What is your first memory of baking/cooking on your own?
Main masak-masak/dango was when I was 3 or 4 with 2nd brother. hehehe... Real cooking, when I was 10 - masak nasi (not using automatic rice cooker, mind you!)
Who had the most influence on your cooking?
Mum lah, who else. But then most of the time I do my own experiment. Trial and error. Sedap tak sedap, my brothers sure sapu licin. Hahahaha...they jadi my guinea pigs. (If not, I execute merajuk.exe)
Do you have an old photo as “evidence” of an early exposure to the culinary world and would you like to share it?
Dunno. Must ask Dad since he took lots of photos of me. Mana tau kot2 ada. But washing dishes pic when I was 4 years old ada le.
Mageiricophobia - do you suffer from any cooking phobia, a dish that makes your palms sweat?
Uhhh... dunno la. But I dunno (don't want to) cook rebung/bamboo shoots. I cannot stand the smell. Yuck!
oh, wait wait wait.... I DEFINITELY CANNOT SEMBELIH CHICKEN. So damn scared & kesian the chicken.(Kelak ada aku menangis depan2 ayam ya)
What would be your most valued or used kitchen gadgets and/or what was the biggest let down?
Aahh.... kitchen knife la (plus the pots n pans lah). Dun have then how to cook?
Name some funny or weird food combinations/dishes you really like - and probably no one else!
Ripe banana mix with sambal belacan mix with rice. :)
(Grace - aku suka makan lusit/rusit juak. boleh la geng tok)
What are the three eatables or dishes you simply don’t want to live without?
- Fish (freshwater is the best - e.g: ikan semah, jelawat etc)
- Meat - Chicken and *ahem*
- Veggie la (used to hate eating veggies when I was a kid. My dad say that last time my veggies got tulang since I always gag when I makan veggie)
Any question you missed in this meme, that you would have loved to answer? Well then, feel free to add one!
- I will never eat - the meat of: phyton, dog, empeliau (dunno what its called in BM or English), enturun (same case), bear
- My favorite dish(es) that I love to cook : My mean chicken curry and ayam kukus :)
- Currently I'm craving to eat - pama (frog) and spaghetti
Some exotic foods that i've tried...
- pangolin (tenggiling) - Mum told me last time they gave me raw cogealed pangolin blood to eat. apparently, I liked it very much then. But now...eeewwwww. I told mum, how could you give me something like that and raw some more. Actually, they gave it to me because it is believed that it is good for my health (I was one real sick kid then)
- kesa (red ants & eggs) -- don't remember the taste. I was too small then.
- Pama (frog) - I'm loving it :) good for health & skin also la
- Entambah ( a species of bat) -- ok. quite good.
- Tindoh (sago worm) -- Yummy-licious :)
- kasam babi -- need I say more?
- kasam ikan
- biji getah -- grace, this is tastier than kepayang when added to kasam :)
- terrapin & turtles -- mmmm... nice :)
- babi kampong/wildboar -- wins anytime :)
- jellyfish -- very nice when eaten with lime n chilli
- ikan mudik -- semah, kolong, empurau, etc. Sadly can get in Kapit only. Nasib baik husband org Kapit. Hahaha
- Monkey (forgot what type la)
- pelanduk
- rusa -- didn't really eat this one since mum cannot tahan the smell. She'll mabuk if the meat is brought into the house. So, don't really eat lah.
- Bayak/biawak (monitor lizard) -- this one's sedap :)
- snake (belawai) -- ok ok la
- Umai ikan -- Woohoo!!! I love it
Jeng..jeng..jeng... I'm gonna tag:
- Low E - want to know what culinary adventures he's had :)
- Carneyz - Bintulu lass currently fighting in a corporate jungle in JB :)
- Junaidix - Pandei sik member ku tok masak oh?
- Kimmy Wang - Want to know Sabah's exotic food
- Anyone else who's interested to do this :)
