Yintoni uKhaya? Ukutya kweMveli kwiMbali yaseMalaysia yeColonial
Ngoxa i- Malaysia kunye neSingapore ziye zahlulwa kwi-mall-utyhutyhulo lonke kwi-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, iipokotshi zamazwe omabini zithintele - kwaye kuya kusizuzisa ukuba le ntshutshiso iyaqhubeka, ngokuba ngaphandle kwayo, siza kubanjelwa i-kopitiam iziqulatho ezifana ne- roti kaya .
I-Roti kaya ifana nesidlo sakusihlwa njengoko ungena kwiedolophu zaseMalaysia naseSingapore: isidlo esilula esicacileyo sesonka esinesonka, igargarine, kunye nomntu osasazekayo ohamba kakuhle kakhulu kwiCaferica ikhofi ethandekayo yekhopiam rhoqo. (Funda malunga neSingapore kopitiam .)
Umntu osasazekayo uza kusuka ePeranakan, okanye kwiindawo ezidlulileyo zaseMalayina zaseTshayina ezidlulileyo, ezithandwa yi-nyonyas (Funda ngaphezulu: iresiphi yesigxina sekhononti yomntu.) I- Kaya kwisigxina sesantwa saseMalaka yayinemibala emdaka, ngenxa yongxube yeshukela yesundu kumxube; kwezinye iindawo zaseMalaysia ezikhethekileyo kwi- kaya kaya , efumana umbala wayo ekusebenziseni i-pandan (screwpine) iqabunga.
"Ukwenza umsebenzi olungileyo akuyona into elula - kuthatha ixesha elide, ixesha elide," uchwepheshe wezohambo lwe-Malaysian uhambo uPauline Lee uchaza kuthi, njengoko sicinga ngemenyu kaLa Foong Kopitiam. "[Kuphezulu] ubuninzi, ukungahambelani, izinto ezintle ezenziwe yi-nyonya. [Nantsi indlela yokuxelela] umntu olungileyo - ubeka i-spoon kuyo, ayihambeli." (Funda malunga nohambo lukaPaul Lee lokuhamba ukutya ePetal Street eKinatown yaseKinatown .)
Yiyiphi isizathu esichazela ukuba kutheni ukuba umntu othembekileyo uyabonakala kunzima ukufumana ukuba uyayifuna eSingapore naseMalaysia: akukhona nje ukuhla kweendlela zokuphila zendabuko ezenzayo, lixesha lokuwenza ikhaya langempela lidle : iiyure emva kweeyure zokuvuselela i-egg-and-coconut slurry nje akuyi kubhenela kwisizukulwana esiya namhlanje.
Unokwazi ukuya kuthengisa eSingapore naseMalaysia uze ufumane indawo yokuhlala, kodwa abantu abanomdla abathandekayo banomkhalazo malunga nokunyaniseka kwabo kunye nokunambitha. I- kopitiam kulo lonke elaseSingapore naseMalaysia isabhetele yakho ibhetele kakhulu kwiimeko eziphathekayo zomntu - uhlobo oluthileyo nangona i-nyonyas ukususela kwiminyaka emininzi idlulileyo.