On the highway heading east…. Camera in front… Camera at the back. High speed chase. Not sure if that famous actor… The one that acted in “TOP BUN PAKCIK” Tom Clues, was acting.
The scene was a guy in a Proton Jawa cut in front of a mid-size Honda (car enthusiasts will call it B Segment or C segment… don’t know which) at high speed. It was trailing a long trailer ( is there a pun in this?) and decided to pull out from behind it at the very last moment, cutting right in front of the Honda. The trailer was at high speed, I guess.
As soon as they passed the trailer, the Honda powered up all its Japanese horses (though they could be more Thai or Indo than Japanese, as most of the Hondas in Malaysia come from Thailand or Indonesia), gave chase and overtook the Jawa. The Jawa gave chase, came level to the Honda, then side-swiped him to run him off the road. Here, it is proven to be a myth that the Jawas are made from milo tin cans because this car was strong. The Honda held its ground. Presumably, Tom Clues was driving the Honda.
The Jawa side-swiped the Honda… a word from our sponsors… Youtube… and tried to push the Honda off. It moved just ahead of the Honda and knocked into the car. Then, it moved left, then right, then ran off the road and hit a road barrier. Here, the Jawa, tossed in the air… Tom Clues stopped his car ahead of the car being tossed in the air. You would expect Tom Clues to reach out to the Jawa driver while the Jawa was still in the air, flipping at high speed. Bubble burst because nothing like that happened. That was a scene from a Bollywood movie.
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In a rush to get back home for the long weekend holidays; people tend to get edgy. They should relax, pull over as many rest bays along the highway to relax, chillax and have a coffee. No need to rush.
The above incident actually happened today. The characters and vehicles are fictional. I was having fun writing on the fly.
After dropping Laura off at the gym; Jeannie and I had that usual question pop up: “Dinner: What do you want to eat?”, I asked.
“Up to you”, she said.
I said, “I leave it to you”.
She said, “Anything is fine with me”.
Now, you know how tough a question that can be. Though there are literally hundreds of restaurants around the area, we, without saying it; want something fast, tasty, cheap, reliable and not too far away from home. So, I said, “Let’s go to the Taj”. Jeannie agreed.
We were there within 10 minutes, had to drive around the car parking lot area three or four times before we got a parking. This was one of the easier days.
As we walked into the restaurant, we walked past the counter where all the food for the evening was displayed. I knew I was going to order either chapati or roti canai. They did not have any potato dishes on display. Among the many varieties available, there were two seemingly similar fried chicken dishes. We asked one of the waiters what the difference was. He said one was fried chicken. ookaaayyy. The other was chicken impossible.
“Sorry, what was that?”, I asked. He said, “chicken impossible”. I kid you not. That was what he said. Or at least, that was what I thought he said. I told Jeannie that we will have the chicken impossible, and to pick the pieces with more flesh instead of bones.
We chose a table in the air-condition dining room. Though the skies have been overcast the whole day with short spats of light – to – heavy drizzles; the weather was still humid. Jeannie went for rice with vegetable dishes. I went for chapati. My favourite waitress (the Taj only has 1 waitress; the rest are waiters), Harmann; took our drink orders. We both ordered lime juice, no sugar.
Jeannie’s rice and her choice of vegetables looked really good. The long grains of rice looked fluffy and would have tasted delicious. Jeannie said that it was delicious – her whole meal was delicious.
Harmann served my order of two chapati and the chicken impossible. I decided to have chapati because my weight was inching its way up on the weighing scales, so much so that I hit 76.7kg yesterday. I scaled back on eating since then. I skipped lunch and also holding off the sugar. I am aiming to get back to 67kg, the weight that I was at in March 2019.
The chapati was good. 2 pieces was a meal by itself. The chicken impossible was ok. Pieces were chunky meat, fried but without oil. I think that was the difference between this chicken dish and the fried chicken. The curry leaves that were with the chicken (as you can see in the picture) were more to add flavour.
I thought this dish was going to be spicy. It wasn’t at all. Overall, the chicken was nice, but I prefer the chicken to be fried in oil and for it to be spicy. The Taj is more popular especially for its spicy food, besides it being a convenient place for fast and relatively moderate priced food. When I say “fast food”; it actually is fast served food compared to the fast food restaurants. You order your food on those large screens, make a payment and then wait. They are not as fast as The Taj or Star Bhavan and places like that.
If you want fast and reliably tasty food, this is the place to come to. Except, that the limited parking available can at times be a “hair-pulling” experience.
As for why the chicken dish is called “chicken impossible”, I think the waiter may have mispronounced it. I don’t know, but “chicken impossible” definitely sounds inviting; like something you must try.
