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As mentioned before in the previous posts, Malaysian food has been influenced from a variety of cultures. Coming from a Chinese-Malaysian background, my family has a tendency to eat the 'main stream' Malaysian food such as Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai or Dosa. Nonetheless, having a dad whose culinary expertise surpass 30 years, allows me to experience the side of Malaysian cuisine not many people know about.

From my frequent travels to Malaysia as a young boy, I have noticed that the lifestyle in Malaysia is extremely different to our home town of Sydney Australia. Malaysians would eat dinner around 5:30pm and have another 2-3 meals after until the early hours of the morning. The Malaysian cuisine is apart of the lifestyle, it's an art, it allows people to express themselves by being creative and inventive, in saying that, from time to time, my dad enjoys busting his moves and flipping his own Roti Canai. It's hard to replicate good Malaysian food, and currently, I have yet to find any restaurant who can replicate the authenticity of REAL Malaysian food. Hopefully, embarking on this adventure with my class mates will allow me to find a restaurant that can give us real Malaysian food.

- Derwin

This is my dad flipping Roti Canai
(an Indian influenced flat bread) he thinks he's the greatest.

Above is my dad's home made Nasi Lemak,
served with anchovies, cucumber, egg,
chicken curry and sambal belacan.