Craving For Food Back Home
Apr 23rd, 2008 by Clare
Sidenote:My take on Malaysian Dreamgirl: Why everyone complains about Adeline’s Ah Lian-ness in speaking English? You guys should listen to that guy from Carven (latest episode) spoke! He is even worse! And when people are complaining about Cindy’s fake accent when talking in front of the camera, listen to how Nadia, the garang girl, talks. Nadia seems to try too hard to put a FAKE accent when she talks and I don’t get what is she trying to say! I would love to see these two being eliminated, no model quality also can get in, one might wonder why! *Note to self: Don’t even dare to say anything about Ringo, later her die-hard-fan-see all come slam kao me, I mati katak!* I couldn’t resist it, she is too short to be a model. That’s one. Two. Her BMI is below healthy/standard BMI for her height. That means she should be banned from the runway! MDG, what the hell are you doing??? Someone is going aneroxic here!!! That’s negative image to Malaysians!!!
How do you describe EXTREME GEK XIM-NESS???
Answer: When other bloggers from your home kept posting food only available back home with extreme description (especially if that blogger is Suituapui, because he is good in playing around with words, dang!) and you are 800km from home for God-knows-how-long!
One food a day, ranging from Kampua and Laksa (these two already can kill!) to Midin and Teng Meng Ngu or better known as Tien Pien Hu, I could buy a new LCD monitor everyday due to its short life-span from the constant drooling of saliva that spoilt the whole thing! And yes, Sarawakians in KL especially, will take the effort to hunt for Sarawak food here, if any. Their effort to search for authentic Sarawak food has been in vain but they are not giving up that easily. They are satisfied, temporarily, when their tastebuds sense a tinge of authentication (got such word ar?) in the so-called authentic Sarawak food. Like Moses Lim (from Singapore sitcom Under One Roof) once said, “The BEST Maggi Mee is still the Maggi Mee in your cupboard.” Literally.
At the moment, I am craving for these, though not in season yet:
Dabai. With black kicap and sugar.
Also known as the Sarawak Olive, dabai is cooked by soaking it in hot water until the flesh become soft. Some smart-ass thought they could cook the dabai faster by throwing them into hot boiling water, like how you cook Maggi, but for some reasons the dabai remain hard. I have yet to find the answer to that 
Best taken with salt or black kicap + sugar, I prefer the latter. Well-cooked dabai taste creamy (lemak) and bonus point goes to thin skin! I don’t like thick-skinned dabai. Anyway, just don’t forget to brush your teeth or at least gargle your mouth after eating dabai. I could tell if he/she had dabai for lunch/dinner from his/her smile. (Aiya, neh, the black skin could get stuck at your teeth wan!)
Dabai is usually available at the end of the year, together with durian season! Both are my favourite and when the season arrive, they are so cheap and it would be eat-all-you-can for me. In the end, ulcers just love to keep me company! I couldn’t eat any durian or dabai last year because of some big bad ulcers! Shoo, ulcers, don’t bother me! Shoo!
UPDATE: My next post is posted before this post because I want to drool at the pictures of oh-kana/dabai. Scroll down for the latest news please! Thank you!
lulian ohh lulian…………….. hmmmmmmmm………….. when are you coming bek to me??? *sigh*
A lot of liu lian in KL now ler, but all also expensive wan!!
oh yes I miss dabai also
You are the most kesian wan lor! I heard durian in Australia no smell wan, worse no dabai!
usually too hot (boiled water) would ‘destroy’ the dabai harden it still. my dad and I, we tried out the experiment by steaming them one day to have all dabai hard-ed like stones.
you can also put them inside your car part under the hot sun, when you go shopping or at work if you can’t find anyway there’s hot warm water to cook dabai. it works. just a suggestion though for dabai craving. hehehe!!
Thanks for the info! Yes, I’ve tried cooking the dabai under hot afternoon sun, and I think it tastes better than soaked ones. Yummy!
Suituapui is torturing you with images of food?? LOL
Dabai? Never heard of this one .. but anything that can be eaten with kicap is a must try for me! *takes note* must try this if I see one ..
Yeah, you should! Yummy! You don’t get this anywhere else wan…
They dun have dabai in west malaysia? Never realize that!
If not, why do you think I feel so sad here all the time? No good food lor
same thing, they dun have bilim (type of fern) in west malaysia too. That one rocks!
You mean ‘Midin’ ar. Midin really rocks! My all time favourite but they don’t have it here. I heard some hotel has it but it is so blardy expensive and not as nice as what you get in sarawak.
eee.. I don’t like this.. Hahaha.. But Papa likes it very much. @.@
How can lah you not like it? So nice you know!
like u, i tink ringo is too short for a model. bad bad bad choice.
hey, i like her ok. i hav problem with her height, tat’s all.
Yalor! She is a personal friend of mine, but to be honest she doesn’t have the height to be a model.
Aiyor! Why u scold me? I share info where food nice, where not nice mah! Hey! Dabai can wrap in newspaper, put in freezer…can have anytime of year? Now, have l finishd mine or not hor? Ummm… LOL!
I no scold you ler…Walao eh, the way you tease and tempt people (not the way you are thinking, though), can die I tell you! LOL
OK, I HATE U!!!! GRRHHH!!! U made me want to lick the screen. Is almost 2 years I didn’t got any single dabai in my mouth. Every time, holiday went back sure out of season liao. @$#%$#$^!!!!!
What’s the point? You still don’t get to eat dabai now what. Muahahhahhhahhha!!! Not in season yet
Nice post here. Put you under my blogroll, can link to me? Nice day!
Wow Dabai. I love it too
Yummy!
grrr…..
Stomach rumbling ar? Wakakaka!
ringo didn’t make it. it’s sad and relieving at the same time. well, more relief than sad if i m to be honest. phew~!
i m mean. i noe, now shoo.. *acts mean*
Don’t worry, I have the same thought as you. I mean, about the more relief than sad part. Yeah, call me mean or anything but that’s exactly how I felt though
ka lang!!! me likes…. !!!! wuahahahahaha.. its been quite a while since i had them.. eh, west malaysia no where to find them kah ??? never tried finding them also, hehehehe..
West Malaysia don’t have, I’ve asked around, they haven’t even heard about it!