Be Healthy with the Traditional Hakka Rice

Strongly recommended by LP, we've decided to go for a healthy vegetarian rice at the 河婆健康擂茶 that is located at 494, Kampung Tawas. It's a home-cooked meal that is served in front of the housing estate. This is a traditional dish by the Hakka people客家人 and it's made up mainly with vegetables and tea. Can you imagine the combination of these ingredients?!!

"Lei Cha"擂茶 is named upon the greenish tea-based soup that consists of tea leaves and herbs that have been grounded with roasted nut or grain such as sesame. It's served together with white rice that is topped with various vegetables that have been fried with garlic. During our visit at Kampung Tawas, the aunt is serving the Long Beans长豆, Tofu豆腐干, Sweet Leave or Mani Cai马尼采, Fried Egg with Chinese Chives蛋炒韭菜, mixture of Fried Kailan芥兰, Cabbage包菜, Celery芹菜 and Chinese Flower Cabbage菜心, Dried Shrimps虾米, Salted and Dried Radish菜脯 and last but not least, the Peanut花生. I'm attracted completely by the deliciousness of this dish and the refreshing taste of the tea. I'll recommend if the soup is a bit hotter, to enhance the aroma of the tea.

Another surprise is the price of the "Lei Cha" that each big bowl costs us RM 3.80 only. I'll definite, definitely... visit this place again. It's just a little pity to Elaine that this is too "vegetarian" for her carnivorousness. Oh ya, I'm a little sad that I don't have the chance to take a look by myself at the special tool that is used to ground the "Lei Cha"!