Cendol is a Malaysian dessert made from shaved iced, dark brown sugar syrup served with short pandan noodles and coconut milk.


 
Cendol;(the closest pronunciation would be to pronounce it as chain doll) - is one of the most loved cold desserts in Malaysia.
It's simple, nothing but dark brown syrup and coconut milk are the 2 'Star' ingredients, oh, not to forget those little squiggly green 'worms' too.


This takes me back to my school days

I was given 20 cents as pocket money to school every day. It was not much but enough to get me through the day, to buy a small plate of noodles or a packet of nasi lemak (coconut rice served with sambal) for 10 cents, a drink for 5 cents, and tidbits for another 5 cents.
Most of the days, my 20 cents would be gone by recess. But there were days that I would save up for this treat.  For 10 cents a pop, I'd be slurping the creamy coconut drink laden with lots of brown sugar syrup with barely there green cendol. 
It was a satisfying thirst quencher.


Then…. I grew up, had a job and I have my own money to spend. My work took me to places that tourists will not venture to; rubber estates, oil palm estates, paddy fields, secondary jungles, high terrains, down the valleys, and little nooks and crannies of places where locals hang out.

Guess What? ...

I get to enjoy lots of cendol! 
Some places serve their cendol with glutinous rice, some serve with red beans, and some even serve cendol with durian…. but I still prefer mine, simple!