Me and a couple of friends were discussing the topic on food cravings a few days ago. Yes it might sound lame discussing about food cravings because everyone craves for that special food every now and then... What's the big deal? Ahahh... For those whose taste buds are 100% Malay, try living in a country where 'nasi lemak' is a rare delicacy... where 'pais daging' is unheard of... What would you do when you crave for 'ikan salai cacah sambal,' 'udang masak tumis' or 'ketam kari masak kampung' but the ingredients to actually make these food are unavailable...
I was watching TV a few days ago and there was this ad saying 'NZ has the best seafood in the world' hmmm... try again... I've been here for more than 6 years but the only real 'ketam' i've seen was when I was dining in this highly expensive highly overated seafood restaurant in Dunedin. There are more fresh ketam in Brunei 'pasar'... or perhaps I wasn't looking at the right places for the 'ketam' here... anyway that's a side track.
Back to the topic of food cravings... the 3 of us agreed that when we crave for Bruneian food here, our imaginations would make it heavenly tasty. But when we are actually at home in Brunei, the food is on the table, when the taste bud finally has its satisfaction... the food that we've been craving for months and months suddenly doesn't taste like what we've imagined. It's just ordinary 'nasi lemak' after all................ But I still love and crave for the 'ketam kari' cooked by my dad ;)
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