5 things ... I must eat before I die.

Following Sesame in her article, "Five Things I Must Eat Before
I Die" our group members thought it should be interesting if we
could do an article likewise. We take things so much for
granted. I guess, food is often on the minds of people.... which
is why even prisoners with death sentences are given their
special request for a last meal. Well, here goes my list...



1) My Mom's Nonya Curry Chicken. Presumably Mom learnt from her
mother and we learnt from her. This signature hand-me-down
secret recipe is a hot favourite with our invited guests. The
curry will set your tongue a-dancing in a gentle way....you
won't have to do a rock-n-roll, maybe just a cha-cha for the
spicyness is just nice. The curry goes well with fresh potatoes
and goes well with rice or French loaves.








2) Fried Hokkien Mee cooked by ....drum roll.... Chef Kam Choo
Choo.!!! It's my own recipe which I modified. As I do not like
the fresh yellow noodles that are sold in the market, I cook it
with spaghetti which is better in texture. The noodle does not
get too soggy. It goes well with my own home-made sambal
belachan. I cooked Fried Hokkien Mee for our missionaries in
Nepal and each helped themselves to 4 plates.! That gives you
the verdict for the taste.








3) My Sister-in-Law's Popular Nasi Lemak is something worth
dying for! Her sambal udang, ikan bilis, and fried fish
marinated with yellow ginger and spice go well with her rice
which has just enough coconut milk. After trying her nasi lemak,
all others pale in comparison.








4) Penang Fried Koay Teow. Penang is famous for her koay teow.
Of course you have the famous ones which you can find out from
the Tourist Promotion Board or from Penangnites themselves. It
is no exaggeration to say that you can safely eat Penang Koay
Teow anywhere, and it tastes good. I make good Penang Koay Teow
myself, but having lived in Singapore, I have modified my
cooking a little to suit the taste of my Singaporean friends.








5) Popiah. I can eat tons of it. It tastes so much better than
salad. Good Chance Popiah is nice, but of course, nothing is
better than home-cooked popiah. Once I was invited by my
client, Mrs. Irene Lim who threw a popiah party. It was
enjoyable to see the guests rolling their own popiah. I wished I
had 5 stomachs to bury all those delicious popiahs!!!






Gan Chau