"Lompat Tikam" .. Jump and Stab Desert

Terengganu lompat tikam styleThis Terengannu dessert is not for the faint hearted. It's called "Jump and Stab". Yes, that's what it means in the Malay language. LOL.I'm just pulling your leg. It's a dessert for anyone. No violence incurred during the preparation and nothing happened when I ate it, except mourn with pleasure. LOL.Kelantan state has their own version that comes with a red glutinous rice and the coconut milk component is more liquidy...

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The Rise of Nasi Lemak: A Traditional Dish from Malaysia

Tradisional look of nasi lemakZainal Abidin's tiny food stall serves just one item and opens for only a few hours but is besieged each day by nearly a thousand customers clamouring for Malaysia's undisputed national dish, nasi lemak. "We need more rice in here!" shouted a sweaty teenager working Zainal's stall as customers waited expectantly in a long queue amid the aroma of coconut milk and fried anchovies.Italy has its pasta, Japan its sushi and...

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Hokkien Mee "noodles"

Fried Hokkien mee (Chinese style- fried yellow noodles) has a cult following in Kuala Lumpur. It is a dish of thick yellow noodles braised in thick dark soy sauce with pork, squid, fish-cake and cabbage as the main ingredients and cubes of crispy fried pork lard as garnishing (that would be the square cubes that you see on top of the noodle).Some might say that the pork lard is the main ingredient.This dish is eaten before a huge night out, after...

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Bakuteh "BKT"

The name literally translates as “meat bone tea”, and, at its simplest, consists of fatty pork ribs simmered in a broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dong guai, fennel seeds and garlic) for as long as possible , i.e. days if possible. However, additional ingredients may include offal, varieties of mushroom, choy sum (vegetables), and pieces tofu puffs.We personally have the highest regard for BKT at ‘Restaurant Yik...

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Nasi Dagang - Malaysian

No Malaysian food lunch spread is complete without the Nasi Dagang.Nasi dagang is another fantastically tasty dish, consisting of rice steamed in coconut milk, fish curry and extra ingredients such as fried shaved coconut, solok lada, hard-boiled eggs and vegetable pickles.It is a well-known breakfast food in the states on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, such as Terengganu and Kelantan. The most famous Nasi dagang of Terengganu comes from...

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Banana Leaf Rice

One of the great south Indian cuisines we have the privilege of eating on a daily basis should we chose is, of course, Chettinad cuisine. Chettinad cuisine is the cuisine of the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu state in South India. If you love rice, you will definitely love the Banana Leaf Rice.In banana leaf rice, white rice is served on a banana leaf with an assortment of vegetables, curried meat or fish, pickles, and the super addictive papadum...

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"Roti Canai" The Most Popular Malaysia Breakfast

"Roti Canai" The Most Popular Malaysia BreakfastWhen I first started jotting down notes for this post, scribbling in my notebook in an idle moment after breakfast, it was a list of "10 Malaysian Dishes You Should Know." I certainly couldn't have named you ten characteristic Malaysian foods before I'd gotten on a plane to Penang. And I liked the idea of a brief snapshot of what a person could eat in Kuala Lumpur or Melaka, or look for on a restaurant...

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