The Pointless Food Blog, I Love Nasi Kandar
Jan 28th 2009DiyanaFood glorious food! Share
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!
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16 Comments »
yasmin aka mamadanish on 28 Jan 2009 at 4:19 pm #
arrgghh tertekan aku..aku lapaq..aku nak balik penang!!!!
hakeem on 28 Jan 2009 at 4:30 pm #
-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 ~
bani hensem? on 28 Jan 2009 at 5:34 pm #
mana nak cari kari telur sotong kat kl ni???
Diyana on 28 Jan 2009 at 6:11 pm #
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…
shanaz234@yahoo.com on 29 Jan 2009 at 12:04 am #
haahahahahahahahahahaha
perak buiihhhhhhhhhh
bani hensem? on 29 Jan 2009 at 7:46 am #
awat shanu nih? terlebih makan limau mandrin ke?
belle on 29 Jan 2009 at 12:33 pm #
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!
Kak Anie on 29 Jan 2009 at 1:00 pm #
Diyana…akak boleh makan nasi kandar…tapi takleh selalu…camaner pun nak sambal jugak…hahahah…orang Melaka lah…
miza on 30 Jan 2009 at 2:36 pm #
me on the other hand..sighhh
dpt roti canai instant dgn kari ayam dah kira mamak habis la kat sinihhh
ceh!
akuni on 31 Jan 2009 at 8:03 am #
Kalau kat sini mamak tanya nak kuah apa tu baguih lar sbb kami selalu jawab kuah kari kambing…. baru kaw…
Nize on 02 Feb 2009 at 10:33 am #
nasi kandaq tu apa? =P keh keh kepeh
azea on 17 Feb 2009 at 2:32 pm #
letak bendi rebus+teloq rebus..oh heaven! i miss penang…
gadis herba on 03 Sep 2009 at 10:59 am #
diyana, makan daun tenggek burung x?selalu makan ker…mana nak carik ye ulam nie
Diyana on 03 Sep 2009 at 5:10 pm #
gadis herba,
selalu gak makan… kat pasar tani ada jual rasanya..
brobanithemosteligiblebachelor on 04 Sep 2009 at 7:39 am #
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
gadis herba on 19 Jul 2010 at 5:37 pm #
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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