Red, Orange, Yellow: ROY Food

If you're wondering what ROY means, it stands for red, orange yellow: the basic food color of Indian food. It's all because of curry: the magic ingredient that makes Indian food wander all over the world like Alladin's magic carpet.

Back at home, I only get to try one curry dish: chicken curry. It's the yellow kind of curry. I've always known many different kinds of curry but I've not tried most of the other kinds. You have to go to authentic Indian restaurants in Makati and Manila area to try the many different Indian dishes. But here in Malaysia, they're everywhere. They're found in most every corner.

So here are some of the dishes I've tried for the past few days I've been here.
Usually, they serve three kinds of curry sauces in one plate. The more common ones are the fish (ikan), chicken (ayam) and mutton (kambing). You can just dip almost everything to it: bread (roti), rice (nasi), eggs (telur) and others.

Fist meal ever - This is my first meal in Malaysia. I ordered deep fried shrimp and chicken and had string beans in coconut milk as side dish.

Nasi goreng ayam - It's basically friend rice with chicken. It's a staple here. If you're not for the plain rice, you can ask the cook for fried rice for an extra cost of course.

Roti Canai - My colleagues say it's a popular food here. They also say that I have to walk 100 meters to get rid of calories it contains. It's a mix of ingredients that are high in fat: condensed milk and flour and fried in oil. But it's really worth trying.

Appam - It's not very commonly served in most Indian restaurants. I'm lucky (blessed) to have it in one restaurant found in little India (any place that's crowded with Indian shops and restaurants is called little India). The best part of it is you get to dip it in sweetened coconut milk that makes it even more heavenly.

They say Malaysia is one great food paradise. I can say it is. The diversity of its people brought about the diversity of its food culture. You can find Indian, Chinese and Malay restaurants one beside another in most blocks and corners in Kuala Lumpur. Thai, Italian and Japanese restaurants also share the food districts. McDonald (they call it McD) and KFC are also found in most shopping centers and malls. My colleagues even say that Filipino food can be found in some particular ares specially near Catholic churches. The foodie in me is dying to explore all the great dishes I can find here that are truly sedap/ masarap (delicious in Malay and Tagalog respectively) and truly warms the heart.