After a rather uninspired and overpriced, but decent, Chinese meal at a food stall in KL Dan and I found ourselves wandering around the streets dreaming of the Chinese food we used to know. We had had good Southern Chinese food in Malaysia, but had yet to see any Northern or Interior food, which is what we ate when we lived in China. This kind of food is also very difficult to find in the U.S., people from those areas are less likely to immigrate out of China. We were thinking about heading back to our hotel for the evening when Dan spotted some magnificent Chinese characters in the distance, North West Food. We rushed towards the restaurant, could it be true? There was a newspaper article on the window that explained in Chinese the restaurant's specialty, big plate of chicken, which just happens to be our favorite meal in the entire world. We got very excited and jumped about, much to the amusement of the restaurant staff. We decided to dedicate our last day in KL to this restaurant.We went to lunch early to get a head start. Dan dazzled the waitresses with his Chinese skills and we ordered one big plate of chicken, which is a whole chicken and noodles cooked in a spicy chili sauce with potatoes and peppers. We polished it off no problem. After a nap and recovery from our food coma we went back to the restaurant for dinner. The menu featured some noodle dishes that are impossible to get at home as they require noodle making skills that only northwest chinese natives possess. We ordered five dishes, and it was glorious. It was even the real Chinese experience, a group of men at the table next to us were binge drinking hard alcohol, playing loud games, yelling a lot and smoking. Ahh, nostalgia....
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