Malaysian Food I Miss the Most

It's about 5 months I had been away from Malaysia. Wow, how time flies huh. I think this is the longest time I've been away from Malaysia. To be honest, I miss the hot weather, the food and all my dearest friends and family in Malaysia. As a food lover, the first thing I want to do when I'm back to Malaysia is food hunting :)

What Malaysian food do I miss the most? The list is endless. Here I simply list out top 5 foods that I miss the most.

Ayam Penyet - Ayam Penyet is my priority. I know it's from Jawa, Indonesia but it can be easily found in Malaysia. I don't really like it before and started to like it since two years ago which is I don't know why. It doesn't look fancy but it's still yum tho.
   

Nasi Ayam / Hainanese Chicken Rice - Ahhh when it comes to Nasi Ayam Hainanese, Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng, Bukit Bintang is the first place that will cross in my mind when thinking about it. Their Nasi Ayam is so good and the price is affordable. Never miss their Nasi Ayam every time I come down to Bukit Bintang.

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Sayap Ayam Panggang / Satay - Sayap Ayam and Satay are very famous street foods in Sabah. It's fair enough to say that I grew up eating this. I mean, my grandparents bought this for me twice a week or everytime they went to Pasar Malam.

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Bambangan + Ikan Masin + Lada Putih - Bambangan is Sabah's tradition food. It's kind of fruit which I believe is from mango family but more like wild mango. Bambangan usually made into pickle. Well, I don't really know how to describe this because I just learned to eat bambangan last year or 2 years ago. I get sick when I eat that for the first time. And, I only eat bambangan when it cooks with salted fish and lada putih. 

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Mee Sup Ungau - Ahh, this soup, I only can get this in my hometown. Everyday before going to school or after back from school, I always went there waiting for my bus and my grandpa to pick me up to back home. I called it Mee Sup Ungau because Ungau is the chef's name since that place doesn't have name and her kedai sup is quite famous in my hometown. I remember when I'm back from KL, my grandparents bought it every single day for me hahaha and I never get bored of it.

Other than that, I really miss Cendol / Ice Kacang, Nasi Lemak, Laksa Penang, Teh Tarik, Roti Canai and all the Malaysian food  haha. The reason why Nasi Lemak, Laksa, Teh Tarik and Roti Canai not on my top list because I can get it here. My mom can cook it for me and there are several Malaysian Cuisine here though it doesn't taste exactly the same as in Malaysia. 

I better stop now before my saliva glands go into overdrive. I just ate dinner yet I'm suddenly hungry again.

Free Sample Food | HONEYBAKED HAM

Howdy y'all.
Just a quick update! I was so confused this morning of what I wanna eat for lunch. I brought ravioli shrimp but I don't feel want to eat that so suddenly (weird). And I don't even know what I want.  It always happens to me, like you are super hungry but you don't know what you want to eat. Am I the only one like that?

So, before our lunch time, suddenly there's a guy came to the office with 2 boxes of food. Guess what, we got the free sample sandwich from Honeybaked, yeay!! There are two types of sandwich, Ham Classic  and Roasted Turkey Classic. I grabbed the  Roasted Turkey Classic instead of Ham Classic because I don't know what kind of ham they served.

Signature Boxed Lunch includes a sandwich, sides (Chips) and dessert (cookies). It's $8.29 each with delivery fees may be around $2 and they gave us for free. What a lucky day :)

Roasted Turkey Breast, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, savory mayo and hickory honey mustard on a baker's roll. It doesn't look fancy tho but who cares huh. It's kind of hard bite and cold, I don't if it's meant to be like that haha. And my colleague said she's not impressed with the sandwich and it's something that she can make it at home. But it FREE though, just eat it haha XD

We got free sample 2 days ago too. Chicken popcorn?? I don't know what they called it but it's so YUMMMMM! I wonder what kind of food we'll get next week hehehe. So these kind of people always come to the office and give us free sample / tester to advertise their business. That's it!

PS : TGIF! Yeayyyyyy, weekends!

SLEEPING PROBLEM | CHAMOMILE TEA

For five years (I think) I had problems sleeping and I wake up frequently once I get to sleep. Despite being tired and sleepy, I can stay up late until the next morning without drink any caffeine. Sometimes I get to sleep early around 9 o'clock to almost 11 o'clock, but then keep waking up around 12 o'clock to almost 5 o'clock and being unable to get back to sleep again. 

I usually go to bed at a regular time and I don't drink much caffeine, well I drink coffee only in the morning. I'm very relaxed and not stressed but the moment I switch off the lights and shut my eyes, I automatically see so images in my head. It's like too much going on in my head yet I don't know what I'm thinking about. Especially when I had extreme nightmares 3 days or more in a row. Yes, I'm suffering from sleep paralysis too, which is why it's hard for me to get a good night sleep. (I probably write about this for the next entry)

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However, since last week, I have been drinking chamomile tea for almost every day and finally, I get a good night's sleep and no more waking up at night anymore. My stepdad recommended this Organic Chamomile Herbal tea to me and I really like it. I've tried other brand but it doesn't taste good like this one. Which is the main reason I never think wanted to drink chamomile tea after that. As my sleeping problem getting worse, I had no choice than to drink chamomile tea and thought I have to bear with the taste.

Chamomile can be used topically or orally to treat a number of everyday ailments, most commonly used as a natural sleep product for sleeping disorder such as insomnia. It may help to calm your nerves, reduce anxiety and promote sleep. So, if you've been having sleepless or restless nights, a steamy and soothing mug of chamomile tea at bedtime may be just what you need to sleep soundly through the night. Simply make a chamomile tea 30 to 45 minutes before going to bed.

Other than that, chamomile reduces cramping and pain in the bowels and also helps to relieve excessive gas and bloating in the intestines. Also, it's a good cure for migraine headaches, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and menstrual cramps, treat  burns and scrapes etc. 

Although chamomile is generally considered safe, some of the potential side effects of chamomile include drowsiness. You may have a higher risk of being allergic to chamomile tea if you are allergic to plants in the daisy family. Using chamomile during pregnancy is not recommended  as it may lead to miscarriage. - Source 

PS: I keep waking up these two days, couldn't get a good sleep because I'm running out of chamomile tea so yeah. Seems like I really need to drink chamomile tea before sleep. Meh

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Lazy Saturday | Things I bought

*inhale, take a deep breath* What a nice day today. No more rain, no more thunderstorm. Sunny day with a little bit windy, just a perfect weather for the weekend xD Usually every Saturday, I'll go to church with one of my mom's friend but today, we can't make it to church because her son use their car. So here I am, staying at home with mommy that just back from Malaysia (she's still jetlag), stepdad and stepbrother and my sister. But, hey I'm alone in the living room.

While I'm wasting my time in front of desktop (?) computer (?) and watching TV (multitasking, huh), suddenly my stepdad asked me about Mother's Day tomorrow, what should we do for mommy. Then, he suggest me go to the Hallmark store and get a card or something for mummy while she's still sleeping.

I went to Hallmark store with my sister and took almost an hour to choose cards and gift for mommy.

Here all the items that I bought and some free items I got just now. I actually should get the card and a gift for mommy but end up bought something for my self too. *ada duit lebih sikit dah lupa diri*

• Mother's Day card - It tooks more than 20 minutes to choose a card that I like. There are more than hundreds cards choices. All of them are so pretty for me. I feels like I want all the cards xD but I have to choose one because I had 1 mom only xD I love the words inside the card, they're perfectly fit what I wanted to say, I'm so bad at put words together ( y'all know what I'm trying to say?). This card cost only $5.99
• Chalk Sign Mom Favorite - it tooks me sometime too, to pick up a gift and yes I'm suck at giving people something / gift (well,, I'm kinda an awkward person). I don't know how many times I go around and around and around on the store trying to find the best gif for mommy. And the end, this is what I got (sorry mom). I bought this for $11.99.

Aha, I bought this for me. I might be old enough for these coloring stuffs but I don't care xD I bought the coloring book and colored pencils so I can do the activity whenever I'm bored and it is stress relieving. New hobby I guess, which is mean I'm gonna bring it wherever I go and I need to change my handbag to backpack (?) hmmm. The coloring book and colored pencils costs $7.99 and $ 4.99. The prices are not bad though :)

Look at these peaceful paisleys design. Aren't they beautiful? Can't wait to get started :) Who do stuff like this nowadays, anyway?

I got those coloring cards for free because of the coloring book I guess. And the Save 40% reward, definitely gonna use it on June for my sister, ha :D

Till then folks :)