The don'ts about what I eat.
First of all, I hate it when others want me to taste their food and they'd plonk it right in the middle of mine. That soooo should not be the way maaaan. I so damn pantang when I wanna have a damn good plate of carbonara pasta and someone just place a dollop of curry veal shank right there in the middle, spoils the whole damn thing.
Chicken Porridge
Porridge is not a porridge if it doesn't come with:
finely sliced young ginger
fried chopped garlic
squeezed lime
What makes it different than consuming rice is in the taste of one suddenly discovering the taste of the zingy ginger being bitten and the sour taste of lime that goes into the mouth but not within every spoon and the pungent taste of crunchy garlic.
That's the thing that makes chicken porridge different.
Malay Rice Meals
Makanan orang melayu is supposed to be just like our ancestors in the past; moderate, instead of elaborate.
It is in how one dish complements another onto the tongue, how the few type of tastes give us a myriad of gastronomical thoughts.
That's why, in Nasi Berlauk Kelantan, it is supposed to be only:
i. Nasi putih
ii. Gulai Kuning Ikan Tongkol (usually cooked with belimbing besi and some long beans).
iii. Sambal Tomato and Cili Merah (nooo belachan in there!)
There, you have vege, something spicy, something lemak accompanying the rich taste of ikan tongkol.
And one will get ultimate satisfaction in just having:
i. Kurma Chicken/Beef
ii. Ikan masin
iii. Sambal Belachan
in this concoction, you must make sure it is eaten with steamy hot rice. Foohhh!!!
and if anyone suddenly pour ikan masak asam pedas in it, youuuuuu will know what I meaaann when things shouldn't mix OK!
You might end up kena mandi kuah asam pedas!
Tonight, I am going to have Kurma chicken with potatoes and long beans in it together with ikan tenggiri bakar to be eaten with budu (the superb mind food of the aristocrats) and sambal cili mentah.
And hopefully all that will help me to wake up tomorrow feeling like a superhero.
*Wink!
Chicken Porridge
Porridge is not a porridge if it doesn't come with:
finely sliced young ginger
fried chopped garlic
squeezed lime
What makes it different than consuming rice is in the taste of one suddenly discovering the taste of the zingy ginger being bitten and the sour taste of lime that goes into the mouth but not within every spoon and the pungent taste of crunchy garlic.
That's the thing that makes chicken porridge different.
Malay Rice Meals
Makanan orang melayu is supposed to be just like our ancestors in the past; moderate, instead of elaborate.
It is in how one dish complements another onto the tongue, how the few type of tastes give us a myriad of gastronomical thoughts.
That's why, in Nasi Berlauk Kelantan, it is supposed to be only:
i. Nasi putih
ii. Gulai Kuning Ikan Tongkol (usually cooked with belimbing besi and some long beans).
iii. Sambal Tomato and Cili Merah (nooo belachan in there!)
There, you have vege, something spicy, something lemak accompanying the rich taste of ikan tongkol.
And one will get ultimate satisfaction in just having:
i. Kurma Chicken/Beef
ii. Ikan masin
iii. Sambal Belachan
in this concoction, you must make sure it is eaten with steamy hot rice. Foohhh!!!
and if anyone suddenly pour ikan masak asam pedas in it, youuuuuu will know what I meaaann when things shouldn't mix OK!
You might end up kena mandi kuah asam pedas!
Tonight, I am going to have Kurma chicken with potatoes and long beans in it together with ikan tenggiri bakar to be eaten with budu (the superb mind food of the aristocrats) and sambal cili mentah.
And hopefully all that will help me to wake up tomorrow feeling like a superhero.
*Wink!
posted by Maine at 9:19 AM
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