Just a post to say hello

Hello! Charlie checkin' in. As everyone has demonstrated their sound knowledge of malaysian food, and I in no way can match that, I feel that it is obligatory to take a different approach and introduce my experiences with malaysian food.

I am rather ashamed to say that although I do love malaysian food, I haven't had enough love for it in the past (there was love, but not enough). I've been to Malaysian restaurants here and there, I am in love with their satay sticks and roti. If I go to a malaysian restaraunt I would definitely have to order a couple sticks and some of that heavenly bread. 

Not to mention that the most exposure to malaysian food I have had is at the food court next to U-bar at our own Macquarie University (YEAH!). The food is fast, it's cheap (relatively) and it's good enough for me. 

This is a Nasi Goreng from the Malay/ Indo Restaraunt next to the Ubar. It was a bit saucy and salty. I thought it was pretty good though, my malaysian friend kept saying it was unauthentic and inferior to real malaysian food. I casually brushed those comments aside...until something happened. Read below to be enlightened... I know I was. 

Now I am going to go into a life changing (legitimately) experience I had at Derwin's house (a fellow blog member). This memory was sparked by his post, especially the pictures of his Dad making the roti. Previous to this, I thought I had experienced the best of roti and satay; I mean, how much better could it get? Alot, apparently. The difference between authentic food, and your average restaraunt food is unfathomable. Not only was the meat on his satay sticks TENDER, and FRAGANT, the sauce was out of this world. I was tempted to put some in a bottle and bring it home. Eating it right after it had been barbequed in front of you, while it is still hot adn you can still taste the flames is amazing. Watching him make the roti was a performance, it wasn't hard to tell he was extremely skilled by the way he flipped the dough. The dough of the roti was so fluffy due to the many layers, yet crispy on the outside. 

I might stop there in fear that my diet (yes...I am a guy on a diet) will be ruined because thinking about it makes me hungry. And I also feel a little angry that I haven't been invited over for such a feast in a while, Derwin. Don't worry, just a couple containers of that sauce and you will be forgiven.

I am extremely excited to try different malaysian foods while this blog is still active and letting you guys know what I think. I may be a noob, but sometimes that makes it more legit. ;)

Charlie checkin' out