Prior to arriving in KL, I spent two days in Chengdu, China. This is my first visit to Asia. China is a very interesting place. Tons of people! I flew into Shanghai direct from Chicago and then on to Chengdu, which is 3 hours West of Shanghai by jet. My first meal in China was breakfast, and here it is! I didn't recognize too many things and not sure what I was eating. It was very good though!
For lunch, we went to a Chinese restaurant...imagine that! The Chinese food here is not like American Chinese. Everything is family style in a private dining room. This meal had a soup pot with a burner that boiled the soup. In the middle of the table on a lazy susan, was an assortment of beef, lamb, chicken, liver, some unrecognizable things, veggies, noodles, etc. You just pick up the items you want one or two at a time, cook them, and then enjoy! I am a little clumsy with the chopsticks, but getting better. The meal lasted about two hours.
This is one of the lunch items in Kuala Lumpur. Why cut the heads off when you can cook them? Again, this was family style.
This pic is after we finished. We were both more tired than either of us cared to admit.
Meet Ashley (pronounced oshlee). This little girl was a pistol. She came onto the court like she owned the place and had the best time chasing the balls. She got in the way...a lot! She was so cute though. She would run right across the court, laughing, and saying i got it...i got it. No clue where her parents were. When Keat asked her where she was from, she said "upstairs!" She was a joy to have around until she went after Keat's wallet, which was sitting on one of the chairs in the picture above. Fortunately, I saw her through the corner of my eye, as did one of the pool attendants. She was escorted off of the court crying, and kicking. She settled down and watched us finish out from outside the fence. She agreed to a picture so here she is!
