ice kacang
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
It's been awhile since I had ice kacang. Today it brought back some childhood memories.
A bowl of ice kacang with gula melaka
Fridays were special. It was the only day in the week where morning session school finishes an hour earlier because of Friday prayers. Mom would have the family car for the day and pick me up first and then drive over to my sisters' school. Mom would scout for a shady tree to park underneath it. I would have a fantastic time picking blood red saga seeds from the ground. I would later use the seeds as fillings for batu seremban (five stones) and keep the remainder in a jar.
Saga seeds, how you'd play batu seremban and attap seeds
Then mom would bring us to our favourite lunch spot – Sea Park morning market where the best mee yoke (prawn noodles) is served piping hot. Next to it is the ice kacang stall with the most generous portion of assorted nuts and beans and shaved ice with red and gula melaka (brown sugar) syrup served in a plastic bowl. It's heaven on a humid afternoon.
Today's serving was slightly different. The shaved ice was drenched with red, pink, green and orange coloured syrup; very much like the Paddle pop rainbow ice-cream. And sitting majestically atop the mound of ice is a scoop of strawberry ice-cream draped with corn. And right at the bottom is diced cincau (grass jelly), red beans and attap seeds. It was nothing special really but it was nice walking down memory lane.
A bowl of ice kacang with gula melaka
Fridays were special. It was the only day in the week where morning session school finishes an hour earlier because of Friday prayers. Mom would have the family car for the day and pick me up first and then drive over to my sisters' school. Mom would scout for a shady tree to park underneath it. I would have a fantastic time picking blood red saga seeds from the ground. I would later use the seeds as fillings for batu seremban (five stones) and keep the remainder in a jar.
Saga seeds, how you'd play batu seremban and attap seeds
Then mom would bring us to our favourite lunch spot – Sea Park morning market where the best mee yoke (prawn noodles) is served piping hot. Next to it is the ice kacang stall with the most generous portion of assorted nuts and beans and shaved ice with red and gula melaka (brown sugar) syrup served in a plastic bowl. It's heaven on a humid afternoon.
Today's serving was slightly different. The shaved ice was drenched with red, pink, green and orange coloured syrup; very much like the Paddle pop rainbow ice-cream. And sitting majestically atop the mound of ice is a scoop of strawberry ice-cream draped with corn. And right at the bottom is diced cincau (grass jelly), red beans and attap seeds. It was nothing special really but it was nice walking down memory lane.
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