My ultra short trip to Kuala Lumpur was exactly that. Between all the events that happen amongst wedding celebrations, I hardly had any time to explore the city. I did try to catch a taxi to Sek Yuen, only to find that it was closed mid afternoon on a Friday. He stopped by a take-away stand so we could buy some roast goose, but alas, they were sold out! Just to make matters more interesting, it started to pour with rain, and then our small creaky taxi ran out of gas and broke down on the freeway. We eventually flagged down another cab, leaving the poor taxi driver behind.

A highlight though, was a dish I had at the wedding – and I rarely eat anything amazing at weddings, due to everything being luke warm, dry and overcooked.

Shark fin soup, served on a layer of steamed egg (chawanmushi style) with crab meat. You can’t see the steamed egg in the photo as it rests on the bottom of the plate, but the silky egg and crab meat complements the thick, rich soup. Garnished with a full piece of shark’s fin, goji berries and “silver” bean sprouts. Decadent and divine!

I wish I could’ve stayed longer! I did stop by a restaurant named “Devi’s Corner” which was recommended by the hotel concierge to have really good Nasi Lemak, thought it really wasn’t anything to write home about, as the Malaysian place down the road from my office in Sydney would’ve done an equally (if not better) job.

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