I was tagged by Wuching who just went Wuching dot-com and Kyh for the same tag. What are the odds guys?! Anyway, these 2 guys, one in Melbourne and one in Kuala Lumpur both want to know what’s my favourite food from my state or country. I’m from Johor and my favourite food may well just be kuey-chap. Flat rice noodles in a clear broth with pickled radish (chai po) served usually with braised soy meat and innards. Haha…. the innards got you didn’t it?!
Anyway, while in KL, I can’t find kuey-chap. Maybe I’m not looking in the right places or maybe no one in KL eats it. So, I’ll feature lor-bak with teng-kia – braised pork with small intestines.
This is from a stall off Jalan Raja Laut in KL that my family and I frequent for their home-cooked style food. Their braised pork leg is scrumptious having just the right amount of soy sauce and its been braised so long that the meat is practically falling off the bone.
If you ask the man for lean meat, he’ll pick up a pork shank from his giant pot and with a deft flick of his knife, de-bone it. He doesn’t have to do much as the meat is already so tender and soft. It comes with pork intestines (don’t gag!) braised in a similar fashion. Tasty!!
So this is what I enjoy – cholestorol inducing as it is. Live to eat I say! Eating to live gets too boring sometimes. 
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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.
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Proposition: What is your favourite food in your state or country?
Requirements: Find some info about the food & show delicious picture(s) of it.
Quantity: Tag 5 people.
Tag Mode: You leave their blogs and post links 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
Hui Sia loves Crispy duck skin from China
Karen loves Pan Mee
Simple American loves Cheese Enchiladas
Nicole Tan loves Char Tau Kueh
velverse loves Otak-Otak
Giddy Tiger loves Dim Sum
may loves Roti Bakar
Selba loves Gado-gado
Chen loves Satay
kyh loves Sar Hor Fun
Kenny Ng loves Jawa Mee
Erina Law loves Wan Tan Mee
King’s wife loves Dai gau mee
Wuching loves Wood fired oven Pizzas!
Paris Beaverbanks loves lor-bak and intestines
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I’m sorry I won’t tag anyone because I’ve seen this tag making its rounds to many blogs I’ve visited. In fact, I did one on my Kitchen Experiments site too! lol Very appropriate it was. Feel free to nick this for your own.
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I am cooking something in my oven that smells so delicious right now (Baked chicken with mixed vegetables), so I am not that affected by your favorite food today! LOL.. *phew* But I am sure that lobak with teng-kia is drool inducing any other time!
PB says: lol… *sniffs the air* whatever you are cooking sounds delicious! Now you make me drool!
They have kuey-chiap here in Penang! I was totally eating it at least once a week when I was preggers! I didn’t know it was a Johorean dish!
PB says: Really? I think its a Hokkien/Teochew dish and in Penang? I must try it there if I go. I can’t find it in KL
It’s HOON-teng! That man will be so disgusted by your teng-kia!
PB says: LOL… yalor but to me its teng kia ma
You make me feel hungry.Just had bakuteh for breakfast.Mmmmmmmmm your ‘teng-kia’ look slurppppp.
PB says: Yummy aren’t they? hehe…not everyone will think so I guess
kuey chap is delicious! since i’m from the north, we hv thai kuey chap! YUM YUM YUM!
PB says: All i remember of Thai Kuey Chap is those that comes in packets…
I’m quite sure you can find kueh-chap in KL, it looks darn familiar. or maybe that was in someone’s home kitchen… oooo, hungry now! breakfast time!
PB says: I haven’t found it yet… enjoy your brekkie!
i love intestines!
PB says: Aren’t they yummy? *puts on Hannibal Lecter leer*
Can find koay chap easily in Sarawak. Slurp.
PB says: Ooh ya I remember eating it in Kuching – slurp indeed!
OOOH. This makes me think most longingly indeed of the chu chap chok I had in Ipoh. Rice porridge with crisply fried innards. YUM.
Where’s this kuey chap you saw in Johor, PB?
PB says: Wahh you must eat the one at Jalan Silang then in KL. Salty like mad but tasty. And I usually have the kuey chap at Bentayan.
Hmm… kuey chap sounds familiar but I can’t put my finger on it…
PB says: Its sorta hard to explain. Like large pieces of kuey teow instead of long strips.
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