george town II: street food tour

I've already mentioned the street food tour that Megan and I did with Robyn Eckhardt, but now, let me show you.

  
There was iced coffee + toast with kaya (amazing egg and coconut spread) + nasi lemak. There was roti canai. There was a coconut tart (my second, since Dave had already taken me for one during our photography walk -- but oh, those coconut tarts!). There was a brief visit to a soy sauce factory. There were pickles of various shapes and sizes. There was sweet-salty black rice with coconut milk. There was crispy pork. There was fresh nutmeg juice. There were sesame balls. And after all this there was a hotel-room break that lasted the better part of three hours, full to the point of total lethargy. Robyn had told us we needn't feel compelled to finish everything that was put in front of us, which I had a hard time with. When the food is that so delicious, I hate to leave anything on the table. But we did; it would have been difficult to survive the morning otherwise.

The only disappointing thing was Megan's and my schedule: Robyn sent us on our way with a bunch of recommendations for other wonderful things to eat, and we had to make our peace with the knowledge that, with less than 24 hours left in George Town, we would never be able to eat them all. I suppose, just like how I still haven't ever made it to the Louvre, this means I'll have to go back and fix this. This will be a terrible hardship, but I imagine I'll be able to overcome.