About Teh Tarik Kaki a.k.a Yum Cha Kaki

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Teh tarik (lit­er­ally pulled tea or 拉茶 in Man­darin) is a hot tea bev­er­age which can be com­monly found in restau­rants, out­door stalls and kopi tiams in Malaysia, Sin­ga­pore and Brunei. Its name is derived from the pour­ing process of “pulling” the drink dur­ing prepa­ra­tion. It is made from black tea and con­densed milk.

When­ever we want to have a dis­cus­sion with friends, col­leagues, busi­ness asso­ciates or even fam­ily mem­bers, we often go to some place be it mamak stall*, restau­rant, McDonald’s , kopi tiams, Star­bucks or any con­ve­nient venues.



Very often it is con­ducted in a mamak stall over a cup of teh tarik.



In Malaysia it is called a “teh tarik” ses­sion or “yum cha” ses­sion where drinks or some­times food are ordered, then the chat begins.



“Kaki” lit­er­ally means “leg” in the Malay lan­guage. When we say teh tarik kaki means a per­son involved in a teh tarik session.



This blog  is the place for me to share my teh tarik places, yum cha sto­ries, suc­cess news, sad sto­ries, pho­tos, jokes or the likes.….or any­thing that are “talked about” dur­ing my yum cha/teh tarik ses­sions. In addi­tion I would shar­ing with you other top­ics like elec­tronic gad­gets, reviews of soft­ware, how-tos and valu­able tips and more in future.



Do come back often for more inter­est­ing stories…cheers!

[* mamak stall, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

A mamak stall, also referred to as map­ley, is a food estab­lish­ment which serves mamak food. In Malaysia, the term mamak refers to Tamil Mus­lims, who gen­er­ally own and oper­ate them. Although tra­di­tion­ally oper­ated from road­side stalls, some mod­ern mamak stall oper­a­tors have expanded their busi­nesses into restau­rant or cafe-type estab­lish­ments. Mamak stalls tend to be pop­u­lar among Malaysian youths as hang out spots, due to cheap food and bev­er­ages being served 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Peo­ple of all races, reli­gions and ages fre­quent mamak stalls to gos­sip or catch a late-night foot­ball game while enjoy­ing a cup of hot teh tarik. No other eatery has quite as much cul­tural sig­nif­i­cance in Malaysia, save for the kopi tiam.]



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