Malaysia is just so diverse in terms of people, cultures, arts, songs, language, life styles, festivals ooh the list is just endless. But the one thing that connects Malaysians - is FOOD !!! Yeah, that's right Food, No matter what community we represent, there is always one food that we all love as Malaysians.. and it's widely consumed and available to all, that is the Nasi Lemak- this is one food that ALL yes I mean ALL Malaysians have eaten before. If you don't believe me.. I set a challenge to all of you my beloved listeners - Try to identify a Malaysian ( wherever you are !! whichever part of the globe you are ) who has never eaten Nasi Lemak before !!! If you can identify this person,, let me know !! I would love to get to know him/ or her !!! But I doubt you can find this person at all !! haha.
Nasi Lemak is designated as our Malaysia national dish ! It started off as a very simple dish- of fragrant rice cooked with coconut milk accompanied with fried anchovies, 2-3 slices of cucumber, half of a hard boiled egg -sometime, 2-3 strands of greens of kangkong- or water spinach- a local vegetables leafs like the sweet potatoes grown here in SE Asia. And this nasi lemak used to be taken for breakfast. Because of it's popularity, it has gone on to be taken for lunch and dinner. And there are also so many ways of presentation this simple dish.
Today I bring to you, Med Pang - a Malaysian who has been residing in the UK for the last 21years. And he presently runs a stall at The Spice Lab, a Malaysia street food stall at Mercato Mayfair, serving this national cuisine. His Nasi Lemak is presented in a most unique way while displaying the uniqueness of our Malaysian cuisine. I hope you enjoyed my conversation with him and if you are in London. do drop in at his stall and try this special Malaysian dish- the Nasi Lemak!
Once again, thank you for hanging out with me. I really do appreciate it very much and I look forward to be with you in my next episode.
Selamat Tinggal and Bye !!!