After mass, we walked over to
AhTai's old neighborhood, had a nap at the Er Lo.
Then mee fun tang (thin rice noodles in soup) for lunch in Dong Mun Market. This isn't your typical restaurant housed in its own building; this is street food. Not as rustic as some of those traveling carts, where you're belly up to a fold out table on a little stool, exposed to the elements, but close enough, with all the market shoppers pushing past you, if you're seated out in the lane. Anyway there are places famous for their mee fun tang, this place had a measure of fame as evidenced by the articles and pictures on their walls. Once the hot bowls cooled off, I think the girls really enjoyed their mee fun tang, which comes unadorned – we ordered several side dishes, including cabbage, tofu, and a dish of pork cheek and stomach or intestines, can't remember which. Delish.
As we were making the rounds through the market, being introduced to AhPoh's acquaintances, we stumbled upon a dessert parlor, which we decided to try. They had a selection of hot and cold tofu puddings (and their various traditional toppings like green or red mung bean, chunks of coconut jello, lotus seeds, pearl barley), which wasn't as good as the street vendors in my opinion, but they did have this coconut milk dessert that was highly redeeming. Basically, some coconut milk concoction (like
this) with your choice of toppings, we ordered a second helping.
Took a taxi home, where we found Wong PP cleaning up and a plate of these little "peach" buns (red bean paste filling). You might remember them as being a sign of longevity as served to elderly (or anyone else) on their birthdays. Come to find out, they're also a traditional offering to some deity, the Sky King, on his feast day, which this year was celebrated on the 29 January.
