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Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru is the state capital of the state of Johor and the second largest metropolitan area in Malaysia. Most tourists don't stop here and just pass through the city on their way to or out of Singapore. JB is a major local transportation hub however. Since it is just across the causeway from Singapore, some travellers use it as a hub to visit Singapore from here (lower accommodation prices) or to board the train, bus or airplane.

Brunei

Tiny state in Borneo, sandwiched between Sarawak and Sabah. After it was a big regional player a few hundred years back, Brunei became rich upon the discovery of Oil in the 1940s. For a period time the Sultan of Brunei was the richest person in the world.

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Lok-Lok

snack | Chinese
Lok-Lok, Lok-Lok stall in Jalan Alor, KL
Lok-Lok stall in Jalan Alor, KL
2012, photo: Scotty & Franzi
a variety of meat, tofu and vegetable on sticks to dip in boiling water
also known as:


Lok-Lok is something like a Steamboat street version with the exception that you deep the sticks in boiling water, not a soup. Lok-Lok carts generally have a huge amount of different types especially the Chinese version: sausages, ham, intestines, vegetable, century eggs, tofu (bean curd) and more. After boiling you deep it in a hot chili or peanuts sauce or mayonnaise.



ingedients:
anything edible that can be put on a stick

Lok-Lok
Lok-lok


Lok-Lok
Lok-Lok stall in Jalan Alor, KL
2012, photo: Scotty & Franzi


Lok-Lok
Seafood, fishball, mushrooms
2012, photo: Scotty & Franzi


Lok-Lok
veggies and meat...
2012, photo: Scotty & Franzi



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Steam Boat

similar to fondue where raw ingredients are thrown in a soup until they are ready to eat

Satay

marinated dices of meat on bamboo skewers grilled over charcoal fire, served with a spicy peanut sauce

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