Food Porn – The Nasi Lemak

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The only dish that I enjoy eating before I go for my 18 kilometer run, is the Nasi Lemak. Somehow, this combination of rice cooked in coconut milk, chili sambal anchovies, half a hard boiled egg, deep fried chicken, sambal squid, peanuts and cucumbers really gives me the boost I need to push that final [...]

10 dishes I would take you to eat if you came to Malaysia!

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Nasi Lemak Daun Pisang @ Robson Heights, KL

Nasi Lemak is to Malaysians, what the English fry-up is to the British. But whilst the full English breakfast has streaky bacon, eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast and sausages, the Malaysian nasi lemak has hot spicy sauce (sambal),  hard boiled egg, cucumber slices, small dried anchovies (ikan bilis) and [...]

Rice Cafe @ Bangsar, KL

Rice Cafe.. we go here to eat rice! The set is extremely affordable. Set Nasi Lemak is just under RM10 but the best thing about this is the accompanying crispy, sizzling, freshly fried, FRIED chicken! For variety, try the lemongrass fried chicken – the herbs are superb.. so good you end up eating the skin [...]

Nasi Lemak San Peng @ Jalan San Peng, KL

Photo courtesy of Empire online Transformers II The Revenge of the Fallen – Action Packed, a little Cheesy & Sappy in parts. Who cares? It offered up, great, mindless entertainment all the way! We had fun:) Thank you LL and Bald eagle for organizing the tix! After the movie, on to San Peng for some [...]

THE WINNERS OF MY SLOGAN WRITING CONTEST!

THE CONTEST HELD A WEEK OR SO AGO: NASI WITHOUT THE LEMAK IS LIKE, ___________________ without ________________ . (Readers entered their submissions and the results were decided by the honorable judge, mum) As promised! The presentation of the Winners with their prizes, Pink Parasols from Robinsons! I give you…Paranoid Android & Lyrical Lemongrass! . . [...]

The weekend of "What am I’s.."

Looks like nasi lemak. Smells like nasi lemak. BUT, it ain’t nasi lemak. What am I.. ?