kelantan traditional delicacies

Kelantan food has always been popular, but not many know of the unusual names of the various delicacies.

Names of traditional sweets and cakes like tahi itik (duck’s droppings) and badak berendam (bathing hippos) are among them.

[badak berendam]

“Nasi 100” is a rice dish that contains 100 herbs, and is a form of traditional medicine usually consumed by women in the post-natal period.

These delicious traditional dishes are among many that are unique to the state.

The better-known Kelantan dishes include nasi kerabu, nasi berlauk, nasi tumpang, laksam and solok lada, and they are so popular that they are being used to boost tourism here.

[nasi kerabu]

Kelantan Tourism Association vice-president Mustafa Ibrahim said there were more than 170 Kelantan traditional delights.

“Kelantan is not only renowned for the its unique culture, but also for its traditional kuih (Malay cakes) heritage,” he said.

[cik mek molek, buah tanjung, nasi kaya, jala mas, tepung pelita dan akok]

To ensure that the various traditional kuih are not lost in time, the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry has compiled the recipes in a book.

The ministry’s deputy secretary-general Datuk Che Mat Md Daud said this was done in 2005, and added that it would be a shame if the traditional recipes were lost.

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its been a while...

just came back from a trip to paris. its very nice and beautiful there. will upload the pic next time for all to see.

i'm positive that i've gained some weight after the trip. who could hav resist the temptation of all the delicacies there. you should have seen the desserts in the pastry shop.

anyway, everybody should know this.
7 DON'Ts after meal:

1. Don't Smoke -
Experiment from expert prove that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarette (chances of cancer higher) .

2. Don't Eat Fruit Immediately -
Immediately eat fruit after meal will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal.

3. Don't Drink Tea -
This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be harden thus difficult to digest.

4. Don't Loosen Your Belt -
Loosen belt after meal will easily caused the intestine to be twisted & block.

5. Don't Bath -
Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

6. Don't Walk About -
People always say that after meal walk a hundred step will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

7. Don't Sleep Immediately -
The food we intake were unable to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.


DO take good care of yourself.

my new blog...

I cannot say that this blog is created just out of boringness. Its nv boring lately thanks to the design project which is due at the end of this month. Less than 2 week to go b4 d deadline. at least everything is progessing and hope i can finish it on time. btw designing a whole operating chemical plant is not an easy job.


tats d poster we produced regarding our plant. this poster has actually been printed out by the uni and hang on the wall of my department. its so cool.