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Lyrical Lemongrass tagged me on my old blog with my favourite food. Ooh this is a tough one.
I go through food cravings as much as I go through mood swings. I’m a Libran so it’s perfectly excusable to be craving kiam seng ti (literally salty, sour and sweet in Hokkien, aka preserved fruit) on on scale only to swing wildly to the other end and crave lor bak with teng kia in the next mouthful! 
As tough as it is, here’s something I’ve been pigging out on recently. The right probably looks quite familiar to KL-ites and Terengganu-ans (??). It’s keropok lekor both in the thick and thin forms. The left however, is something very special that probably only Johoreans recognise - mee siput!
My love affair with the two started when I was a wee gal in Johor. I grew up there so, yes, I eat mind-numbing chillies with nary a scream!
Mee Siput was sold in our school canteens and how we kids loved this snack! It’s essentially yellow mee that has been dried in the sun, then fried into a crispy curly little snail. Eat it with the hot sambal and you’re in heaven! It’s got that distinctive noodle taste but in a crunchy delicious texture! Gorgeous! It’s not easy to find anymore but I got lucky because a colleague of mine had some which she fried and shared out in the office. How nice to eat a slice of my childhood again!
Keropok lekor is something I recently started eating buckets of, no thanks to my office area which suddenly sprouted some keropok stalls! This doesn’t beat my ultimate keropok favourite - fish keropok. It has to be dark dark brown and fishily smelly. The smellier the better it’ll be when it’s fried! I simply love how it unfurls itself to expand into a huge cracker to be eaten in great quantities until you develop a sore throat!
Ah, the joys of unhealthy food! :PÂ And now to see what unhealthy or healthier options others eat!
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Proposition: What is your favorite food in your state or country? Requirements: Find some info about the food and show delicious pictures of it.
Quantity: FIVE PEOPLE.
Tag Mode: You leave their blog and post link and add to the list below.
Mybabybay loves Asam Laksa from Penang, Malaysia
JustMyThoughts loves Penang Char Koay Teow
My Lil Venture loves Laksa Sarawak
Monterssorimum loves Teluk Intan Chee Cheong Fun
Chinnee loves Melaka Wan Tan Mee
PeimunLeah loves Hakka Lei Cha
Something about Lai loves Crispy duck skin from China
Simple American loves Cheese Enchiladas
Nicole Tan loves Char Tau Kueh
Fatty Poh loves Nasi Dagang Kelantan
Lyrical Lemongrass loves Asam Boi
Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor
And I tag:-
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Sooyin - my favourite tag girl
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LB - cos I don’t think he’s done it yet!
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AhPek - thanks for the link!
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Ms Fair Face - what do you like?
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Zewt - my new visitor, welcome!
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Hahaha, actually, I haven’t done it yet! You’re right. Well spotted! But only because I haven’t gotten round to it! I am so lazy! OMG! I need a kick up the yahoo! I’ll add you on to the other two (or three?) persons who tagged me with this though! LOL!! I love your unhealthy food! Why are the best the unhealthiest?
Pinkelle kicks: *LB up the miniskirt* Get moving with the tag and show us your unhealthy stuff
Lekor! Me likey! *crunch crunch crunch* I like the fat fat ones compared to the thin ones… it’s been so long since I had ‘em - you’ve just reminded me of what I’m missing…
Pinkelle says: *crunch crunch* Go grab some
U know wat…I’ve never tried mee siput before! Can get only in Johor meh? Hmmm. must put on my wishlist.
Pinkelle says: I dunno whether it’s unique to Johor but only Johoreans seem to know it! I would offer you some the next time my colleague fries it but…erm…dunno where you are!
What is Mee Siput? Where to buy in KL? Lekor I know
whoa half jakun lah…
Pinkelle says: Erm…never seen in KL! I’ll set up a small mee siput DHL service for anyone who’ll like to try!
hey pinkelle… if you read my blog long enough.. u will know i dont do tags :)… but thanks for the honour anyway…
right rinnah?
Pinkelle says: Okay, thanks for the tip, Zewt! No worries…hope to see you around!
thanks for tagging me! let me go find some photos to substantiate my post hee
Pinkelle says: You’re welcome! Thanks for doing it
[...] Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor [...]
Mee Siput comes in two varieties, crushed or whole. But yes, both forms taste much better with the spicy or sweet chilli sauce. *salivates*
My KL-ite friends from other states used to ask me to “import” plastic-bag-loads of them back to KL (together with boxes and boxes of otak-otak) whenever I went back to Muar. And as a favour, I would be the delivery man, grant their wishes and fulfill their desires and cravings.
Now I don’t know if I know where to source for this delicious snack anymore! I used to know exactly where to find them in Muartown, but they’re almost extinct now, like our polar friends! Once upon a time, they were sold abundantly in school canteens and by old Indian vendors on their cycle carts, who also merchandised kachang puteh, kachang rebus and muruku on the streets. Those were the days when Mee Siput only costed 20 sen a piece!
Then much later on in life, they could be found at a stall on the ground floor outside Hock Hai Plaza (before Hock Hai closed down). Now I don’t know if the stall still exists!
Save our Mee Siput from extinction!
Pinkelle says: Thanks for the history and commentary on Mee Siput, Orbiter!
thanks for tagging me! i’m still thinking…it’s so hard to narrow it down to ONE, just ONE! =)
Pinkelle says: I cheated and did 2!
[...] You’ve seen them all around the world! You’ve drooled to their pictures! If you haven’t, or have forgotten, here’s a recap of the SIX who tagged me kau kau for this Tag: 1 2007 05 17 ~ Velverse hearts otak-otak 2 2007 05 18 ~ Giddy Tiger is head over heels over Dim Sum 3 2007 05 25 ~ Selba loves Gado-gado 4 2007 05 27 ~ Doreen nags about Hainanese chicken rice 5 2007 05 29 ~ Misha loves Hong Kong Tim Sum 6 2007 06 06 ~ Pinkelle cheated and picked two: Mee Siput, & Keropok lekor [...]
YATTAAAA! I finally did my homework at Lau Hau Sui!!
Waaa, got beaten by my pingback lagi!
Pinkelle says: YATAAAAA! Thank you!!
Am drooling like anything over your dish now!
[...] Kong Kenny Ng loves Jawa Mee wmw loves Kuih Tutu Lyrical Lemongrass loves Asam Boi Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor LB loves Siew Kai Pai Kuat Tungku Chap day-dreamer loves Secret Recipe Chocolate Cakes jas loves [...]
[...] loves Nasi Dagang Kelantan wmw loves Kuih Tutu Lyrical Lemongrass loves Asam Boi Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor Ms Fair Face loves BBQ Sambal Stingray Earthember loves Mee Rebus domestic rat loves Singapore [...]
[...] loves Nasi Dagang Kelantan wmw loves Kuih Tutu Lyrical Lemongrass loves Asam Boi Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor Ms Fair Face loves BBQ Sambal Stingray Earthember loves Mee Rebus “>crazymommy loves kueh [...]
[...] Pinkelle tagged me with this meme on my favourite food. My first thought when I read it was “Die la, how to select only ONE?” [...]
sorry to interrupt your blog.but when I’m “Google”ing about keropok lekor,your blog rise in top rank.I’m curious,so I start surfing your thread.Waaaa, you and all your friends really love to eat.
Ok, then I want to offer you guys about my stuff.I’m offering you real Keropok Lekor,purely made in Kemaman,Terengganu.If you want to buy it,please do surf my Catalogue at http://jemiey04.fotopages.com
PE says: Hi, welcome…thanks for your offer but I don’t think I’m that huge a fan! Get jelak of it after a while
[...] loves Nasi Dagang Kelantan wmw loves Kuih Tutu Lyrical Lemongrass loves Asam Boi Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor Ms Fair Face loves BBQ Sambal [...]
[...] loves Nasi Dagang Kelantan wmw loves Kuih Tutu Lyrical Lemongrass loves Asam Boi Pinkelle loves Mee Siput and Keropok Lekor Ms Fair Face loves BBQ Sambal Stingray Earthember loves Mee Rebus crazymommy loves kueh [...]
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Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!
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