This particular meal was so EPIC it deserves its own post.  Since arriving in KL, my family has made it a point to feed me endless amounts of food while wagging a finger at me saying, “You must try everything, girl!”.  I’m not easily overcome by large quantities of food, but I’m on the verge of being broken.  Anyway, Sonny took me (along with friends and family) to eat steamboat (aka Shabu Shabu) one night.  Typically, the steamboat meals I’ve enjoyed in America have been pretty tame consisting of dainty plates filled with nicely chopped and sliced veggies and meats for a rather steep price ($20/person).  The steamboat meal Sonny took me to was OUT OF CONTROL.  It was all you can eat for the mere price of 18 ringgit which is about $5.  You pile plates with meats, seafood, veggies, tofu, noodles, etc. which are contained in huge refrigerators and tables.  There are no less that 8 sauces to accompany your meal and you end your epic feast with watermelon, pandan cake, and an ice kacang bar.  Because my family is super hardcore, we had two huge pots of soup heated by propane tanks sitting under the table (surely that would have been some safety violation in America).  Sonny, determined to get the most out of his meal, consumed what looked like 4 lbs of food.  He shamelessly ripped crabs apart with his bare hands, attentively stirred the steamboat with the intensity of a chef, and vigorously wiped his hands with the table cloth declaring that a mere tissue would not suffice.  Right when I was about to throw in the towel, Sonny brought over a bowl of ice kacang he made for me and nudged me towards the ice cream freezer.  I was broken.