Before the sweet potato came into picture, the only one thing i found to be of 'craving' standard in Genting Highlands was the tea leaves egg [茶叶蛋].
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That perfect combination of chomping down a steaming hot egg that had been submerged in an aromatic concoction of tea leaves in the chilly highlands was awesome and rightfully warming!
Nowadays, there were many food stalls selling tea leaves eggs in Genting but no one managed to overtake the epic ones from Purple Cane located at Lot F/L 2A.27, Level T2A at First World Hotel.
Today, i am not going to talk about tea leaves eggs. Instead, i found to my delight an even better version; eggs brewed in a soup tonic known to be extremely nutritious for the body.
At RM 1.50 each, every egg came with the scalding hot herbal broth and you are required to drink it slowly before tearing the egg apart! For your convenience, the eggs were already de-shelled beforehand; no more burning your fingers!
This is where the disappointment set in. Although the soup was delicious, the egg didn't appear to have fully absorbed the herbal essence and came out pretty much like a normal hard boiled egg.
Two factors might have contributed to this; one, the eggs were not brewed long enough and two, maybe the eggs should not be de-shelled prior to placing them in the pot. From some science lessons i recollected, i think it has something to do with osmosis.
I think only lah!
Don't quote me!
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Location
You can only find the herbal eggs at Chin Swee Temple! The shop is next to the pagoda and beside the stall selling skewers.
Price
RM 1.50 for one herbal egg.
RM 1.00 for one tea leaves egg.
they might have also boiled the egg in tap water (instead of herbal broth). After that de-shell already then put into the herbal broth. They could have cook it a little long in the herbal broth for the egg to full absorb the broth.
ReplyDeleteFoodieFC: that's likely the reason which is a great pity as the herbal soup was seriously delicious in the weather! :P
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