Okay today's update will be all on food!
You guys know, that Guang Fu and my favourite food is? Its..the mighty otah!
Okay i'll give you some introduction to my new friend ^^
Otak-otak is a fish cake from Malaysia and Singapore. It is also known as otah-otah, otah or otak. The southern Malaysian town of Muar is particularly famous for it. It can also be found in Indonesia, especially in Sulawesi.
It can be eaten as a snack or with bread or rice as part of a meal.
Otak-otak is made by mixing fish paste (usually mackerel) with a mixture of spices including chillies, garlic, shallots, turmeric, lemon grass and coconut milk. The mixture is then wrapped in a leaf (usually a banana leaf) that has been softened by steaming, then grilled or steamed.
While fish otak-otak is most common, otak-otak is also commonly made with prawns, often resulting in a more textured variety. In Muar, you will also be able to find otak-otak made from cuttlefish, fish head and even chicken.
There are different forms of otak-otak originating from different regions. Nonya otak-otak, with Peranakan origins, from the northern Malaysian state of Penang, is steamed as a cake in pandan leaf. However, otak-otak from the south of Malaysia and from Singapore is wrapped up as a thin slice using banana or coconut leaf and grilled over a charcoal fire (although the Singaporean version is often grilled in pandan leaf). As a result, it ends up reddish-orange, drier and with a more distinct smoky fish aroma. Other varieties of otak-otak do exist, however, the most common of which is a non-spicy, white-coloured version.
Although otak-otak is traditionally made with fish meat, modern versions of otah often utilize crab or prawn meat.
Other types of otak-otak include dishes called pais ikan and sata that are made of fish paste cooked in banana leaves.
Otak means brain in Malay and Indonesian, and the name of the dish is derived from the idea that the dish resembles brains somewhat, being on the soft and squishy side.
Last but not least, meet my friend!
Haha okay that's enough.
So
Randy Teck Bao, Guang Fu and i went to play soccer early this morning. I woke up at around 8.30am after a wake-up call from Teck Bao.
So he came to my house and i've just gotten prepared. So i fried 2 scrambled eggs!
Goodie i can fry eggs HOHOHO. I was just eating for the first few mouthfuls and then TB came in a cab -.-
So i gave my pretty egg to my brother ):
We cabbed there and it came up to eight bucks which TB and i spilted.
So GF's brother's friends and him were there already. So we played and yaddayadda.
And today its, KELONG DAY!
(Crowd goes wild)
GF, TB(as usual) and i screwed up many times. And it was hard to score -.-
Then we went to have lunch at a nearby coffeeshop. And after GF's brother's recommendations, we ordered sambal fried rice!
Yummy! But my egg this morning is better though =O
Then we went to GF's house to get changed and we went to some sheltered place and started singing. TB's singing's horrible. Like some nail scratching on metal. (Ju-On)
Oops i mean we went to GF's house before eating -_-
So we went to GSC to play DotA but unfortunately there was one around though the shop was full. After paying around $6.20 worth of games, we left for Jubilee!
And we went to Zone-X and played table soccer which was $.50.
P.s we were broke.
Then TB and i bus-ed home. Crapped about Cleon on the bus. Okay haha BYE!
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