Wednesday 7 May 2008

Invitation To A Malay Wedding

Trying to be a smart ass, I was removing certain programme files to speed up my computer start-up but ended up having to send it in for reformatting. The three days without the computer were hellish; I didn't realize how much I was addicted to it. Anyway that it not the reason for this post.

Went to a kampung Malay wedding two days ago and had some really good food. A kampung Malay wedding lunch usually stretches from about 12.00 noon to about 5.30 pm. The good thing about a Malay wedding lunch is that you are not supposed to hang around after you have had your fill, as guests continue to stream in.

The lunch itself comprised saffron rice, mutton rendang, beef in tomato and chili sauce, chicken in tomato and chili sauce, and acar, a sort of mixed pickled fruit (pineapple) and vegetables (cucumber and onions).

The food is usually prepared in the backyard, or a sheltered place to facilitate the cooking which takes place the whole duration of the lunch.

It was a very satisfying lunch.



A Kampung Malay wedding


The kompang that announces the arrival of the couple


The place where the bersanding ceremony takes place


Food for the guests


Mutton rendang, beef in tomato and chili sauce and pickled fruit and vegetables


Tapai wrapped in banana leaves and a hardboiled egg


Tapai, which is fermented glutinous rice is sweet and slightly pungent; it is taken as a dessert



Hard boiled eggs in quaint decorative boxes given to guests


Cooking in the backyard


Stirring a big pot of beef rendang


This is chicken cooked in tomato and chili sauce


Man replenishing trays of food


Saffron rice


1 comment:

  1. Datuk Yip Kum Fook is very stupid and dirty to Buddha and MCA in Malaysia...MCA is very weak. Now, so many MCA members jump the party and also the Samnak Sambodhi Buddhist Temple, now the local people do not enter because they do not like the committee members, maybe the temple will no longer be one day, must be close according to our prediction.

    Instead, we must inform Datuk Yip Kum Fook about opening a lawyer's office to cheat the people's money and lie to the Malaysia government about lawyer...we know you are very well, from the beginning of your business furniture and playing politics in Kepong

    Many lawyers also don't like him because he is not a real lawyer...his title is a lawyer bought from a UK institution (no need to learn and practice about law)..Better close or close the office… it is a shame for Malaysia….

    From Uncle Lim, Taman Ehsan, Kepong

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