Enjoying Malaysian food in Toulouse

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I went to Toulouse after my exams. On Saturday when I arrived, Hidayah made kuih cara. When she told me the name I didn't know it at all...but then she described it and I realised that it was the kuih that I liked and had bought several times before, but never knew the name :P It's the (usually) green and pandan-flavoured oval-shaped kuih, sold in twos (if you've seen it before you should know what it is now). Dayah said that there was a version with meat inside (the one she made was with sugar) but I didn't know that one...

Dayah's kuih cara
I found that it was a little like kaya balls...I love kaya balls!

This is what she used to make it:

(er, can the French tell me whether they recognize this moule? ;P )

That night we met up with some other Malaysians for dinner in an Indian restaurant. I took several photos (of every dish) but I think I was overdoing it...after all it was nothing exceptional, you've seen it all before! So I shall only grace you with a photo of their still-smoking hot-plate tandoori.

The chicken was tiny and thin...so even though we had half a chicken (two drumsticks + thighs) each, it wasn't too much! The others said that the chicken was bigger when they came before though...

batchmate-batchmateku yang cantik ;)
(translation: my beautiful batchmates)
hehe, I just noticed that they were holding their knife and fork the exact same way

and the others

On Sunday Dayah and I made curry puffs :D

the dough

the filling (unfortunately there were no potatoes left)

the thing that makes life easier ;)

Stretch the dough, wrap the filling, and you get this!

before frying

after frying
(no, they did not multiply in the hot oil ;) )

Yummy!

Later we went to As' place to eat (bringing along the curry puffs). I was really surprised to see the enormous feast she had prepared, I wasn't expecting such a big meal!

That roti jala was the thinnest I've ever seen!
(roti=bread, jala=net, it's a net-like "bread")
The spaghetti was for mee rebus; you can see the other ingredients around.

the crumble baking in the oven

And oh yeah, I hadn't seen Taufik for soooo long, since our INTEC days (five and a half years ago!), I had to take a photo with him! It's actually surprising how we've managed to keep in touch...

ping pong is magic, some of my best friends I would never have met otherwise ^_^

And the next day I played femme au foyer (housewife) while Dayah and Iz'zati (my hosts) went to class :P They came back for lunch and then I left to take the 2:25pm train back to Lyon. It was a direct train that took about four and a half hours...NOT great I tell you! Luckily the train wasn't very full...and the person next to me got off at Nîmes, about an hour before we reached Lyon, so I had a little more space to move about after that...

So it was a great relaxing weekend. Perfect right after exams :D