Steamed rice and beef curry

It's school holidays again and that means kenduri season. Received three invitations and been to one, missed one and the third one will be next Sunday. The best curry was served beside the stove - we were eating hardly 20 feet away from where the old man in the picture cooking the next batch of beef curry. Rice was steamed in trays stacked 12 high in a giant steamer - that's the first time I see it been done in such a manner. And the beef korma was delicious too. Simple menus by kampong folks beats foods served in any modern-style kenduri normally seen nowadays. Cooking is less smoky too, no more firewood - gas is more convenient and clean.