What's up and welcome guys, I'm Luke Martin with chopstick travicom and today I am in terengganu on the eastern coast of Peninsular
Malaysia this place is famous for its hundreds of kilometers of untouched unpolluted white sandy beaches
Just like this one. We're on but that is not why we are here in fact
We are here for a mass of food tour
We have picked in a ton of food
And I know you guys are going to like this episode so make sure you stay tuned to the end
Because we're going to be eating a ton. I'm hungry. Let's go eat
Okay, we are at our first stop today for breakfast, and this just looks incredible
We are sitting down for a plate of nasi kerabu and we are at a very
popular restaurant called cozy nasi kerabu and actually the street food World Congress
2017 named this in the top 50 street foods you can even see on his sign outside
He has said that and I checked and it was number 22 or 23
so this spot is
Famous for good reason apparently and that is for this dish here that nasi kerabu so let's dig it here
We have an amazing plate of nasi kerabu and certainly the most prominent thing on this plate would be this
brilliant blue rice on the bottom
So this rice has actually been dyed with something called a blue pea
Flour and then on top of all that we have a mixture of grated coconut bean sprouts and some herbs and that is called alum
Over here, we have a salted egg
And then this is something that's very interesting and commonly eaten with nasi kerabu that is called salute Lata
And that is a pepper that has been stuffed with minced fish
Spiced mince fish and then some coconut as well
and then of course we have the
Barbecued chicken that they are grilling out front and that looks amazing it is just completely
Charred on the exterior and then also we got the beef that they are also barbecuing outside
And there's some other things hiding underneath here. You can see a little bit right here
That would be kind of like a fried grated coconut and then on top we have of course some sambal chili sauce
so then altogether this is an amazing looking plate of
nasi kerabu
So one of my favorite parts about this restaurant or one of the things that makes it so cool is in front
They are just ihling a ton of meat chicken and beef, and it's just spiced in quite a bit of chilies
And I'm not even exactly sure but it smells incredible super smoky
And they are very popular so they're cooking tons of that chicken and beef, and it looks incredible
We've ordered up the chicken and and this just smells
Incredible, I'm just gonna try to get sort of like a bite of everything
Maybe not that pepper yet
But definitely make sure we get some blue rice in the bottom
Lots of grated coconut and then that Ullom mixture on top so this should be a good bite
Oh
No, that's amazing that Brie dude coconut is incredible
That's such a like tropical flavor, but then at the same time
extremely spicy from that sambal sauce and then the rice actually has sort of like a
Floral flavor to it, and that is incredible all together
I also had a piece of the beef and it kind of tasted like maybe the marinade had some
Sourness to it because there was a little bit of sourness in there, but altogether that is just incredible. Let's go for another bite
I'm just gonna go right in there again piece of that beef one more time
anybody
Those bean sprouts the coulomb mixture
On top is just incredible worked so well with all the different components of this dish
Okay, I'm gonna break myself off a piece of this barbecue chicken over here, and definitely get some of the rice
everything oh
That's gonna be a big bite
This is probably my favorite thing of the whole dish is that grated coconut it tastes so good with the rice
To that barbecue chicken actually has a little bit of a sweetness to it
And I think the marinade might be different from the beef marinade because the beef almost has sort of like a sour spicy
And this is more of like a sweet and spicy
And it is still juicy though
And that is like perfectly barbecued smoky smoky chicken and then mixed with all that coconut and that blue rice
This is just us this a stellar dish really
Okay, I'm gonna try it this year. This is called celada and just check that out
That is a mass of pepper
filled with minced fish
And some spices and then also I believe it's grated coconut and probably a little bit of coconut milk as well
So let's just try that it's kind of just like a mini hot dogs sort of with a pepper, bun
Wow that's awesome
It's not spicy at all
It's actually quite sweet sort of like a like a bell pepper, sweetness
And then there's like little bits of that grated coconut on the inside and that minced fish meat doesn't taste fishy
Whatsoever it's spiced only slightly
That's really simple
But really really good finished off with that extremely tasty plate of nasi kerabu
Really, what took it to the next level for me was that generous usage of coconut
I really just love coconut and then of course this extremely smoky barbecue chicken
It's a little bit sweet a little bit spicy and extremely smoky this place is awesome
I can see you eyes in the top 50 best Street foods, so let's head to our next location
You wanna eat here?
Em? yeah. Eat here. Please.
How old are you?
23.
Study?
Uhh no! Travel.
Yeah
This is banana leaf and this uhh, glutinous rice.
Yeah? coconut? Yeah, coconut. Coconut milk. Okay. Coconut milk with sugar and salt. Inside.
And it's called llama? Lemang*. Lemang... Lemang
L E M A N G
Okay, lemang.
We are about to try something called lamang and it is basically a bamboo stock that is stuffed with sticky rice and
Coconut milk and also salt and sugar, and it's just crazy smoky here
And we're right on the side this tree is a really cool spot, and it looks really good
We've also ordered up some beef rendang, which she mentioned is commonly eaten
alongside the lamang so it is very hot still and
That looks awesome. It just kind of looks like some really really sticky rice. I'm gonna dip it in this paper and a
Get a piece of beep with it
Oh, yeah
Oh
That rendang is amazing it has it's quite spicy
But the lemongrass in there is amazing and this rice is awesome as well. You can see
It's sort of tinge
Because it's also wrapped in a banana leaf to stop it from sticking to the bamboo
Stalk and that is like a very sticky glutinous rice, and it does a good job. It's so camp this rendang
Oh, man, that's really good super super smoky super fragrant
Oh, I got me a little bit spicy
Onion much rice brown sure
Thank you
so I don't know if you can tell but my eyes are hurt like watering because
There's a massive fire cooking all the lamang over here, and we are just be seeing and this rendang with it is incredible
So let's go for another little dip get a piece of beef. Oh, man. You can just see
lemongrass in there
Rendang is almost a little bit sour I'm
Very very sweet as well and also the smokiness from that rice is just incredible cozier home
Moe kind of Berg charcoal flavor so as you can see all the lamang are cooking away here
She told us that they cook for about two hours before they're finished so that the bamboo stock is actually lined
With leaf banana leaf and then stuff with the sticky rice
and then every once in a while should kind of
Work the sticky rice down and mix in a little bit of coconut milk, and it gives it that
Amazing fragrance and aroma it's really good super smoky and goes nicely with that run dog
So the food was extremely delicious
But also the owner here was extremely friendly so if you guys are ever in this area make sure to check out
C7 is the stall here, and you won't be disappointed
Thank you very much. Have a good day
This is such an amazing warning market
This is the pasar ba
semarang here in
Terengganu, and I just love to come to these morning markets every new country and city that we go to I always like to make
Sure, I visit a morning market
It's just so incredible to see the local culture and the locals just living their life
And then the diversity of all the ingredients that you will be eating in the local dishes
This morning market is extremely cool, and there's so much good-looking food inside
But we picked it one thing specifically and this is called a palm valley
Basically it is just a pancake and these are common throughout Southeast Asia, and you can order all kinds of different ingredients
We ordered up the chocolate chip with corn
And I believe she put crushed peanuts and sugar in there as well and just check that out
It is oozing with chocolate, so let's dig it. Okay. This is
Extremely hot, and it feels really like fluffy, which how to rip off a piece here. Oh that is hot the insides are like molten
Okay
It's kind of like
Sort of unhooked on the inside, so it's really kind of creamy, but then the outside is really fluffy
But the corn in there
And then the batter that hasn't been cooked sorta makes it like really creamy on the inside which I wasn't really expecting
And then that is extremely sweet from that chocolate and then I can also taste those little crushed peanuts in there as well
Check out how sloppy this is it is just smeared with chocolate everywhere and really what makes us unique
I guess is that cream corn on the inside, so it adds like a little bit of sweetness and a lot of
Creaminess as well and it is cooled down a little bit, so let's take another bite. Oh
Yeah, it's like half cooked on the inside so really really creamy especially with that creamed corn in there and then super sweet and chocolatey
as well
So we are stopping on our next location today to have a very famous snack from terengganu
We're having something called Carol puck liqueur and as you can imagine
Terengganu is super famous for all its seafood dishes
And as you can see we have just come down to the beach to enjoy
Our little snack so you can just imagine that all the seafood here is extremely fresh, okay?
So our Carroll puck liqueur has come in sort of like a newspaper wrap and this is quite heavy
So let's open this up and take a look at these guys oh
Yeah, there's quite a lot, and I oh there's some chilli sauce in here as well, and I can actually feel them
They are they're definitely fresh out of the fryer oh
Yeah there they are
So let's kind of unravel these guys
And get a closer look and I could just feel the oil coming off them so there they are
This is the keropok liqueur, which is basically like a fish
sausage so it's minced spiced fish and then fried in a ton of oil and
To be honest it doesn't look the most appetizing
Food I've ever seen in fact
It kind of looks like intestines or a little bit like
Kind of a turd you will see it
Everywhere on the side of the road so as I mentioned it is just kind of a fish pace
Or a fish cake, but it is also mixed with palm starch to give it kind of a spongy texture
And it is commonly eaten with chili sauce so we actually bought ourselves a whole bottle
Because we did not know it was served with a small bag
So I think what I'm going to do for my first bite
Here is actually just dip it right into the chili sauce or right into the bottle
Give it a nice soaking and that should be a good bite
It is just like a fish cake just like any other fish cake I've ever had, but that sauce is a little bit sweet
So it gives it another dimension, and it is quite kind of like spongy from that palm starch in there
I don't see the big draw in it, but I mean these are a nice little snack to have on the beach here and Terengganu
So we have come to have a very famous dish here in terengganu actually two different dishes so the first one
I have here is called. Oh taco. Oh topics, so it's actually a little piece of
Spiced fish on the inside and then wrapped in these I think this is
banana leaf or a part of the banana leaf
And then it is roasted over charcoal just to a crisp almost to the point where it's actually
bursting out of the banana leaf and
This one is slightly different than the satire so over here that this is a satire and these are as you see kind of like
Triangular shaped and the main difference between these two from what I understand is the satire actually has
minced fish on the inside whereas the other Oh taco talk has actually a
chunk of fish
And they are both spiced with different things like coconut
Chilies some salts all kinds of different delicious spices and there then
the sitar is then put on to kind of a big long skewer and
Roasted over the same really really hot charcoal right to a complete crisp, so these look delicious
Let's dig in okay
I'm gonna start with these taco talk
And they are just pounding these if there is so many people waiting to eat these so I'm really excited
So let's open this up and as you can see it. They were grilling it at such a hot temperature
It was actually almost like oozing out of the banana
And these are kind of like snack sized bites
Oh, yeah, there. We go so as you can see there's a big piece of the spiced fish in there
It's like a perfect little nugget actually
Oh, yeah
Okay that is that is just super super smoky it has that almost like burnt flavor charcoal flavor
A little bit spicy from the chilies in there a little bit salty and that is like a firm firm fish
But there they are not skimping on that because that is like a big
Nugget size bitch bye pasta tastes like coconut in there all kinds of spices, maybe some lemongrass as well
Okay, I'm gonna actually go for one more this one as you can see is like broken from them grilling it over the hot heat
and they
They do not go lightly on the spice. Oh, man yes
Let's actually get the rest of that spice in there
That one was almost a little bit sweet, so let's try this a car now
And as I said these guys look a little bit different
They are wrapped up in a triangular shaped banana leaf, and these are the minced fish
So let's not exactly sure how they wrap these up. It's pretty intricate where do I?
Begin to unravel this oh there we go
Fell out there and as you can see it is it is even burned right through
That banana leaf, and this is this is a more of like a fish cake minced fish
texture than the chunk of fish in the Oh taco taco
Okay that has
More of like a seafood flavor you can definitely taste some like onions in there too. Oh
That's good. I would say they're very similar
I believe the Oh taco talk has more of like a bird flavor
Probably just because of the way that they're wrapped the charcoal grill has an easier time getting
Flavor right into the fish. I think I like these better because they're just like perfect little nuggets and they're still warm
That is a beautiful little fishin area
I
prefer these definitely so we are actually in this southern part of terengganu about two hour drive from kuala terengganu city and
This is hot is extremely popular for these
I've read that this was the best spot and all the Malaysians who actually get this because this is a very popular
Terengganu dish so the place we're at right now is called wet long
Oh taco talk chaewon
And I would definitely recommend you come try these David if you're ever in the area
Especially the top of donkeys are amazing all right like I said this place is super popular
And they're pretty much sold out and it's only about 12:30, so make sure you come early if you are going to come here
But that was awesome
I think the key here is that the meat is boneless and also that it is cooked over that charcoal just check out these
grilling away
We are at our last stop today on our breakfast food tour of terengganu, and we are having an East Coast specialty
This is nasi Calm. Essentially nasi dagang is a fish
curry on rice
And I believe that they commonly use tuna
So this restaurant is extremely popular for the nasi dagang and this is a East Coast specialty as I mentioned especially
For breakfast so this restaurant is just pumping out the nasi dagang served on this banana leaf
And they just have huge like cauldrons of curry cooking inside and a big chunk of fish
Right on top of this lovely bed of rice, so let's dig in so I'm gonna make this first bite count
I'm gonna get a big chunk of that tuna and then a quite a bit of the curry as well and of course the rice
And that should be a good bite
Oh yeah, oh man, that's so good
It's quite spicy actually but like rich with coconut milk
And you can kind of feel every grain of rice in there
Because this is sort of like not a sticky rice at all, but kind of just separates in your mouth
And then that fish is just tender does not describe that fish that is just totally flaky okay
I'm gonna go in for another bite with a big piece of fish here
Oh
oh
Yeah, that's a meaty fish, so it's a pretty simple dish nasi dagang, but certainly is all about that curry
It is just so packed with flavor and more than likely
Most of the spices in that curry are coming from that morning market
We were just at but I think I could bring it up a notch and that is with this
Condiment on the table I believe this is sort of like a pickled chili mixture
Probably vinegar and we've got some green and red chili, so let's take those and just throw them over here. Oh
Yeah, I should I should bring the spice level up and also probably a little bit of sourness from that vinegar
Okay, let's try that
No definitely brings the heat and those those chilies are just pickled nicely in some like sour vinegar and then mixing with that
It's sort of like a sweet really rich
Creamy, curry it goes really well kind of cuts the sort of heaviness of that coconut milk
Okay, that's gonna be good. Let's get a piece of fish some chilies take a bite
a tuna
Okay, guys totally polished off that banana leaf of nasi dagang that was amazing I can see why that's so popular here
It's really just simple
But the key here is fresh ingredients that tuna was ridiculously fresh
And then that that curry was just so spiciest and full of flavor
Is really just an amazing dish, so we still have a few more stops on our road trip across, Malaysia
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