0 Nasi Lalap in Sabah .. sadap-bah! (delicious-bah!)

New Recipe? Eat local! I get both excited and intimidated at the same time when I decide to try food I've never eaten before. Along the way to Kinabalu Park, we stopped by a shoplot eatery for lunch. There was a big framed "C" rating on the wall. Mmm..not too clean but no swarming flies is a good sign surely. The other thing that caught my attention was the "Nasi Lalap" sign stuck on the food display cabinet. Bzzzt! "Should I? Should I? Should I?" - A tape recorder in my brain gone haywire from replaying the same question over and over again. Aaah..the heart wins over. I ordered a plate of nasi lalap, a silly grin plastered on my face....

0 Banana Fritters Dipped in a Spicy Soy Sauce?

Banana Fritters (Pisang Tanduk Fritters) I was in Melaka for a short holiday during the Merdeka weekend - a trip I thoroughly enjoyed. The streets were packed with smiling people. I felt their joy. Aaahh..holidays! Always good medicine for the tired soul. The one thing that caught my eye during my walkabout around the touristy areas of town was these huge bananas hanging from several food stalls. Long and horn-shaped, these bananas are locally known as Pisang Tanduk ("tanduk" means horn in Malay). I had this petty notion that banana fritters are a common thing and "I wouldn't want to try something so common on a holiday"...?? Roadside...