In Search of The Sup!!!

It's not like the wedding food is bad but it's just that when one is in Penang, Ipoh or even Taiping ones' appetite becomes...gargantuan in nature. We just wanna makan, makan & makan the local food.

This time...Datin had this sudden dying desire for "The Sup" and hence immediately after we left the wedding dinner we went in search of "The Sup". Our search began at 12:15am and we landed in our very first mamak and they are known for having sup so we were happy cos after that we can go back and sleep.

But i was not to be. This mamak had no SUP. The only bloody sup he had was maggi sup. We got up and left...Datin...disappointed but no worries, we will go find another stall and off we left.

We reached Gurney Road happy and smilling from ear to ear cos there were so many stalls here, we should be able to find some soup. We found this Penang Best Char Koay Teow or so it proclaimed and b'cos of the smell of fried eg i could not resist. I ordered one and well...i wouldn't say it is the best cos i have tasted better. A little too much Aji. Brother James would definately protest. It would not pass his stringent QC. Don't diss him cos he thinks he is the expert where Char Koay Teow is concerned.

This mini rojak tho.. is pretty interesting with it's honey infused hae ko (prawn paste). It was tasty but a little sweet for me.

It does taste as good as it looks. Still we could not find any Sup in this place as quite a lot of stalls were closed by then. So after the side show we left in search for one more place for The Sup. This is our 4th stop by now. By this time Datin's face has lost much of it's cheer.

We then reached Jalan Masjid Kapitan Kling with it's beautiful mosque in sight. I was more interested in the architecture of the mosque while i let Whirlwind and Datin go check out this joint called Nasi Beratur.

People actually beratur (queu up) to eat this nasi. The time was 1:10am in the morning and you can see throngs of people queing up to eat this nasi. I wonder if it is all worth it but i was too famished with the wedding dinner's 7 course meal, supposedly best char koay teow and mini rojak in my belly to try. I promised myself i shall one day return to try it. The girls came back with Datin deeply disappointed that there was no bloody SUP!!! Then she declared...let's go back but Whirlwind was not about to give up on her and declared that we shall find the bloody SUP or she shall not return. Then we went to the 6th destination and still no frickin Sup. This time Datin was very tired and so was i but Datin was sad...cos no SUP.

Till finally the Gods decided that he had our patience tested and proven that this 3 musketeers of sorts was not about to give up yet, he put before us the 3 most beautiful stainless steel pots we have ever seen will steam blowing out it's covers. Immediately we pulled to the left, parked and ran across the road oblivious of the late night traffic to see the mamak nodding affirmatively that YES there is Bloody SUP in his pots! Datin could not contain her joy. It was as if someone just propose to her on bended knees.

The SUP you see above is as good as it looks and that is why you see that beautous face smiling like the Joker. Moral of this story...Never give up and especially never give up on your friends goal. Nothing like seeing that satisfaction knowing you stood by and made a difference. We got a parking summons for all the trouble too...but to quote Whirlwind, "It was a small price to pay, it was worth it."