On Sunday, Eric’s cold was much worse when he woke up. He was feeling awful, and wasn’t up for going anywhere or doing anything, so we had a quiet day aboard Kosmos. On Monday (yesterday), he was feeling somewhat better, so we ventured out. The first outing was to a strip mall we had seen from the taxi on our way to Melaka that looked like it was within walking distance. It turned out to be about a mile walk. In the strip mall are 4 restaurants, a small grocery store, two small mini-marts, a clothes store, fishing store, and a store that sells cameras and does portraits. Across the street from the strip mall is a hospital. Up the street we could see an office building. Not much for excitement, but at least there were a few restaurant choices.
We chose an Indian restaurant called Cahaya Musthafa. We each got an order of paratha bread Christi egg and Eric plain and we shared the entrée, murtabak paratha. We were expecting small fried pieces of meat baked into the bread. It was actually a patty with the different meats all ground into it, along with seasonings, and the patty was in the center of the bread. It was very good and cheap. The whole meal, including three beverages came to USD $2.50.
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