Today's healthy lunch - chicken adobo and a Visayan shrimp and vegetable stew called laswa.
#MakanApaToday #Philippines

This was from yesterday but anyway #MakanApaToday

Bring able to have home cooked *Malay food* for lunch is such a luxury. I can get Chineseish food in some form everywhere so that scratches that itch (even if my preference is still *Malaysian Chinese* food over all other types). But home cooked Malay dishes: ayam masak merah, ayam masak lemak cili padi.. we’ve taken to cooking these in the evenings and making enough for lunch the next day. Luxury!!

#Food #TootSea #MakanApaToday

Andhra thali meals #MakanApaToday

Fried egg, presented without comment.

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This isn't just a fried egg, it's a masterpiece. Crispy on the outside, but with a gooey yolk on the inside.

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Saw some Japanese YouTuber recommend this Muslim-friendly place hidden inside Mytown BookXcess and was not disappointed. RM25 inclusive of bottomless green tea. The portions are a lot more generous than they look on photo! #MakanApaToday

#MakanApaToday at the well-known Ten Hup Chee Cheong Fun at Kajang. #Food #MalaysianFood

How many times/much time do you stir your nattō (納豆), to increase its umami flavor?

Well, according to this video, quoting NHK's Tameshite Gatten, the optimal number is 424 times.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=e7FPVtmClcU&t=280

I don't think I've ever done anything close to that number, nor do I bother to count. Sometimes, like today, I didn't even stir it. 😅

It's already lunch time for most folks, but I just had a hearty nattō omeretu breakfast, with steamed brown rice.

@takam #MakanApaToday

Tonight's #dinner: Vietnamese caramelized chicken (ga kho)

Recipe here; https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwgaVIys9ms/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==

#HomeCooking #Vietnamese #MakanApaToday #TootSEA #ExpatAsia @Homecooking

A fatigue kind of day today because of the health stuff I don't want to get into too much detail about.

Looks like I didn't get one of the grants I worked so hard on but oh well, I was expecting not to get it. At this point I've just had bad news for years (both academically and as a creative writer) and expect, almost welcome it (because I am perverse and also I am so used to rejection now that the idea of acceptance terrifies me).

Onwards and upwards. I'm more interested in the fact that I want to make a chicken curry for Malaysia's national day. IDEK, sudden craving for my own curry.

ps: the two types of sambal have sustained me all week and I'm so glad for them. Consumed with rice, salted egg, sambal belacan and sambal cencaluk. Heaven!

#academicchatter #academiclife #litodons #amwriting #writinglife #writingcommunity #MakanApaToday

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sotong kangkung @ Kedai Kopi New Light, Gurun, Kedah

#MakanApaToday #Feditiam #TootSEA

Cereals to start the day, served in a Japanese terracotta bowl with cute rabbits - a lovely birthday gift I found waiting for when I got back in town.

Home's where the heart is.
Cereals girded by bunnies,
or cavorting in moonlight.

#haiku #tootSEA #MakanApaToday

Chicken feet for the soul.

#AsianFood #TootSEA #MakanApaToday

We might have ordered a bit too much.

Spoiler: we managed to (mostly) finish the food.

Location: Al Amber @ Kampung Kerinchi (halal northwestern China cuisine)

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Am feeling a bit bloodthirsty today

#MakanApaToday #TootSEA

Tonight's dinner was caramelized luncheon meat over furikake brown rice with Japanese pickled ginger on the side.

#dinner #HomeCooking #MakanApaToday #TootSEA @Homecooking

@fediforum there's an active #SouthEastAsia community that hangs out at these hashtags: #TOOTSEA #MakanApaToday

Of course you can find them in their respective country hashtags such as #Malaysia #Singapore #Indonesia #Philippines and more.

I am not sure what you want us to do though?

I love Shiso (perilla frutescens, aka sesame leaves) ! And #til that Kaenip Kimchi is a thing! 😋

It's hard to find these back home, and I remember how a Japanese acquaintance who runs a restaurant is always disappointed by how most of their customers don't bother to eat it.

@takam #MakanApaToday