Classic Bowl - cheap & comfy tuck shop

This outlet has created such a stir even amongst the local hawking community, that I heard one of them walk up to the counter staff demanding to know

" Lu macam mana untung ah ?"

" how on earth do you even make a profit ?"

Yes, even for Penang, the prices and portion served here are soooooo ridiculously low priced.

See the ikan pari bakar , the other day , I just had a set in Aeon for RM10.50 . It's RM 6.50 here. The Iced Milo in Aeon was RM3 , but it's only RM1 here ! Crazy !

Riverine Mud Crabs

Was in Butterworth today, when a teenage boy in tattered clothes asks me if I want to buy one of these.

Hesitate for a while because I know what's inside.

Live crabs !

If you didn't know already, Malaysian mud crabs are the best in the world.

" Where did you get them from ? "

The river he said.

" How much ? "

RM $10 a bag. That's a heck of a lot crab for 10.

Sold.

 

The occupants played dead when I pointed my camera at them. 

The only thing that gave the game away was the occasional twitch from legs and slow eye movements.

Barely moved an inch, until....