Oh yes, I do remember eating lui cha here before. In fact, it was where I got inducted into eating this, and thereafter, falling in love with this dish.
We were there about at 12.30 p.m. and we ordered a bowl each .... and were told that the rice is almost finished. 2 of my colleagues who came late, in fact, had to have the lui cha without the rice. While previously white rice is used, now the healthier brown rice is used.
There were 2 versions of the herbal soup here - bitter or non-bitter. Having tried both before, I much preferred the bitter version, which had a fuller flavour. All my colleagues preferred the bitter broth too.
A large bowl of lui cha cost RM6.00, while a smaller bowl sold for RM5.00.
My bowl of lui cha
Yumm .... the lui cha tasted just like I had remembered it. The rice and vegetables, being textural aside, were well-balanced in flavour. The boiling hot soup was bitter-sweet, and warmed my stomach wonderfully. It's got detoxifying properties too, and so I made myself finish it.
Well, I've in fact, posted on this before. Read here and here.
Lui Cha is my favourite but the word 'Lui' is not thunder. it means grinding by hand.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, grinding the herbs finely before cooking. :))
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