Penang hawkers food vs America food

我曾认為马來西亞是天堂的厨房（食物），尤其是我生長的槟城，真的是美食当道，到处林立，不远就会有小贩… 所以像我之前单身在外的，上班的日子通常三餐都是小贩帮我解决，我厨房的煤气桶几年才能用完！有时候还在那些小贩摊前，想着不知道要吃什么好，太多选择了啦！

現我们住的地区，就完全不一样，你要吃外面的一餐，都是餐馆或快餐店，俩人花费约USD15-40。所以不大会煮的我，还是要常下厨了…

我们要去Asian store（离开家约14英里／22.4公里）才能買到进口菜，虽很高兴，但价錢贵得很，如薄荷，在槟城巴剎买约付RM0.30-0.50的量，这兒标价是USD1.39！虽然是贵了点，但我在这兒吃着自己煮的一餐，还是觉得很满足…

CA, 我回槟城时，不能要我煮啦，是要帶我去我不知道的那些槟城角落的美食！哈哈…

I thought that Malaysia is like the kitchen in heaven (food), especially in my hometown of Penang. There are really delicious foods everywhere; you can easily find a hawker nearby… So, when I lived alone, my three meals during workdays were usually solved by the hawkers. A tank of gas in my kitchen needs to take a few years to finish! Sometimes when I looked at those hawker’s stalls, I couldn’t decide what to eat due to the many choices!

Now, my staying area here is totally different. If you want to have a meal outside, you need to go to a restaurant or fast food place, and the bill for both of us is around USD15-40. Thus, even though I am not good at cooking, I need to cook…

We need to go to the Asian grocery stores (the distance from our home is around 12 mile/22.2 km) if I want imported vegetables. I felt happy that I can get some, but the price is so high. Like mint leaves: you can get a quantity and pay around RM0.30-0.50 in Penang’s wet markets, but here they cost USD1.39! Though they are expensive, I feel satisfaction when I am eating a meal that I cooked myself…

CA, when I come back to Penang, you can’t ask me to cook. Instead you have to take me to some corner in Penang where I didn’t know they have delicious foods! Ha-ha…