Fook Yew 2

I am not sure what it was but something told me that the customer service ethic in this hotel in Kuantan, Malaysia might be a little less than perfect! I crossed the road and gave it a wide berth just in case.

From Malaysia, Kuantan

The night market at Kuantan

Night markets are a feature and a delight of small towns in Southeast Asia and the night market in Kuantan does not disappoint.  Families with children, couples and groups of teenagers converge  on the market to shop or snack or maybe just socialise. The hawkers and stalls have a tremendous range of fresh produce, but it is the street food, cooked fresh and ready to eat which makes these markets such a magnet.

From Malaysia, Kuantan

You can pick your ingredients from seafood, meats, tofu and vegetables and watch it made into a laksa. 

Laksa - a Malay speciality

Laksa is basically a Malay fish or seafood coconut curry soup with noodles. I had always wanted to make laksa before coming to Malaysia. The pictures in Rick Stein and other eminent cookbooks looked mouth-watering but the basic ingredient, the laksa paste, had so many hard to find ingredients that the idea never got off the wish-list.

From Malaysia Food

But I have to say it has been well worth the wait. Since I came to Malaysia I have eaten laksa (I now realise there are dozens of different styles) in restaurants, and from street stalls or hawkers,