Getting Into Klang

Klang lately has not been a rather welcoming place, just today as we were heading there we got stuck in yet another traffic jam.

Not the first time. Usually, we expect traffic getting into Klang from the Federal or NKVE to be rather congested at the usual peak hours, and say 6pm on Saturdays. But not at 11am or 3pm on any day. 'Course, we don't stay in Klang any more so we haven't been keeping up with Klang's development. So when we thought of getting into Klang and find ourself stuck in some unfathomable jam just past Jusco Bukit Raja our EQ takes a turn for the worse.

It's just as well that we remember that rather than brave the flyovers, we should get into that side lane that goes to the Hokkien Association, then head straight across the roundabout towards Klang Bridge, go past jasmine-scented Little India because the roads to Klang Club have changed, and hit the roundabout that would take us back to where we used to stay...

Then even leaving Klang today proved a problem, when we decided to use the NKVE instead of the Federal and ended up actually stuck in yet another jam as a fallen crane blocked up all lanes save one. EQ levels dropped another notch.

Now, our EQ in traffic jams only drop when we're rushing for something. And for this particular instant?

Bah kut teh. And you can see the two of us have this thing where we really really banjir our rice with the bkt soup.

We'd tapau'ed lunch. To eat with the Chief. Unfortunately our first store of choice for bah kut teh at Teluk Pulai had already sold out, so we settled for second. And normally when we order bah kut teh by ourself it's usually an iffy event, because we have to make do communicating with terrible half-past-six Cantonese. Our Hokkien? Far, far worse.

Janvier: Bah kut teh...
Taukeh (in Hokkien): For one person? Having here?
Janvier (in Cantonese): Er. Two. Ta pau.
Taukeh (in Cantonese): What kind of bah kut teh?
Janvier (in Cantonese): Er er. Cham cham.
Taukeh (in Cantonese): Pig's intestines? Chicken feet?
Janvier (in Cantonese): Er er er. No.
Taukeh (in Cantonese): [Unfathomable ingredient]? [Undeciphered] egg?
Janvier (in Cantonese): Er er er er. No.
Taukeh: Sao sao? Yao char kuey?
Janvier (in Cantonese, much relieved): Yes! Yes!

Somehow bah kut teh today got our appetite up for more. Prolly shall plan another session soon. And today's meal is meant to fuel us during the new BodyJam 45 launch.