We Do Eat Malay Food Too!
Lest you think that we only scarf Japanese and Korean food (with the occassional "mat salleh" fares), I'd have you know that we love our own food too! I'm equally fond of sambal belacan and sambal tempoyak as I am fond of kimchi!
Last week, we took Raimie to Belanga at Gardens Mall because he wanted to eat Roti Jala. As luck would have it, they ran out of roti jala so we ordered the next best thing for son.
Pulut kuning (tumeric glutinous rice), accompanied with chicken curry. Pulut kuning is often used by Malay as a way to give thanks and serve it to our neighbours/colleagues. For instance, if Raimie manages to complete his Al-Quran reading (the whole Al-Quran), I will happily give out nasi kunyit to the "surau" in our area to be shared amongst the "jemaah" there and to my friends & colleagues too. My Mom made a cake out of pulut kuning and distributed it to my Ustaz & Ustazah at my Islamic school (which was called Darul Quran) when I excelled in my religious studies... (hard to believe, eh?) It is used as a hantaran (wedding gift) in Malay wedding too.
And... we get to enjoy them if a Chinese friend is celebrating their child's full moon too! ^^
And... we get to enjoy them if a Chinese friend is celebrating their child's full moon too! ^^
Daddy had Nasi Kerabu.
Mommy had Laksam.
Both of us hailed from the East Coast (although Daddy is very much a Bangsar boy - his words, not mine) so of course we love East Coast food! When I was small, I had laksam for breakfast every weekend! If we are at Daddy's hometown in Marang, Nasi Dagang will be our breakfast. Gosh... it's been awhile since I cooked Nasi Dagang. Must muster energy (and "rajin"ness and cook them soon)
Oh wait! Fasting month is beckoning. Time to indulge on all the food we miss, during fasting month and buy them from Pasar Ramadhan! Happy....
(and I wonder why I don't lose weight fasting for a month! kekeke)
I love malay food too..used to have it when I was in school.
ReplyDeleteNo more now?
DeleteOh, drool.
ReplyDeleteThat's all for now. I have roughly a quadrillion words/places I want to look up on Google and Google Maps and Google Images. Baibai.
PS: When does Ramadan star ... Oh. Google told me: evening of 19 July.
Google away!
DeleteTwo weeks away from Ramadhan. :)
wow, so fast ramadhan fasting month already.. looking forward to the ramadhan pasar~~
DeleteI like to visit Malay houses during Hari Raya. They tend to serve more kuehs and food than CNY!
DeleteSK,
DeleteBe careful you don't ruin your diet! kakaka
TM,
Except my house lah... I serve little food only. ;p
I like the food, I mean the bazaar!! Same meaning actually, hahaha!
DeleteAnd I would be thick skin to ask my Malay colleagues for open house, and jars of cookies afterwards :D :D
hahaha...
DeleteMy colleagues also "thick skin" every year ask me do open house. They say I cook very nice Ayam Masak Merah but nowadays... lazy. & really hate doing the dishes afterwards. (I so good one, I don't serve food with disposable plates. You get nice plates to eat) ;p
hahaha, of course we know you don't only eat Korean and Japanese.. sure you will still have local treats lah..
ReplyDeleteand there was a period you almost had your favorite nasi kandar every dinner!! hahahaha..
ReplyDeleteOi! Not every night lah... Nasi kandar for Friday night dinner. Still happen every Friday if we do our grocery shopping at Bangsar Village. ;p
Deleteoh, Belanga.. i've been there once.. but wait, i think there are two shops next to each other there selling almost the same thing.. i think i went to either one, can't remember if it's Belanga or the other one, Nyonya is it??
ReplyDeleteNyonya Colours. Not the same lah...
DeleteBelanga sells what is popular in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. East Coast food.
Got Nyonya food serves Nasi Dagang kah? ;)
why isn't Rurousha asking question this time?? i have some questions cikgu.. what are jemaah, ustaz and ustazah??
ReplyDeleteJemaah - congregation for purpose of worship
DeleteUstaz & Ustazah - religious teachers. Teachers.
I know, I know - ustaz are male teachers, ustazah are female teachers~~
DeleteYvonne very the clever. :)
Deleteeih, what is Laksam BTW?? looks like milky curry laksa without the red curry powder?? hahaha..
ReplyDeleteSK!!!! You never really bother eat Malay food is it? I need to take you there and open up your food horizon lah!
DeleteLaksam is rolled rice noodle (think chee cheong fun lookalike. See, I know your food!) served with pureed fish meat & coconut milk gravy, and topped with lots of fresh herbs.
East Coast fishermen's meal.
Wei, that SK is Indian Thambee frm Chennai... How do you expect him to eat all Malay food? ..... Kakakakaaa....
DeleteLOL
DeleteYalor... forgot about that. Talk about curry can lah, right? kikiki
Actually I also don't know what is Laksam :p
DeleteI know my nasi lemak very well, lol!
You all never go to East Coast is it? Sad lah like this? How come you don't visit my kampung one? kikiki
Deletenasi dagang for breakfast??!! wow, i can't have rice for breakfast, feel like it's too heavy and need the whole day to get it digested.. but that doesn't apply to nasi lemak, hahaha~~
ReplyDeleteIt's perfectly normal actually because traditionally the meal is served for hardworking fishermen.
DeleteAlso, it' not that much different from the much heavier (for me, at least) nasi lemak. And the curry - well, we eat curry/dhall with roti canai. Not much different mah... ;p
After my morning run (with hubby & kids in tow), we all went to Bangi to have breakfast. Lauk Minang..not even 10am dah siap lauk makan tengahari! My dad is orang Nogori so I likeee... :P
ReplyDeleteOh btw my hubby is from Terengganu..I love my MIL's laksam, sata, nasi minyak..aaahh..nasi kerabu pun I suka sangat.
Okay I'm a foodie actually.
and I love that they serve Laksam for Hari Raya. With a big dollop of belacan.
DeleteOMG! Can't wait to balik kampung for this year's Raya. :)
p.s. I suka beli Nasi Ambeng kat Bangi every Sunday. Yummy!
i have been to belanga at empire, but that place offers more western food than malaysian :( not sure if the one at gardens serves the same..
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Really?
DeleteGardens Belanga serves Malay Kelantanese food mostly.
At first I thought Lina is Chinese married Japanese man! LOL....
ReplyDeleteHahaha, I have that thought too when I first "met" her online!
DeletePeople always misunderstand me. Bwahaha!!!
DeleteI love good Malay food that are well prepared by those old Maciks. Their taste is stronger and suit my Thai appetite and upbringing. I will want to try Kelantanese food. I must check out Belanga soon.
ReplyDeleteAsk Thambee to go also lah... introduce him to Kelantanese food. Cannot eat curry only, right? kekeke
DeleteI love roti jala and tempoyak!! I mean, not together but u know what i meant! haha.. :D
ReplyDeleteHahha... I wonder how roti jala and tempoyak would taste together? ;p
DeletePulut kuning, yes i love it so much. I love those in confinement package one, especially.
ReplyDeleteMe too! :)
DeleteBut other than getting it from friends/colleagues who has a baby, I don't eat them often. ^^
Scared gemuk! LOL
I am looking forwards to my Malay colleague's Raya open house. Oh my! That time I can indulge in many of her homemade cookies, rendang, nasi himpit, lemang, and laksa. I hope she still invites me this year, kekekeke!
ReplyDeleteBetter start be friendly with her again! LOL
DeleteThat plate of Laksam looks interesting. Please tell me more about the dish.
ReplyDeleteMaybe one day I do a Laksam special post? ^^
DeleteNasi Kunyit!!! I'm so longing for it - we only have it during friends/relatives' baby fullmoon!
ReplyDeleteAny having one soon? ;P
DeleteI don't know.... fullmoon package is always more delicious compare to those selling outside. Hah, just my feeling~
ReplyDeleteI agree. That one taste better. ;)
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