The kuehs served at refreshments are mainly these 3 items. It's either the kitchen only knows how to make these well, or they think the taste of these couple of items will go down most easily with us. There was a day when cute little round begedils were served. I loved those. Yummm.
Very welcome after the overly-sweet desserts in Indonesia, the kueh-kueh in Brunei definitely doesn’t contain as much sugar. Less sugar brought out the flavors or flavorings and made it quite tasty. I've attempted a couple of pieces and didn’t mind them at all. Then there're always the egg sandwiches which are my default food really. Mashed eggs and butter go so well together. One cannot go wrong with an egg sandwich.
If the topics of discussion for the work portions are kinda dry, we look forward to meal breaks where we always hope to see something different from our usual food at home. I understand Indian food in Brunei is good. But our hosts haven't served that at all. Strangely, we've been having rather Chinese zi-char style meals. The best item so far is a fish curry at one lunch. I ate the most portions of rice that day. Rice drizzled with curry is just so tasty! That is the spiciest of many dishes by far.
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ooh... I love the glutinous rice wrapped in leaves!
i like anything black black in color.
jomel: there's something inside that makes it almost savory. it's stringy. I think it's meat! quite nice.
tuti: that black black thing is sticky sticky sweet sweet. quite nice!
it's meat floss and dried shrimp.. a little spicy right? Can't remember what it's called. I like!! :D
the black black thing is called wajik.. also made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and gula melaka (palm sugar). I also like! :D
ohh it's not wajik. it looks like from afar. hahah..
I know what it is, but don't know the name. After close examing your pics, now I feel like eating kueh too!! LOL!
I remember now.. the one in leaves is called lemper. :)
ya ya lemper. bengawan solo sells them here too. haha, we are staring hard at the pics. i had kueh craving for so long after. i think the black black i can get. though it may be brown brown at bengawan solo hahah.
jomel: I like the rice more than the filling. the rice is nice. it's like how i love glutinous rice generally. so this one is called lemper. now i know! thanks!
tuti: now that you mention it, i must go take a look at bengawan solo. realized i never walk in there.
@Jomel : Hullo :) That glutinous rice wrapped in leaves called lemper. If the chicken is rolled inside the rice, then it is called Lemper Ayam, but if the shrimp is rolled inside, it will be called Lemper Udang :)
@Imp : I lugged more than 50 pieces of Lemper Ayam over to HK on my latest trip to there in last April. The whole family in HK love it damn much! In last September when dad, mom and sis were leaving for HK, the aunt and cousin in HK pleaded them to bring more, and lastly mom brought 150 pieces for them.. hahaha..
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