anthony: when i first went up this river, i was sick with love. the bad kind. the fist around your heart kind. i ran far, but there was no escaping it. it followed me up river all the way. that was ten long years ago. a previous episode of a previous series in a previous life. yet, here i am again. heading up to that same long house in the jungle. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la [ boat engine ] anthony: last time i saw all this, i think it s fair to say i was at a turning point in my life. i promised some people i d come back, and i am back. my life has changed a lot. how much have their lives changed? kuala lumpur. happy to be here, but brimming with mixed emotions. surrounded by all the sights, smells and flavors i remember so well. t
a mosquito coil and leave it inside the lancau. anthony: a mosquito what? eddie: coil. anthony: like the pesticide? eddie: yeah. just make it, like, stronger i guess. anthony: i would imagine so. eddie: that s the natural staple. gawai is usually a party, drinking, passing out, waking up, eating, drinking some more, passing out again, and then getting up and drinking some more. yeah. you re going to have fun, man. anthony: wow. all right. so, i m headed up river again. david: yeah, sorry i can t be there. anthony: i promised them. i said i m going back. david: about nine years late on your promise but anthony: nine years late. david: that happens with lancau, you know. promises come liberally. anthony: it was david moggie
who first took me up to the longhouse. on that previous trip we met at aunty aini s, on the outskirts of kael. david: everything moves exponentially, right? it just feels like some things remain exactly the same. some things haven t changed at all. this place is certainly one. anthony: the charming and, for lack of a better word, fabulous aini was an actor in the malaysian film scene, who now runs a very successful kampung-style restaurant, specializing in beloved village or country classics. all of them prepared with a staggering finesse and precision. this is delicious, delicious food. aini: welcome. it s been so long. oh my god, and you still look as handsome as ever. all right. so david: so, let s pick up right where we left off, which we started with this. aini: help yourself.
anthony: nine years late. david: that happens with lancau, you know. promises come liberally. anthony: it was david moggie who first took me up to the longhouse. on that previous trip we met at aunty aini s, on the outskirts of kael. david: everything moves exponentially, right? it just feels like some things remain exactly the same. some things haven t changed at all. this place is certainly one. anthony: the charming and, for lack of a better word, fabulous aini was an actor in the malaysian film scene, who now runs a very successful kampung-style restaurant, specializing in beloved village or country classics. all of them prepared with a staggering finesse and precision. this is delicious, delicious food. aini: welcome. it s been so long. oh my god, and you still look as handsome as ever.
yes, they had in every type of bottle. this clear, sort of cloudy liquid with particles in it. eddie: sometimes they put all kinds of weird stuff inside. my dad used to tell me they take a mosquito coil and leave it inside the lancau. anthony: a mosquito what? eddie: coil. anthony: like the pesticide? eddie: yeah. just make it, like, stronger i guess. anthony: i would imagine so. eddie: that s the natural staple. gawai is usually a party, drinking, passing out, waking up, eating, drinking some more, passing out again, and then getting up and drinking some more. yeah. you re going to have fun, man. anthony: wow. all right. so, i m headed up river again. david: yeah, sorry i can t be there. anthony: i promised them. i said i m going back. david: about nine years late on your promise but