missed the flight!
I pulled open the curtain. It looked bright, but it looked like 7 PM. Didn't I just give the presentation, came back to the room, and fell asleep? It seemed like a long time ago, but it couldn't have been.
I dialed the operator, and asked for the date. "September 1, 2010", she said. Oh, thank you, thank you. I am okay, then.

Now that the business part of the trip is over, it is time to have some fun. Next thing on the agenda is food. I took a cab to the fair ground again. Someone had told me there is a food court at the fair ground, so I went there with high hopes.
The food court is on the second floor, there are about seven or eight stores, all closed, except for one, a Malay food stall. I walked by. They are doing a pretty good business, being the only store open. Three or four patrons were waiting to be served at the take out window, and half a dozen at the tables. They sell pre-cooked home made food, like curry fish, stired fried vegetables, about a dozen selections. I decided to pass.

Back downstairs is the Thai restaurant I ate before. I decided to give them a try. I ordered shrimp cakes, stir-fried water cress with garlic and chili sauce, and stir fried flat noodles.
The shrimp cake came out looking like donuts. They are a bit tough. They appeared to be shrimp and ground pork mixed and shaped into donuts. I don't like them.

What I really like is the water cress stir-fried. I don't think these are water cress, but "oung choy", or in Mandarin "Tong Sin Chai", hollow tube vegetables. In Penang, we eat them with fresh octopus. Stir-fried, they are tender and tasty. This dish made the dinner.

The flat noodles is similar to char kuay teow, without the accompaniments. Still pretty good, if not a bit oily. All in all, not a bad meal. I ordered a Carlsberg beer, instead of coffee.