Malaysia, Truly Asia

For a long while, the Malaysian Tourism Board ran an aggressive TV ad campaign in the region (I'm not sure if it made it to the States) with the tagline Malaysia, Truly Asia. It tried to show Malaysia as this place in Asia where history and modernity collide, where people of different races and religions live in harmony and most importantly, where one can shop till one drops. I've never really seen this Malaysia but only from a lack of effort. EatingAsia, a blog by an American couple that I've written about in the past, puts ordinary Malaysians like me to shame in their pursuit of all things authentic in Malaysia. They've done it again with a fantastic, mouth-watering and aw-shucks post about a market on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Read it here.