The bistro is the non-halal offshoot of famous Dave’s Deli. David ordered me a seafood pasta of penne with luscious tomato sauce. Was very good and delicious!
Was there for a discussion with David to explore the possibility of me doing new photography to update their long standing menu as new items were added over the years.
#foodphotography #davebistro #lunch #pasta #penne #seafood #tomato
They always have a stray dog population that is out of control. Whether it is Pulau Ketam or Sungai Besar or here in Pantai Redang in Sekinchan.
Fishermen feed stray dogs with raw fish when the boats come in. The wharf area attracts so many mangy dogs. It is heartbreaking to see them. They are silent victims.
With Sekinchan becoming an affluent area, I hope some of the rich and educated locals will come back to start a shelter and NGO to educate the fishermen on responsible animal ownership or to take care of sick ones and to provide spaying and neutering. The vicious cycle can end.
Panasonc Lumix GM-1, ISO 200, f16, 1/320 sec.
#sekinchan #pantairedang #beach #sea #landsape #fishingvillage #animals #dogs #strays #ocean
Many people I know stayed with their pirated installation of Photoshop when the new cloud version became available and when it required monthly payment. I understand that but there are updates and new functionality you may have missed out.
I won’t discuss the pros and cons of the new business model but like to point out that there are some useful features that will make life easier.
1. I saw a very old wooden house in Jejarom town. Original unprocessed image in 1.
2. The first thing to do was to do a quick perspective and distortion correction to straighten and level the building since I was using a wide angle lens in 2. The result is black borders on the bottom and lower sides that may have required copping previously. I also recovered the blue sky on that flat weather day. There are some water droplets on the lens and they can be easily removed or cleaned up too, if needed.
3. Finally in 3, I needed to remove the ill fitting or out of place modern satellite dish and the lamp post. The car was removed too. It took less than 10 seconds each to remove each element. Send me your pic if you have difficulty fixing or removing unwanted elements.
Whether you like it or not, post processing knowledge is an important part of a photographer’s skills. If there is enough interest, I may conduct a practical course at a local hotel. Let me know.
Panasonc Lumix GM-1, ISO 200, f10, 1/200 sec.
#jenjarom #smalltown #selangor #documentaryphotography #lndscape #photoshop #smalltown
Off the bat, I like the metal bowl and metal spoon used. It always make the cendol concoction feels colder. Love the coarsely textured shaved ice too but the green cendol jellies tasted a little too salty. And it was not because of the santan (coconut milk brew).
I regretted not specifying “Kurang Manis”(less sweet) as some regulars did. Lessening the palm sugar can reduce the sweetness significantly. Not sure if it will do well with the saltiness of the cendol.
The shop sells its own complementary mamak rojak pasembor too. I tried it on a previous trip and it was quite good.
Panasonc Lumix GM-1, ISO 200, f7.1, 1/200 sec.
#banting #cendol #dessert #shavedice #drink #ice #localfood #foodphotography #foodreview #smalltown
The traditional ice shaver used by mobile hawkers used to be the planing type made of wood and an embedded blade. I remember when I was a kid, the grab handle for the ice was a wooden ice pick with rows of nails to dig into the ice.
The hawket than slide the ice back and forth on the shaver as seen here.
Nowadays, almost all cendol and ABC sellers use a motorised electric shaver which is modified from the hand cranked circular version.
People used to the soft and finely shaven ice from machines nay not like the course and unevenly textured shaved ice from the manual hand powered process. I like it though. It has more character.
The chief cendol barista at Cendol Ibtahim Banting was still using the old fashoned method, from some 50 years ago, when the stall started, but curiously there is no nail embedded ice pick. He held the block of ice with his bare hand when I was there.
Don’t be shy about going close. This is a famous hawker and he is used to cameras in his face. He is also chatty and friendly.
Panasonc Lumix GM-1, ISO 200, f10, 1/200 sec.
#banting #cendol #dessert #shavedice #dronk #ice #localfood #foodphotography #documentaryphotography #smalltown
