In Wing Yip, the banana leaves were sold in the vegetable section, hidden among the 'kangkungs' and the long beans. Grabbed a packet and straight I went to the cashier. The taste of the freshly steamed 'lepat pisang' to go with the afternoon tea is already in my mind. The cashier scanned the packet and looked at me. 'Sir, the price is £4.82, do you still want it' she asked. I almost jumped. The last time I bought banana leaves there, the price was between £1 to £2. This time the price was more than double. But without the banana leaves I won't have my 'lepat pisang' that afternoon. So I just closed my eyes and paid £4.82 (RM30) for 575 grams of banana leaves.
Back home the Mrs asked, 'how much?'. I replied, 'macam biasa je'. So I got my lepat pisang that day. I felt like eating the 'lepat' together with all the banana leaves when thinking the exorbitant price that I had paid.
But what to do. If you want something, you just have to pay for the price.
12 comments:
sabar aje lah
eh, i can 'email' you some. you want :P
aida yurani....
Memang kena sabar aje la aida. Kalau balik kampung pokok pisang melambak kat belakang rumah, tak de harga pun. Duduk sini harga daun pisang mengalahkan harga brocolli.
merapuman....
Hantar daun pisang dengan email... hahaha.... dah masak I hantar lepat pulak dengan email.
Lain tempat lain pasang,
Lain daun lain harganya,
Lain lepat lain pisang,
Tu dia daun pisang mahainya.
Daun pisang lagi mahai dari buah pisang.
Cor blimey! I'm sure the lepat tasted great. It better.
itu pantun 2nd generation penang tulis banyak kaw-kaw.
balik kl lah, cuti skejap dr jg stock mkt tu, then boleh makan puas-puas. pukul 3 pagi pun kedai makan bukak lagi.
second generation....
Macam macam:
Mancis lebih mahal dari rokok
Tali lebih mahal dari kerbau
Kuah lebih mahal dari roti canai.
da winged acrophobic....
Definitely, tasted better than better taste better.
aida yurani....
Kalau pantun, second generation tak boleh lawan.
Rasanya pun dah kena balik KL dah ni.
Sitting just three floors down .... tak merasa pun lepat pisang...terliur
anonymous....
Sitting just three floors down. Haaa..... gotcha. Going to miss you if you are really leaving soon.
mmm... i really want some now..
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