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Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Old Chang Kee

At the OCK stall at the basement level of JB City Square...
(The stall recently relocated from the floor above so the main signboard is still missing! But there's a cloth sign near the shop..)

Background of the case: I am buying a curry puff. Mum is paying, as usual.

Seller: Satu tiga... sudah naik sepuluh sen.
Me: huh, sudah naik?
Seller: Sikit saja..
Me: Yar, kopi pun naik sepuluh sen.
Me: Nanti roti canai itu pun nail sepuluh sen...
Seller: ....

CASENOTES:
OCK (老曾记) is a chain of stalls selling Chinese/local fried (as in dry) delicacies eg curry puff, fishballs, lin yong pau (莲蓉包), pineapple tarts etc.
Translation:
Seller: RM*1.30 please... the price went up by 10 cents..
Me: what, it went up?
Seller: A little bit only..
Me: Yeah, (a cup of) coffee also goes up by 10 cents.
Me: Then later the roti canai** will also rise by 10 cents...
Seller: ...

*Ringgit Malaysia. Used to be known as M$.
**A local delicacy normally made by Indian or Indian Muslims. Known as roti prata in Singapore. Like a piece of flat bread with a serving of curry chicken, or maybe vegetarian curry or ikan bilis curry on top. And I'm not gonna explain what ikan bilis is.

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