First they did away with Gula Melaka,substituting it with brown sugar.Then they jacked their prices.
Last year it was 3 Putu for RM$1.
This year it is 2 Piring for RM$1.
For those that do not know what this thing is,if you walk into a night market and you spot a little contraption spewing steam via miniature cloth covered chimneys atop a steamer,that is Putu Piring.
The most fascinating part was watching the seller gingerly lift the finger scorching delight out of the tiny chambers with a little spade like utensil,before you excitedly opened up the freshly cooked,nicely packed pieces,and popped the irresistible little piping hot morsels into your mouth,while spilling a trail of moist shaved coconut mixed together with crumbs of gula melaka (and oh no! a tiny piece of the putu piring,that the corner of your lips could not save in time)onto the road.
Back then,our purchase would hardly survive the journey home,unless you were sent out on an errand under strict orders to leave it alone.
Last time traders used to take time out to prepare cute banana leaves as the lapik,now it is encased within plastic sheets.
Also nowadays there is no showmanship involved just like our dissapearing flying roti canai men,cos they wanna make more bucks in as little time as possible.
Therefore they would have prepacked enmass many packets that you pick off the makeshift table.
Morgue cold putu piring is what you get.
Anyway back to what I was narrating....
if it is nice,I won't be complaining here.But no.
The flour now tastes like someone had reused the cardboard biodegradeble so called 'foodgrade' lunch boxes that most takeaway customers reject for the awful taste it imparts onto economy rice.
Most prefer the clear plastic looking version.
Yea,plastic looking one,you heard right.That they charge us extra 20sen for.
We'd gladly PAY than have to eat from the cardboard ones.
The traders learn fast.
They know exactly when we are defeated.
So clever of them to introduce us to the worst ones first.
Anyway this Putu, feels like one had mish mashed piles of the rejected lunch boxes and squeezed it of moisture.
Turned it into flour,added a touch of chlorox and a pinch of boric acid to increase the volume and then present it to us in putu piring form.
When you take a bite,it is so dry,it sucks up all the saliva,plague,enamel coating in your mouth.
Impossible to swallow unless you take it with a drink.Unless of course you enjoy challenging your own tongue to a Libyan desert commando wrestling match.
Even then when it lands in your tummy,you might hear a splash,like how very hard human discharge lands in the toilet bowl.Slossshhh!
If you force it down your throat without some kopi janda or kopi jantan,you might need a toilet pump to push it down.
This used to be nice snack has degenerated to such a level that it should come with a "Under Adult Supervision Only" cos no child should be allowed to eat this on their own.
Buy,store and use when you need to carry out a mercy killing.
Ini P.P ah.....terrible,terrible,terrible.
*in case you think this is my first time with Putu Piring,I have been enjoying this choke free(oh thank god I was born before 2011)since my childhood days.The little temptation is dry but not THIS arid Sahara downright weird kinda dry.
Last year it was 3 Putu for RM$1.
This year it is 2 Piring for RM$1.
For those that do not know what this thing is,if you walk into a night market and you spot a little contraption spewing steam via miniature cloth covered chimneys atop a steamer,that is Putu Piring.
The most fascinating part was watching the seller gingerly lift the finger scorching delight out of the tiny chambers with a little spade like utensil,before you excitedly opened up the freshly cooked,nicely packed pieces,and popped the irresistible little piping hot morsels into your mouth,while spilling a trail of moist shaved coconut mixed together with crumbs of gula melaka (and oh no! a tiny piece of the putu piring,that the corner of your lips could not save in time)onto the road.
Back then,our purchase would hardly survive the journey home,unless you were sent out on an errand under strict orders to leave it alone.
Last time traders used to take time out to prepare cute banana leaves as the lapik,now it is encased within plastic sheets.
Also nowadays there is no showmanship involved just like our dissapearing flying roti canai men,cos they wanna make more bucks in as little time as possible.
Therefore they would have prepacked enmass many packets that you pick off the makeshift table.
Morgue cold putu piring is what you get.
Anyway back to what I was narrating....
if it is nice,I won't be complaining here.But no.
The flour now tastes like someone had reused the cardboard biodegradeble so called 'foodgrade' lunch boxes that most takeaway customers reject for the awful taste it imparts onto economy rice.
Most prefer the clear plastic looking version.
Yea,plastic looking one,you heard right.That they charge us extra 20sen for.
We'd gladly PAY than have to eat from the cardboard ones.
The traders learn fast.
They know exactly when we are defeated.
So clever of them to introduce us to the worst ones first.
Anyway this Putu, feels like one had mish mashed piles of the rejected lunch boxes and squeezed it of moisture.
Turned it into flour,added a touch of chlorox and a pinch of boric acid to increase the volume and then present it to us in putu piring form.
When you take a bite,it is so dry,it sucks up all the saliva,plague,enamel coating in your mouth.
Impossible to swallow unless you take it with a drink.Unless of course you enjoy challenging your own tongue to a Libyan desert commando wrestling match.
Even then when it lands in your tummy,you might hear a splash,like how very hard human discharge lands in the toilet bowl.Slossshhh!
If you force it down your throat without some kopi janda or kopi jantan,you might need a toilet pump to push it down.
This used to be nice snack has degenerated to such a level that it should come with a "Under Adult Supervision Only" cos no child should be allowed to eat this on their own.
Buy,store and use when you need to carry out a mercy killing.
Ini P.P ah.....terrible,terrible,terrible.
*in case you think this is my first time with Putu Piring,I have been enjoying this choke free(oh thank god I was born before 2011)since my childhood days.The little temptation is dry but not THIS arid Sahara downright weird kinda dry.
