Brunei Food

Although my flight back to Brunei was last week, I only just arrived properly in Brunei yesterday, as we left straight for Singapore as soon as we got back (the jet-setter life style yo! ;) )

When I got home, I was expecting to have cucur ayam, my most favorite food EVER! Unfortunately, my relatives had decided to hold a makan-makan lunch thing, so we had to eat there instead. Not that I ate that much, was still full from the plane. Man, they feed you a LOT! The meals this time were pretty good, except for the last one...Nasi Goreng Udang, and no other choice. *sigh* Not sure why I was full when I arrived since I didn't eat one bite of that. Oh well....

Anyways, knowing me, my mum had prepared one whole batch of cucur ayam anyway! yays! Only....they were a funny yellow colour. Coz see, they got a new maid, and she added turmeric (kunyit) into the cucur batter....not sure why. Shows that no one else in the house is that big a fan of cucur ayam as me :P But, jaundice-y colour notwithstanding, the cucur ayam tasted as it should :D Though it was a bit cold, but that's not too bad, haha.

The very next day, we left for Singapore... Didn't eat much good food there....just fast food fast food all the time. *sigh* Not that I don't like fast food, but I was really looking forward to Brunei food...

And now I'm back... :D I've tried my hand at cooking a couple of my better UK dishes, buttermilk chicken and teriyaki chicken. Somehow or other, I'm not sure why, possibly coz of the ingredients or utensils or something, they turned out different. The buttermilik chicken was too....milky (I used Ideal evaporated milk this time, the milk taste was VERY strong...not sure why) though Syukri loved it. He keeps on asking me to make it again. But after my teriyaki chicken fiasco (I boiled it too long, silly me #_#;;;) I'm thinking that maybe the air in Brunei is not conducive to cooking :P I refuse to cook....

or...well...maybe next time.... after I've recovered, haha.

Speaking of the new maid, she apparently "invented" a new recipe that everyone loves. It has a filling of grinded up chicken (boil the chicken, and process in a blender. Use boneless chicken of course.) in a bread roll, covered in breadcrumbs and deepfried. Yummy! Some variations include adding mayonaise into the chicken, or using crabstick instead. It seems to be a firmly established breakfast food here in Brunei now... I am impressed, hehehe ;)