Nasi Ambak and The Undergraduates...

This is a tale of the most common dish for lowly-paid or budget individuals in Sabah and its most common customers...The undergrads of UMS or Universiti Masalah Selalu. Coz' the varsity they are in is so problematic, most of them have to consume nasi ambak...which is the easiest way to comply with their tight budget before the PTPTN money is in...Nasi ambak only costs you around RM 2.50...It consists of white rice (dah masak la), two, deep-fried chicken wings, a spoonful of sambal (boleh tambah), and a small bowl of soup.



Nasi ambak is the epitome of UMS students life. It's just adequate, cheap, but it still can make you full (dasar makan banyak)...The price is so low, which is a direct antagonist to the city where everything is sooo, damn, expensive...The only thing that supposed to be cheap in this city is seafood, but still the chicken wings only cost you RM3-4 per kilo...A lot cheaper than seafood.



I fell in love with this thing...But now, Nasi ambak have changed. Its price hiking up to RM3.50. Not many student buy it today, well not many do know Nasi ambak exists...Sebab dah same cam makan kat kafe, so buat ape susah2 nak pegi kampung likas just to buy "nasi orang miskin" yang dah jadi makanan exclusive...baik la masak sindri..huhu~


So, i make up my mind...i went to recently-opened One Borneo (damn, it's a lot larger than midvalley!), and i bought coriander, some garlic, other spices (banyak sangat, aku malas nak taip), and most importantly...MUTTON SHOULDER bebeh! It's been a while since aku beria sangat nak masak...I wanna make Jamie Olivers' signature dish (konon!)...spicy mutton soup...huhu~ I think it would be lovely! (tiru cara Jamie cakap)...


The days where i'm hugely depend on nasi ambak are long before me...Bukan la aku cakap aku kaya nak mampus, tapi cooking is the only thing that i can do to express myself...even my friends here sooo damn crave my cooking...Aku rase takda la sedap sangat berbanding Nenek Mon's recipes...Tapi when they praise me for i've done with my cooking, i forget all the troubles and problems surronding me at that time...


Nape aku masak skang? Ada problem ke? Ada la my childhood friend ni, kalo dia merajuk punye la payah nak pujuk..Boleh lupe lak b'day dia (im sooo sory la dear...huu~). I'm so busy with this and that, tapi i know itu bukan la excuse nye...So, aku fikirla mcmane la nak 'memenangi' hati dia semula...Mane tau, time memasak nanti dapat idea nak beli ape...kannn?

:: WANNA TASTE AUSSIE FOOD SO BADLY, CICI HELP ME! ::