At times, we get sudden urges to eat differently,
be it something local, foreign or something rather modern or
all the way back in history kind of food.

And today, while doing nothing at home,
i get the pleasure of eating some of the most traditional
malay dishes you could ever ask for.

Home cooked traditional Malay food. Ahhhh.. I miss
these kind of foods, because im constantly working or going out
and tend to find fast foods or modern bites. But today was different.

Traditional doesnt mean boring and not delicious. In fact,
today’s dishes were some of my favourite traditional ones.

This above dish is my all time favourite where
traditional vegetable dish is concerned. It is called lauk kobis opor,
or the English translation is cabbage opor.

I know some of you out there have never even heard of it!!!

It is absolutely delicious,
and i am still finding outside stalls that can match
the one cooked by my mummy dearest. No one can match its
unique, undescribable taste and aroma. Terrific.

Nothing.. I tell nothing beats the taste of purely fried fish,
and again, my mummy does it best. She uses the simplest of
marinations, and does it well to balance the taste.

Its neither too salty nor sweet, and little twist of spicy. Of course,
the fishy smell and taste is completely gone. But such a fried fish will
only go well with a nice dip….

And this is the dip !!!!

Malays call it kicap cili padi. If translated to English,
it means chilli padi soya sauce with lime. The taste is somewhat
a mix of everything: spicy, sweet and sour.

Simply dip the nicely fried fish into the sauce,
get abit of the chilli padi, put it on the rice and eat it
with the cabbage opor.

You have to experience it to believe it. Its a feeling no tongue
can ever comprehend. Maybe this is the true meaning of delicious.

Nothing completes a meal other than a dessert. A little
something to sweeten up that tongue of ours,
after busy eating a meal and making us enjoy an array of flavours.

So again, one of my favourite traditional kuehs,
the putu piring. This time around unfortunately, there is no
English translation for it and thats why this particular sweet is
so pure and tasty.

Very sweet with a soft texture with a proper mix of different
flour, and the gula melaka inside and coconut flakes at the side
makes it an enjoyable experience.

For good tasting kuehs, i recommend going to Geylang,
where you can find an assortment of such. Not only that,
the best tasting kuehs are to me, sold in Geylang.

So my traditional experience???
I give it 4 stars. Very very very good. Especially since it
home cooked. Which means my mum is still one of the
best cooks around. No doubt about it.

But more importantly, we learnt that this traditional journey
has gotten the best ratings of all my food reviews in this blog,
which proves that something old doesnt neccesary collect dust.

Sometimes, it brings a whole new experience and wonder.

Cheers =)