Favorite Food

Iban Food

As a proud Iban that I am, obviously I am biased towards my own people's cuisines and delicacies. Iban food can be very extreme to some people or maybe a little too 'caveman' food. This is due to its exquisite appearance or might I say, a wild appearance, its taste touches my palates delicately as if I'm home.

Iban food can be fried, fermented even longer, smoked even longer, barbeque to taste and stir-fry in some other cases. The pictures below are some of my favorites:

Ayam Pansuh

Salai Babi

Kasam Babi

Babi Masak Terong Iban

Pansuh Ayam

Ingredients:

5 slices Chicken Breast

1 Hollowed Bamboo Stick

3cm slices of Ginger

2 Garlic Cloves

3 cm of Galangal

2 Stalks Lemongrass

1 Stalk of Tepus

10 pcs Kesum Leaves

50g Cassava leaves

1 tbsp of chicken stock or chicken bouillon

Instructions:

S1:

Clean the bamboo stick with water and let it soak for half an hour to an hour.

S2:

Mix the chicken slices, ginger, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, tepus, kesum leaves, chicken stock powder, and half of cassava leaves.

S3:

Set up an open-fire stove.

S4:

Stuff the mixture into the bamboo stick, cover the opening with the remaining cassava leaves.

S5:

Cook the bamboo stick over the fire for at least 30 minutes until chicken is cooked, or when the water starts gurgling out from the opening.

S6:

To serve, remove the cassava leaves, drain the juice into a bowl, and split the bamboo to extract the chicken. Arrange the chicken on a serving plate with the soup. Enjoy!

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CHINESE FOOD

Chinese food can be cooked, steamed, fried and many more ways that I can't describe in words. Lots of my favorites were encountered during my eat-outs in Chinese restaurants with my family back when I was young and until now that I'm older.

Some of my favorites include: