Malaysian's Bazaar Ramadhan in Dubai

Memang meriah.. that's the word that describe Bazaar Ramadhan in Dubai yesterday. Aku dah cakap kat Lina and Kamarul that kita kena pi awal2. Aku nak beli kueh kelate Kak Neme, takut sampai lambat nanti habih.. yelah yang menjual is only like 12 stalls and yang nak membelinya beratus..figure it out yourself..


- photo courtesy from Abd Halim lens

We arrived at 3.40 sama dengan orang yang nak menjual...hehehe that shows how "jella" i am. Terus pi beratur depan meja kueh Kak Tipah and Kak Neme. I've got few friends (Kamarul's Go kart supporters) and my best friend Ilyn whose visiting from KL for Iftar at my place. Earlier i had bodek Kamarul to belanja the supporters kueh2 for Iftar today. So memang sedap Lina and me tunjuk2 saja since somebody else is paying..hehehe


- Photo courtesy from Abd Halim lens

I've bought for myself (ini dah cakap kat member2 tak boleh share since i want to indulge it sorang2 hehehe) tepung pelita, buah tanjong, laksa kelate, ketupat sotong and nasi dagang Shiela. OK OK..macam tamak je kan tapi trust me semua beli satu saja so tak banyak tau...husband baca entry ni mesti geleng kepala..



- Photo courtesy from Abd Halim lens

Anyway, macam yang aku expect, all foods finish by 5pm. Kueh kelate and laksa Kak Neme by 4.15 macam tu dah habis. Paling amazing lai chi kang, bukak kedai 5 minit je, semua habis. Tersenyum lebar abang yang menjual tu..



- Photo courtesy from Abd Halim lens

Verdict for foods yang aku beli: semua sedap macam makan kat rumah..yelah yang meniaga ni semuanya professionals and the wives, so aku rasa dia orang menjual is more for fun and tunjuk skills, so tak kedekut dengan bahan mentah unlike orang2 yang meniaga nak buat duit. Of course, semua orang meniaga nak untung but what i meant is they didn't compromise onthe quality and taste of the foods.

Now, Malaysian UAE comittee tengah encourage more sellers for next week Bazaar Ramadhan, yelah kalau macam ni tiap minggu takut nanti semua orang serbu rumah CG pukul 4 sebab takut foods habis. Aku yang balik Malaysia every 2.5 mths pun kemaruk makanan kita lagilah orang2 yang dah lama tak balik kampung...

Next week plan: Nasi Kerabu Mastura, gulai ikan ayo Shiela (ni kena merayu-rayu la bagi beli lauk saja), kueh cara

Lagi cerita dalam :


http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080906/tts-uae-bazaar-993ba14.html


http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=357505

Get together

Friday is the day. By 10am everybody gathered at Putri place..who says Malaysian cannot be punctual.


5 cars from Putri place and joined by another 2 cars at Jebel Ali


Before(ladies come first while waiting for guys perform Friday prayer) and after (so pack, total 57 Malaysian adult, some have to eat outside at the table as bersila place is too full)


1 talam of Mandi and 1 talam of big fishes. There's freshly cooked prawn, squid and another type of fish but i forgot to take some photos(too busy eating)


See... this is leftover put at 1 place so the waiter can pack for whoever want to tapau.


Organizes -Hila and Putri.. really feel like kenduri kat kampung.


After lunch, we go jalan2 at Marina Mall and some went to Picasso exhibition in Emirates palace which is just next to Marina Mall. We meet-up for coffee later in the evening at Havana Cafe


View from Havana Cafe..

On the bakc to Dubai, i told Putri.."aku nyesal la tak tapau"..hehehe in the afternoon eksi since so kenyang by nite regret didnt tapau.. the foods are really delicious. I've been to the restaurant few times but always forgot how good the foods are.

Next Malaysian gathering would be held at Jumeirah Beach, but that would be after Raya. Weather would be nice by then.

Yemeni Mandi

There'll be a Malaysian gathering in Abu Dhabi this Friday.

Malaysian gathering = Makan time.. hehehe

This time, location is in Mina kitchen near Abu Dhabi fish market. Foods serve there is Yemeni Mandi, one of Malaysian in UAE favourite. In fact it's a favourite of any Malaysian who had ever tried it.

Mandi is not the Malaysian mandi = shower. This Mandi is Arabic words (المندي) .

It's a traditional dish originated from Yeman. Made from meat (lamb or chicken) and rice and mixture of spices. Something like Briyani but slightly different taste. The meat is cooked in a very traditional way (zaman dulu gali lubang dalam tanah, now i have no idea how they make it). But the meat is really, really, REALLY tender. macam melt in your mouth.

Serve in dulang and lepas tu just dump the whole foods onto the plastic cover. Dont worry it's clean, itu pakai buang punya plastic. No gravy but the rice itself is already nice without kuah. As for me, the tomato paste in the bowl is my gravy.

Traditional way of eating Mandi, duduk bersimpuh or bersila. Kat Malaysia sekarang pun dah rarely can find tempat bersila macam ni..

Hah.. that's the actual way to eat Mandi, dump all the rice onto the plastic and pakat makan ramai-ramai..sapa-sapa yang penggeli tu sorry la. pegi makan sorang2 (kalau habih..portion besar giler, 1 dulang can consume by 2-3 person)

This Friday in Abu Dhabi, the serving dulang is bigger,like our "talam". If i go, i'll take some photos to show to you all.