Malaysian & Dutch luncheon at Almost Bourdain
Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 5:56 pm English | 日本語
OH. MY. GOD.
This must be the only expression as accurate as I could possibly describe that day. I rather call it “feast” than a lunch! Big thanks to Ellie the Almost Bourdain, she kindly organised and invited a group of food bloggers for this incredible Malaysian & Dutch lunch at her place. (and thanks to Richard for including me in the guestlist.)
Arriving at her beautiful house a bit late due to messy traffic through the city, I was greeted with familiar faces – Helen (Grab Your Fork), Lorraine (Not Quite Nigella), Richard (Here Comes the Food), Shez (One Bite More), Simon (The ♥ of food), and Susan (ChocolateSuze). I was pleased to finally meet both Ellie and Steph (Raspberri Cupcakes) for the first time in person! 
As I arrived a bit late, please excuse me for a few missing pictures and details.
Friekendel Speciale
Dutch sausage alike with mayo, curry sauce topped with chopped onions. Just like Mr. Almoust Bourdain said, this got be awesome as a plate to relax and watch TV on lazy weekend evenings with! (Again, damn, I’m not allowed to drink for awhile!)
Spiced Gouda
Penang “Michael Jackson” Drink
I was excited to see this on her earlier invitation email with planned menu, and I literally gasped finding a pitcher full of this on her kitchen counter! I’m a big soy milk drinker, and I know I’ll be making this during this summer many times. And you know I’d be doing my fat moon walk – a.k.a. “hey, don’t rub off the carpet.”
Snapper with Sambal sauce grilled on Banana leaves
Mr. Almost Bourdain was busy preparing the barbie outside, and everyone stepped outside to help out – only if you call taking pictures a ‘help’. Shortly after closing the lid of the barbie, the banana leaves started gradually smouldering and surrounded us with oh-so-mouth-watering smell of sambal sauce.
Shez kindly volunteered to break up the snappers.
The snappers came out so juicy and flavoursome, perfect! Great job, Mr. Almost Bourdain! My fork went back to the plate many times.
“Kids, come inside and help mummy with lunch.”
While the snappers were being grilled, an array of Malaysian curries was ready to be placed on the dining table back in the house.
Malaysian Chicken Curry
Singaporean Chicken Curry
3 different curries were all so moreish that I could’ve kept on eating. I especially loved the beef rendang for toasted coconut. Chicken and Beef were so tender and infused with tasty curry flavours. And these lovely curries were served with
Nasi Kunyit (turmeric glutinous rice)
Roti
Accordingly to Ellie, the Nasi Kunyit is usually served during festive seasons, weddings and other celebratory occasions in Malaysia. It reminds me of Japanese Sekihan (Sticky red Azuki rice)
Gado Gado
Gahaktbal the massive Dutch meatballs
You have to go visit the link and see the comparison shot on Ellie’s blog. They are huge! Not only the size but they are huge in flavour too. I admit, I had 4 skews.
Malaysian Butter Prawn
Oh what a good dish. Richard and I were constantly picking up one after another getting busy with peeling the shell. Don’t you love getting your finger greasy with food like this? I do!
Kuih Bakar Kudos to Shez for beautifully slicing and plating in traditional way.
Just as I thought that I couldn’t possibly eat more, it was dessert time. And these wonderful sweets certainly proved that there’s no such thing as “no room for dessert” in my book – and I’m sure that applied to everyone at the table. I had never had Kuih bakar or I should say anything with pandan before, and I really liked it. The chocolate cheesecake brownie was mildly sweetened – which I like better than ordinary brownie s that are usually too sweet to eat without strong coffee or tea. I grabbed a few Kuih bakar and the brownies to take home with. The rockmelon sago pudding was definitely my favourite – sweetness of rockmelon puree with coconut milk. That’s two of my favourite ingredients in one!
And I use any excuse to get my hands on the Portuguese custard tarts from Sweet Belem. I brought 20 tarts for us.
Simon brought us interesting stuff to try – 4 kinds of Dulce de leche made with different brand and type. This experiment actually made me want to try making my own (I’ve already done!), and I’d like to blog about that separately later along with the picture of Simon’s.
Thanks again for lovely Ellie and her family for hosting such an awesome lunch with alot of great food to stuff myself with!
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なんともインターナショナルなお食事。
はちきれんばかりのえびがとってもおいしそう。
マイケルジャクソンドリンクは、なんでそんな名前なんだろう？
リンク先を読んだけど、液体が豆乳だというのと、何らかのゼリーが入ってるところまではわかったけど、なぜマイケルジャクソンなのかまではわからなかたよ。
今度教えて欲しいある。
それにしても写真がきれいだねえ。
デジ１パワー？
the Rockmelon Sago Pudding sounds like a great flavour combination. certainly looks like a wonderful feasts of flavours. great pics! i can almost smell the sambal fish through my screen!
Ellie’s a brilliant host! Had such a great feast. Everything was real good.
Totally agree about the snapper!
Waaahhh!! I’m so jealous and sad that I missed out. Damn interstate trip!
Fingers crossed there’ll be another one hehe cos I’ve still yet to be blessed with Ellie’s food!
Ahh I’ve been craving those tarts ever since that day, you’ve got me addicted to them! Isn’t Ellie an awesome cook? We were so well fed! And it was great to finally meet you too
AHHH AWESOMME TIMMESS!! SOo much good food mmmm
oh such beautiful photos, you’re totally pro these days!
so much good. ellie is an amazing cook, and lol love the playground set photos!!!
想像で試食してみたけど
うまそう～
色んな味がミックスするね～
やっぱいいね、色んな国のご飯！
wow…the malaysian food looks gorgeous!! it looks really authentic, esp the tumeric yellow rice n sambal fish! gosh,,the sambal fish is one of my fav dishes!
Ellie is an amazing hostess with the mostest! What great pictures that really capture how delicious the food was!
And thankyou for those yummy Portuguese custard tarts! 
@とまこまい
おいしかったよ〜！マイケルジャクソンはねぇ、んー、まぁ、英語圏だと、あからさまにわかるんだけど、ブラック＆ホワイト、っていうとマイケルが連想されるっつーか。（ばく）白いものに交わりたい黒い物、っていうの？（ばく）ちょっとブラックジョークです。
@Simon Food Favourites
Yeah, I loved the sago pudding and I could’ve gone for another cupful of it – even after my stomach was literally about to explode!
@Simon
Hehe kudos to Mr. Almost Bourdain, you, and Meatmaster! and thanks for motivating me with your dolce de leche experiment!
@Karen
I knooooow, you were certainly missed that day! Don’t worry, I think we all ate alot for you portion LOL
@Steph
Haha I know how that is, I’ve got hooked on it every since Helen and Susan told me about it! I’m looking forward to seeing you at more food gathering occasions to come
@FFIchiban
Sure thing it was soo good! OK, we now need to plan a solid horror movies + zombie killing game night soon. For sure!
@Helen
Ahh thanks Helen! I’m slowly learning and next step is to leave “P” mode! haha. I’m always impressed how everyone take perfect pictures under low light! Hooray for Ellie, she’s such an awesome cook & hostess!
@Lily
お国柄がでてるよねー。おいしかった！こないだのスナッパー食べたい欲も、このスナッパーからきてます。
@Chinesechic
It was such an awesome lunch, Ellie is a great cook
@Lorraine
Oh the tarts are soo heavenly evil that i can’t get enough of it! LOL
I totally agree, what a great cook she is! Great food with lovely hungry people, I can’t ask for more
おげんこ〜
少しお裾分けしてもらえて嬉しかった〜。パンダンも始めてだったし。
もっとあったかくなってっきたらうちでも、今年は大人のBBQみたいのやりましょ。
ahhh! thanks again for bringing those super yummy tarts along – they pushed me right over the edge from happy full to oh-my-goodness-i’m-going-to-be-ill full. but it was oh so worth it.
hooray for Ellie’s amazing cooking!
Thanks for being a great company. we had great fun. It’s my pleasure to share! Your tarts are amazing!! My daughter ate another 2 after dinner!
[...] spoilt gang bangers foodbloggers included Yas, Suze, Steph, Simon, Shez, Lorraine and Helen. We were warmly welcomed by the happy family as well [...]
Meatmaster? Guess it’s better than “deepfry king”
You’re most welcome. Can’t wait to see how your dulce de leche post turns out.
that playground was so much fun haha great pics yas and the food was so delish three cheers for ellie!
Great pics! I’m so jealous of all the delicious looking goodies! Looks like a wonderful afternoon of feasting
I’ve yet to try Sweet Belem, it’s (kind of) walking distance from me, so I really should get to it soon!
@Mayuriチャン
パンダンのやつ、ワタクシ全然いける口でした（ばく）BBQやろっぜー！
@Shez
Hehe I knooow, I’m having hard time suppressing my urge to drop by every time I pass by the shop! And hoorrrraaay for your slicing skill!
@Ellie
Thank you so so much, it was truly a great lunch! Can’t believe you managed all that food!
@Simon
Hahaha “Meatmaster” was on the griller like it totally owns it!
@Chocolatesuze
hahahaha 2 adults + 1 kid didn’t break that thing after all eh? LOL
@Betty
Ohh that’s right, we’re sort of in the neighbourhood, aren’t we? Very addictive tarts they are!!
It was such a great lunch
What a spread!The kueh bakar looks really divine. I wish I was there too.
@Penny aka jeroxie
Looks awesome, doesn’t it? I was very lucky to be there to enjoy the food!
Lucky lucky you!! I am drooling at the pics especially the sambal fish in the banana leaves!!
@celekitty
Hehe woohoo for me! Yes the snappers were so juicy and flavourful! good tiimmmmmeee!