“In this part of the world, you live or die by the rice harvest.”

Wong Ah Wah Restaurant

Chinese restaurant · Bukit Bintang

After a very long plane ride, Tony had char kway teow (dish made with rice noodles), spicy pork noodles, black pepper crab, beer.

Restoran Seetharam Family Curry House

Indian restaurant · Brickfields

Tony ate here with a tattoo artist that did his ouroboros tattoo, Eddie David of Borneo Ink. He ate Indian buffet food.

Aunty Aini's Garden Cafe

Malaysian restaurant · Kampung Baharu Nilai

Tony sat with the chef and ate roast beef, poached egg, chicken rendang.

Choon Hui Cafe

Cafe · Kuching

Tony calls Sarawak laksa "a magical dish," it has chicken, prawn, coconut, chili, and noodles in a complex broth. “Best breakfast ever.”

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Kuching

Kuching

Tony returned to the small village of Kuching nearly a decade since his last visit. “When I first went up this river, I was sick with love—the bad kind, the fist around your heart kind. I ran far, but there was no escaping it. It followed me up river, all the way. That was 10 long years ago. … Yet here I am again, heading up to that same longhouse in the jungle.”

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