FOOD~ GOURMET~GASTRONOMY~EPICURE ( Hahaha - it is all about food! )  

Dear akuler,

I totally agree with you, it is very sweet for me too!
My son like it, small boy....

Oh yes, I saw in Prime News today that Malaysia is in
the sugar shortage crisis...How, Raya coming.?

Talking about this 'burasa', I have not tried it. Sound
very interesting and delicious. Btw, can we find it
at Bazaar Ramadhan...must trylah..if not I have to visit
you this Raya...hahaha (just kidding).

Happy Merdeka!

I don't think we can find it at the bazaar Ramadan. I never saw it sold there before. I will be in Klang or Melaka this coming raya so you are welcome.

So I must be a total FROG in Malaysia. I have never tried roti tissue. I have never seen those tall roti tissue. I have never tried banana leaf dish. I also have no idea what is burasa. It is such a waste as Malaysia has endless spread of delicious delicasy and here I am not knowing most of them. My new to do task in life shall be to go try and sample Malaysian food as much as I can and learn more about them!

Hi submerryn,

That is why we, as a Malaysia, are very lucky. We have hundreds of races here and each and every one of it has their own special foods. Even our very state have their own special food.

Kelantan -nasi dagang
Terengganu - keropok lekor
Negeri Sembilan - masak lemak cili api
Penang - nasi kandar/laksa/Char kuew tiau
Johor - Pasembor
Sabah/Sarawak - too many of them ...

If you want to try it all, then you have to make a tour. Malaysian food tour.

Dear submerryn,

I totally agree with akuler. Malaysia have variety of food.
We must organise a Malaysian Food Tour, good idealah!
Must try, enjoy life a bit
The best is, if you can go to Bazaar Ramadhan this month,
then you can try all the different states of special dish.
(wear mask - H1N1...take care!)...crowded area...

You should try nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, otak-otak,
roti John, roti bom, lemang with rrendang, keropok lekor!
My family and I love keropok lekor very very much.
Whenever we see people selling, we will stop our car
and buy both types...

In June 2008, we had the opportunity to go to Tanjung
Jara in Terengganu...wow the keropok lekor is NO. 1

Still thinking about it

Do you all know how they come up with the food names? Roti John, otak-otak or roti bom. Is there any particular history behind this names?

My cousin always love to bought roti john from there. But I prefer curry puff.

James, can frogs be labelled as exotic? If yes, then I am qualified to declare that at least I have tried one exotic dish. The frog dish when I was little. Now that I am all grown up, I only eat chicken and fish. Nothing else. My uncle shot a monitor lizard recently and got my mom to cook curry with it, my mom oblidge but she cooked it without tasting it and directly sent the whole pot to my uncle's house!

Dear James...

Yes, I got a shock too to see such a high tower
of 'roti tissue'...crispy but a bit too sweet!

Talking about exotic food, let me share all about it,

I live in a small estate in a rural area. Most
of the people stay there are rubber tapper and
they are poor. When you are poor, you will be creative
with your food too, especially end of the month before
the next pay come in. Who will be the victim? The animals
better hide themself by end month or else they will end
up being serve on the dinner table...

My fifth brother have many Indian friends who live in
the estate. During weekend they will go hunting with
their dogs. They will come back with 'biawak' (monitor lizard)

Sometimes they came back with monkeys, rabbit, tortoise, etc.
At time they discovered huge snake, they will killed it and
be divided among all the families there. Once all this exotic
animals cooked with plenty of curry powder, curry leaves..
it is SOOO DELICIOUS, you will want more, forgetting what
is it! So, I have personally eaten 'bayawak', monkeys, tortoise,
turtle, rabbit, deer, birds, pigeons, and many more BUT NOT ANYMORE!

I have stop eating all this meat except quail and deer which at times
I did savour some.