When it comes to my preferred taste bud stimuli, people always say that I am pretty weird. As in not-pretty-just-weird kinda weird. You see, I cannot bring myself to touch stinky petai and jering. But I am a sucker for all sorts of ulam, from daun pegaga to daun selom to daun tenggek burung to mengkudu and jantung pisang.
During my post-natal confinement, I popped chunks of fresh turmeric (ibu kunyit) like they are Californian Grapes. I ate so much of those that my teeth were stained yellow and my tooth brush turned into the grossest personal hygiene tool you have ever seen. Even beats Miki’s poopie diaper. And you haven’t seen his DIARRHEA poopie diaper!
The thing that makes me odd is actually the way I consume all those ulam – without the legendary sambal belacan. People always go what the hell, why are you eating all this bitter ulam with ayam masak kicap? Then I would tell them again what would happen the moment those chickens got to One Utama. I am trying to save the earth here,okay? Leave my ayam masak kicap alone!
Well yeah I don’t eat sambal belacan despite all the hardcore ulams. But I do savor the notorious budu. Which always make me wanna say “Huk aloh! Menatang gapo pulok superpoke facebook nih!?” right after dinner. And nope I don’t eat tempoyak. But hell yeah, durian rocks!
I always decline chili in my food too, which makes friends raise their eyebrow “Mana ada anak mami tak makan pedas?” A question that would get me started with point no. 3. I am NOT anak mami!
Sigh..
I remember my first Nasi Kandar in KL. The Mamak got a plate of white rice ready, I told him I want this chicken and that squid and this overcooked cabbage before he asked “apa kuah mau?”
I was like Why are you asking me? You see, in Penang all the Mamaks are Nasi Kandaq expert. They don’t ask us what gravy we want. They just dump about a scoop full of lamb curry gravy, another scoop of spicy beef gravy and about a gallon of fish curry gravy. Just the way nasi kandaqs are supposed to be. And poppadum too. They just know. They don’t have to ask. I don’t know how they do it, they are just genius!
And yeah, weird me.. tak makan pedas but makan nasi kandar. I had this last Monday night when I insisted on my whole family to go mamaking at my favourite Restoran Makbul in Bayan Baru, Penang.
A plate of sensational tasty fusion. Bursting with flavor. Loaded with taste. My favourite food – Nasi Kandar! Yeaahhhh!!! Penang food rocks!
arrgghh tertekan aku..aku lapaq..aku nak balik penang!!!!
-Penang food rawkz .. agreed !
-yeah Makbul is much2 better than another mamak yg
dkt ujung tu … (pelita i guess?)
-perghhh ayam tu bkn men menggoda lg .. nk gi mamak gak la ~
mana nak cari kari telur sotong kat kl ni???
Yasmin, aku pon tertekan… aku pun rasa nak mengharungi jam sekali lagi dan bali penang untuk makan…
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Hakeem, perghh best giler ayam masak kicap Makbul tu… lagi satu menu depa ada this lady’s finger masak goreng yg out of this world lah! dah la depa slalu duk pasang bola MU.. memang best lah.. awat hang duk lepak tang tu jugak ka? hehe
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Bani, cam penah nampak kat Syed Bistro… tapi takleh celen kat Penang nye la…
haahahahahahahahahahaha
perak buiihhhhhhhhhh
awat shanu nih? terlebih makan limau mandrin ke?
hang penangites jadian tak makan pedas tapi makan nasi kandaq hahahahha
btw, you’ve been tagged! ^_^V cpt2 kasi tau 16 perkara yang kami tak tau lagi pasai hang!
Diyana…akak boleh makan nasi kandar…tapi takleh selalu…camaner pun nak sambal jugak…hahahah…orang Melaka lah…
me on the other hand..sighhh
dpt roti canai instant dgn kari ayam dah kira mamak habis la kat sinihhh
ceh!
Kalau kat sini mamak tanya nak kuah apa tu baguih lar sbb kami selalu jawab kuah kari kambing…. baru kaw…
nasi kandaq tu apa? =P keh keh kepeh
letak bendi rebus+teloq rebus..oh heaven! i miss penang…
diyana, makan daun tenggek burung x?selalu makan ker…mana nak carik ye ulam nie
gadis herba,
selalu gak makan… kat pasar tani ada jual rasanya.. 🙂
gadis herba, adakah anda pasti diyana menjawab soalan itu dengan sempurna. adakah anda juga pasti diyana tahu membezakan daun tenggek burung dgn daun yg lain ngeh ngeh ngeh…maafkan saya kerana mencelah..uhukk uhukk (batuk jap). kalau singgah ke pasar borong selayang, ada seorang makcik ni menjual pelbagai jenis ulam. setakat daun tenggek burung tu bagi makcik tu ibarat mcm dia jual sawi je. kat pasar borong selangor pun ada jugak tapi tak sehappening makcik yg kat pasar borong selayang tu
Hehe…sorry lambat reply..saya dah pernah pergi..lewat je sikit dah habis terjual…skrg saya sedang cari org2 yang makan ulam Tenggek burung ni…jika anda tahu silalah beritahu saya.
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