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Just Squidding

Posted in Makan-Makan on January 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »

I had been craving for a simple dish of Sotong Goreng Tepung for a while. So when I took Monchies to Udang King for their famous Salt & Pepper Squid last Wednesday, I wasn’t prepared to be be told that their kitchen was closed for the day. They never closed before. Ever! To say that I was terkilan was an understatement.
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I had already pulled a chair and was about to sit down when our usual server came to say, “Sorry aaa… kitchen close, kitchen close.” Monchies saw my merajuk face. I didn’t even try to hide it. We settled for sushi at Sushi Zenmai later that day where I pretended to be happy with my Yakiniku Don. It was good, but it wasn’t squid.
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After a couple more attempts during the weekend, I gave it up. Dah lah, no more craving. I even settled for Mee Udang Special at Zetty’s place, Changkat Jering on my way home from Alor Setar. The restaurant didn’t serve squid nor did they have any tepung to make any ‘goreng tepung’ thing.
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IMG_1545But today, when all I wanted was just a good egg-on-toast breakfast at Dôme, I was still drawn to the Salt & Pepper Squid on the menu. So be it lah kan. Although the squid tasted like chicken, it finally closed my craving door. Merajuk face no more. I was grateful the batter was just as I imagined a simple Sotong Goreng Tepung would be. The accompanying dip was good, the salad was perfect. Dah, done!
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So long, so tong.
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Tersebutlah Kisah

Posted in Makan-Makan on April 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Pagi-pagi bute koi ni semalang celek mate, tekok konoin baser nok makei pateng. Tok kire lah masok mpoyok ke, asang pedaeh ke, goreng kunyek ke. Asei ke pateng. Keknye sebelong masuk seminor, koi ni tadi berguraa dengei rodong boleh ke nyeboat pari. Ntoh ngaper nyeboat pari ntoh. Laeng lalu dengei hok konoin tekok dok sedang ngidang nye.

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Habih seminor berajat nok ke Gombok lah sebak rase koi situ hok banyok lauk kampong nye, ye dok. Keknye tok semene-mene, tangei koi ni elok molek membelok kakroh MRR2 beloh kiri dari aroh UIA te, lanteih ke Ampang. Ahhh yer, pedo’oh sangek nok ke Gombok nye, mokngoh heh. Tercengang-cengang rodong koi, keknye dia ni mudoh hek. Ngikut je memane lah.

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Doh separuh jalan, koi ni tadi dapat lah idea nok makei mane. Tingek ke kedei makei hok sebeloh The Garage te. Name dia Istana Bambu, iklan bapok besor tulih Pateng Masok Mpoyok tepi jalan te. Dalang hati koi, bedo’o je lah mudoh-mudohei bukok lah ari Saktu gini. Risaa jugek kot dia bukok ari keje je sebak beramei sikek datang makei tengohari. Gitu lah bacaan koi ni tadi.

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Sampei di parking Istana Bambu, nampok gaye nya nasek koi baik. Hah bukok pon kedei te. Nang tujoh kali dah koi datang situ keknye tok perenoh lagi lanteih masuk ke Istana Bambu te. Sokmo lah ke The Garage beloh malang bese nye. Doh duduk, doh dapat menu, doh berangan nengok gambor pateng masok mpoyok nye… siak ander set RM17.00 dengei ulang, dengei buoh, dengei sirak limaa siak.

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Tetiber budok hak ngambik oda tu kabor… “Pateng tak ander. Pari ander lah.”

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Koi ni tadi tarik napeih dalang-dalang tok reti nok kabo kebende. Betoi mek cakak mok koi kemereng. Bende hok awok tak mboh, jangei seboat! Padan ke muke koi. Sudohnye koi ngoda pari lah jugek.

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Gambor beloh kiri te Pulut Mangga di Istana Bambu yang koi saloh pandang mulanya macang ‘Pungut Mangga’. Sagu Gula Kabung dalang gambor beloh kanan ni pulok koi saloh bace jadi ‘Sagu Gula Kambing’. Ahhh yer, Enida… mentang tok dapat makei pateng, seme mende jadi tok betoi yak.

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Yu

Posted in Abang, Humor, Makan-Makan on November 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

You buat apa tu, sayang?

Baru lepas goreng ikan.

Goreng ikan?

Ha’ah. Kita makan ikan keli hari ni okay kan?

Bukan setakat ikan keli. Malah lebih daripada tu pun I okay je makan.

Hah? Lebih daripada ikan keli, ikan apa?

Ailavyu...Ikan yu lah.

Ikan I?

Ha’ah ikan yu.

Errr… you ni buat lawak double meaning ke apa ni?

Apa pulak double meaning nya?

Mana I tau.

Betul lah ikan you. Sebab you yang rajin masak ikan, kan?

Habis, ikan I bukan ikan you jugak?

Bukan. I makan ikan you, sebab I tak ada ikan I.

I tak faham lah lawak semenanjung you ni, sayang. I kan orang Sabah.

Sabah lagi lah best. Dah lama I tak makan Sinagol Ikan Yu you tu.

Dah lah. Sejak bila I, I, you, you, ikan I, ikan you ni? Jam berapa balik?

Ini soalan memancing ikan I ke ni sayang?

Mengada lah. You lambat, I tak nak buat air asam.

Uishhh! Okay, okay! Ugutan you ni ganas macam ikan yu lah.

Baik. Kalau tak nak ganas, pergi cari sotong.

Jeng jeng jeng jeng jeng jeng! Sayang tau lagu tema cerita JAWS kan?

Tau. Bye!

Eh, eh! Bolayan lettewww.

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Maka Makannya

Posted in Bebel, Humor, Inside Enida, Makan-Makan, tagged , on November 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I makan spaghetti petang tadi, ingat you. I makan sandwich malam semalam, ingat you. I makan keropok losong Pak Ngah lepas makan spaghetti dua suap ni pun, ingat you. Apatah lagi bila I makan asam pedas ikan kembung yang you cadangkan I masak esok tu, dah tentu lah I ingat you.

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I sampai tak pergi makan angin, ingat you. Dan bila you tak ada, I makan hati… ingat you. .

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Maka makannya....

I tau lah you sentiasa ada dalam hati I. Tapi you kat mana? You… you kat mana?

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Nasi Le Mak

Posted in Makan-Makan, Mom on January 12, 2014| 4 Comments »

All that I wanted sangat-sangat di pagi Selasa yang sunyi sepi itu selepas Monchies ke sekolah ialah sebungkus Nasi Lemak. That’s all! Yang mudah, yang ringkas, yang kecil. Okay, I might have to have two if they are pretty small, but that’s not the point. Saya cuma nak kan nasi lemak bungkus. Nasi lemak bungkus yang macam dulu-dulu.

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Nasi lemak bungkus macam dulu-dulu...

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Syarat utamanya ialah, the bungkusan mestilah ada daun pisang dan kertas suratkhabar. I don’t want banana leaf and brown paper. No! Tak nak. Tak sah. Saya nak yang dibungkus dengan daun pisang dan NEWSPAPER paper. The brown paper is too fancy, too mengada-ngada. And plus, what is there to read after eating the nasi lemak if I am eating alone? Reading makes one look not too lonely at a restaurant, or warung, or in the kitchen, or wherever.

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Tak nak nasi lemak bungkus brown paper... too 'uniformed'. Tiada sentuhan kasih.

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That was all I wanted. Nasi lemak bungkus. Tak nak yang dalam styrofoam containers. Tak nak yang bungkus dengan plastic sheet inside newspaper or brown paper. Tak nak yang dalam recyclable transparent plastic container — tak kira lah yang boleh atau tak boleh masuk ketuhar mikrogelombang. Chewah, ketuhar mikrogelombang, okay! Dah lama tak guna perkataan ketuhar. Siapa je yang guna perkataan ketuhar, anyway?

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So, ini lah dia… luahan hati dari hasrat yang tak sampai di pagi Selasa. Well, I was on the phone for an hour or so that morning, rambling away about nasi lemak business and whether it is still do-able to sell “Nasi Lemak Seringgit Sebungkus”. We even talked about the feasibility of getting the supply of banana leaves from Karak. If we stick a plastic spoon into each bungkusan and put them at the drive-thru-newspaper-stand, people who buy newspapers on the way to work can have breakfast too. Even people at bus stands can have our handy nasi lemak.

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But I did not get my nasi lemak yang macam dulu-dulu that pagi Selasa. I ended up breakfasting with sekeping kerak roti Masimo dip-dip in secawan Nescafé Gold dan dengan linangan airmata. Saya sebenarnya rindu nasi lemak bungkus Mak saya yang macam dulu-dulu.

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Nasi Lemak Pictures:
Special thanks to AVLXYZ.

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Siri Bercakap Dengan Edrick XLI

Posted in Language, Makan-Makan, Malaysiana, Monchies on July 14, 2013| 1 Comment »

While waiting for Kitreena to finish with her Istana Dance at Pak Ngah Studio the weekend before puasa, Edrick wanted an early supper at the nearby Mamak. A Roti Telur supper. Since it wasn’t busy at all, Edrick’s Roti Telur came in no time at all.

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Mommy: How’s your Roti Telur, Monch? Sadap kah?

Edrick: Deliiiiiiiicious! Mom, this roti tow-lorrr sure tastes like roti canai and egg.

Mommy: Huh? Do you know what Roti Telur is?

Edrick: Roti tow-lorrr is a roti canai cooked with an egg.

Mommy: Du’uhhhhh!

Edrick: Oh yeah. Tow-lorrr is egg.

Mommy: Double du’uhhhhh!

Edrick: Hehehehehehe. Sorry Mom. I forgot.

Mommy: You aaaa! So old man bah!

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Malaysianization process of me Monchies’ language is not so delicious these days. 🙂

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Tastes like....

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Tender Loving Cucur

Posted in Makan-Makan, tagged on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Dicucuri rahmatNya...

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Waking up this morning, I rushed downstairs to make breakfast only to realize that I didn’t have much to scrape from. There was Masak Lemak Kobis from supper the other night. But I already set my mind that I was going to make Cucur. It wasn’t easy to make a connection between Masak Lemak Kobis and Cucur, I tell you.

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But the picture above proved that I am pretty good at recycling. Ehem! It is Cucur Kobis with Bawang Goreng. I fished out the cabbage from the Masak Lemak Kobis and since I was time-pressed to peel and slice fresh shallots, I just mixed in some ready-made bawang goreng (fried shallots) into the dough.

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Voila! Breakfast is served, love!

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Sesal Kemudian

Posted in Makan-Makan on August 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It was an hour to midnight. Aida Maria sent me a text message on WhatsApp:

“I teringat nasi panas yang you makan dengan sambal/rendang and kacang panjang. Sodap nye. Menyesal den tak baham semalam. Huhuhu. Okay lah, rest well.”

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After all the guests left, it was just me, Aida Maria and my leftover Spaghetti Marinara. But all I could think of was my Mom and her nasi panas with anything that always looked so delicious. Like a hungry raven of Port Klang, I scrounged for the leftover Rendang Kerang that had become Serunding Kerang, found some Sambal Tumis Ikan Bilis and some string beans for ulam. Aida Maria didn’t join me because she had two plates of mia pasta del frutti di mare. Basta pasta. Si!

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To Aida Maria, I replied with:

“Hahahaha padan muka!”

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She didn’t text me back. I think she pretended to be asleep.

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A little Italian:

mia = my

frutti di mare = seafood

basta = enough

si = yes

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Tongue Thing

Posted in Makan-Makan, Write On on January 5, 2012| 3 Comments »

I am pretty much like my dad when it comes to munching on snacks. Snacks? Uh, perhaps junks is a slightly more honest term. 😉 But the point is, we both like fish crackers — keropok ikan. Dad and I can eat keropok ikan like there’s no tomorrow. I remember back then, we could even have it with rice as lauk when we didn’t like Mom cooking cockles (kerang) for lunch, or beef lungs (paru or kelempung). Iyewww!

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Anyway, last year I was introduced by a local friend to a Kuala Kemaman’s fish cracker place called Keropok Intan. Yeah, what’s with the name eh? Regardless, the cleanliness of the place makes me feel like buying the whole shop! And so I have been munching on keropok Intan very very often since. Oh yes, very!

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But for the first time in my life, today, right here, right now, as I am writing this… I am experiencing some ‘technical difficulties’ continuing munching on Keropok Intan after only the fifth piece this afternoon at my office. I, the Questa è Enida, accidentally have a small piece of fish bone stuck in my tongue!

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As soon as I can get this bone out… I think I should call Kak Ani, the owner of Keropok Intan business, to urge her to rename the keropok. I am not going to talk about taking her to court for my tongue injury, or bertikam lidah with her about my lidah or anything. But if she is ever thinking about re-branding, she can use my name anytime. Kepok Enida, owk? 😉

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Now, who says lidah tidak bertulang?

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La Ni La

Posted in Humor, Makan-Makan on November 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

La ni, kalau chek pi La Cucur la kan, muka chek takdak maneh dah la. Dulu, asai lalu saja beghasa nak singgah. Asai lalu saja beghasa nak singgah. Depa-depa hat kerja kat La Cucur tu memang bangsa gumbira, ria, tiada duka nestapa punya jeneih. Taim takmau-takmau makan pun buleh pi borong kue macam oghang nak kenughi punya lah chek suka dia punya khidmat pelanggan.

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Depa memang rajin ucap selamat pagi, selamat petang, selamat datang, tegoq tanya apa habaq, sambil kelui mai mai mai beli kue, beli kue, mai mai minum ayaq te, mai mai mai ghamai-ghamai, mai mai.

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Tapi la ni, toksah kan ucapan selamat pagi ka selamat datang ka… chek nak order ayaq Melo panaih pun kena jeghekah dulu baghu dapat. Kot ya pun depa nak confirm order, cakap la baik-baik. Toksah la naik sogha macam chek dengaq lagu Eminem kat konset punya hingaq. Sudah la muka takdak sapa muka ala-ala Mr. Os yang tak peghenah tak ghenyeh.

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Tiba-tiba selepaih dah dekat duapuloh kali chek dok makan minum begebang dok bawah tangga kat La Cucur kat KLCC ni, teghasa cemuih dah la pulak. Aghi ni dua karipap, satu bengkang ubi kayu campoq satu te panaih saja dah lima ringgit dua kupang. Bukan la sedap tagha mana pun karipap depa.

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Tapi yang buat chek tambah cemuih sebenaqnya yalah layanan depa. Chek ni dok mengajaq oghang lagumana nak layan pelanggan, lagumana nak berkomunikasi, berinteraksi dan bersaikoloji dengan pelanggan kunun terer. Tapi sebagai pelanggan, chek ghasa kechiwa sunggoh la.

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Dalam hati dok berkata-kata, amboih hangpa no… mentang-mentang chek beli kue sekali makan lima ringgit dua kupang, layanan hangpa bagi takat dua kupang saja ka? Chek nak kena pi kedai Poh Kong ka, beli karipap emaih baru dapat layanan ala-ala solid gold?

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Kalau depa ni senyum mesra, maneh mulut pagi-pagi tengok muka kita yang elok lagi berbedak takdak berminyak-minyak, ambik berkat juai makanan hat yang nak terjun masuk perut kita… alangkah baiknya. Pelanggan happy, jualan meningkat, depa senang hati, berkat pun berkat.

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Susah sangat ka?

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Tapi ni nak habaq pi kat hangpa, chek ni susah nak sebut La Cucur tu La Cucur. Peranchis sangat! Taim menulih lagu ni bulih la. Taim sebut misti nak gulung jadi La Cucoq jugak. Lidah mai daghi jauh ni memang lagu tu la.

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