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  • We had nasi lemak (too little nasi, too much throat-gagging kangkung); chicken mushroom pie (very tasty and filling, maybe a bit too creamy with boring side veggies); tiramisu (a titanic one); cendol (not bad at all) and the usual ice lemon tea and coffee.

    natinski Diary Entry natinski 2003

  • "Malay Scenery" (马来风光) aka fried, spicy kangkung was just nice.

    Planet Malaysia 2010

  • My guess is that a kangkung professor refers to someone with a title of professor not because of his contribution to the body of research in his field or academic excellence, but because of his connections politically or political leanings with the powers-that-be.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • I first came across the term "kangkung professors" some two years ago in one of the Bahasa blogs when the standard of our local universities was the talk of the blogosphere.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • If you go to a Malaysian restaurant in Sydney or Melbourne or Brisbane in Australia, a plate of kangkung (called sometimes morning glory) fried with belacan and cili padi, will cost you Aus$ 12 (equi RM36).

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • As she sat on the floor preparing spicy kangkung and tempe with rice for the evening meal, she felt her daughter's slender arms circle her shoulders in an embrace.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • The farmers had expected to harvest the crops, including long beans, cucumber and kangkung, on a 1. 2ha land last weekend.

    nst online 2009

  • Are Indian Rupee, Filipino Peso, Indonesian Rupiah are float currency? how to kangkang your leg using kangkung specially imported form hong kong during king kong era?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Kangkung belacan (because Yohei never tried kangkung before and he loved it), Fried dunno-what-shell-fish with garlic, steam dunno-what fish, ketam and oh-chien.

    Spiritual Garden 2009

  • I most definitely recommend it to any body who likes kangkung jellyfish.

    Planet Malaysia 2008

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