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Notes on Whether a Nasi Kandar Cashier Can Outperform Image Recognition AI
A brown plate and a 0.5-second inference engine I order nasi kandar at my usual mamak stall. One piece of fried chicken.A boiled egg.This part never changes. That day, for no clear reason, I added okra.One strip of green felt like it bro... -
Notes on Teh Tarik and the Logic of Pulling
A familiar glass on Malaysian tables In Malaysia, this drink appears often.It sits on tables in food courts and roadside shops. The liquid is brown in a clear glass.A thin layer of foam stays on the surface. It is sweet, but it does not ... -
Notes on Nasi Kandar and the Weight of a Shoulder Pole in Penang
Nasi kandar is a rice-and-curry plate, once carried on a shoulder pole Most dishes are named after ingredients or places.Chicken becomes chicken. Sichuan becomes Sichuan. Nasi kandar is different. Nasi is rice.Kandar is the act of carryi... -
Notes on Nasi Kandar in Malaysia
From a worker’s plate to a national staple When I look for food in the streets of KL, I sometimes collide with a strong smell. It is the smell of oil, the burnt edge of spices, and a heavy scent where sweetness and heat are mixed togethe... -
Notes on Original Penang Kayu at Nu Sentral, KL Sentral
A place to reset the body with nasi kandar and teh tarik I arrive at KL Sentral by the airport express, the KLIA Express. The carriage is cold, conversation is sparse, and only the view beyond the windows moves quickly. The moment I pass... -
Notes on Dry Beef Noodles in Taiwan
A bowl without soup, where the sauce remains Dry beef noodles (niurou ganbanmian) arrive without the thing most people expect.There is no broth. At the bottom sits a small pool of dark sauce.Above it, steaming noodles.On top, a few heavy... -
Notes on Tomato Beef Noodle Soup in Taiwan
A Third Pole Shaped by Competition Tomato beef noodle soup (fanqie niurou mian) appears in Taipei as a red bowl that does not fit the old choices. It is not the dark soy-braised style.It is not the clear broth style.It is neither transpa... -
Notes on Taipei’s Beef Noodle Arena
The Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival, and the Quietness of the Everyday Bowl Taipei has the Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival.It takes place near Yuanshan Station on the Tamsui–Xinyi MRT Line, inside Yuanshan Expo Park. ... -
Notes on Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
A bowl shaped by history, divided into red and clear Taiwanese beef noodle soup (niurou mian) carries a specific smell.Star anise, dark soy, and the heavy edge of beef fat. It does not stay inside one shop.It leaks into side streets, mar... -
Notes on Seeing “Pig” Everywhere in Taiwanese Diners
The character that appears first When I enter a small diner in Taiwan, I often notice the same character before anything else. It is written on paper strips on the wall.It sits at the edge of laminated menus.It is taped to the glass in f...
