LEMON GRASS MAMA

AS SALAM, WE WENT TO AN EXHIBITION HELD AT MATIC,KL. IT WAS AN EXHIBITION FROM OUR HOMELAND KNOWN FOR ITS MANY ETHNIC GROUPS WITH ITS SUPERB DISPLAY OF FOOD, MUSIC AND LIFESTYLES. SHOULD COME AGAIN! BEING THE LAST DAY OF THE EXHIBITION, MOST ITEMS WERE SOLD BUT WE DID MANAGE TO SEE A REHEARSAL OF TRADITIONAL DANCE WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE 4 DAYS EXHIBITION AND TO BE SHOWN LATER IN THE EVENING. NASI BUNGKUS DAUN PUCUK UBI TUMBUK AFTER THAT, WE WENT TO THE FOOD STALL AND HAD SOME MEE KOLOK AND LAKSA SARAWAK. AND I WAS SURPRISED BY ONE OF THE STALL FROM THE KELABIT ETHNIC WHO HAPPEN TO SELL NASI BUNGKUS DAUN JUST LIKE MY SCHOOLDAYS. DURING THAT TIME, MY FRIENDS WHO CAME BACK FROM HOLIDAYS WILL BRING THIS SOFT RICE, WRAPPED TIGHTLY USING DAUN BUAN OR THE SOFT UPIH PINANG. AND LAUKNYA IS JUST IKAN MASIN OR IKAN BAKAR OR JUST ANYTHING WHICH IS EDIBLE FROM THE JUNGLE. I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE AROMA OF THIS SPECIAL RICE. NASI BUNGKUS, PUCUK UBI TUMBUK +...

AS SALAM A FRIEND MADE PASTE MEE UDANG DURING THE WEEKEND AND GAVE ME SOME TO TRY OUT AT HOME. AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE A FEW EXTRA HOURS AT HOME ON SUNDAY, WENT SHOPPING FOR GROCERIES IN THE MORNING, AND ONLY START PREPARING TO COOK MY MEE UDANG LATER IN THE EVENING. THE PASTE ONLY NEEDS BOILING WITH ENOUGH WATER TO MAKE THE KUAH NOT TOO THICK AND NOT TOO THIN. I ADDED WHITE PEPPER JUST TO MAKE THE TASTE SPICY HOT. THE CONDIMENTS TO SPREAD ON TOP OF MEE UDANG IS SAYUR SAWI, TELOR REBUS CUT INTO HALF, BAWANG GORENG AND OF COURSE UDANG. IF YOU NOTICE, I SHELLED THE UDANG AND CUT INTO HALF( THIS IS BECAUSE I WAS ALSO MAKING LAKSA SARAWAK, SO I CAN MAKE USE OF THE UDANG FOR 2 KINDS OF MEE/BIHUN). THE ORIGINAL IS USING WHOLE UDANG!                                                                          ...

COWBOY RICE SET AS SALAM, I CAME ACROSS THIS NEWLY OPENED FOOD OUTLET. VERY COSY AND SMALL. ALA'CARTE. WHEN I CAME FOR THE FIRST TIME, MY SONS AND I ORDERED THEIR SIGNATURE DISH. DELICIOUSLY COOKED. THUMBS UP ! AND THE NEXT TIME WE CAME, ONE OF THE MENU CAUGHT MY SON'S EYES. RICE SET  WITH FRIED EGGS WITH SOUP. THE OWNER EXPLAINED THAT THIS MENU IS POPULAR AMONG STUDENTS WHO ARE ON A TIGHT BUDGET. WELL, BUDGET OR NOT, THIS IS A REASONABLE RICE SET JUST FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. COWBOY RICE SET ! COWBOY RICE SET