Cerita pasal makan-makan or pasal jam tangan!

Di Restoren Mamak Kerala, The Green City Restaurant, 
di Dubai bersama sahabat2~!
Di dalam gambar: Mushil, Rusdi, Hasnol, 
Aku, Imran, Faisal, dan Firdaus.
Tak nampak dalam gambar: 
Terlupa. Sebab tu lah kita ambil gambar, 
supaya menjadi kenangan.

Malaysians kuat makan. Pagi2 ke warong mamak cari roti canai telor dan teh tarik. Atau ke gerai Mak Cik2, membeli nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, atau nasi berlauk. Sudah tentu ada pilihan untuk makan nasi lemak!

Siang2, berbagai menu di atas meja, samada dari dapor sendiri atau di restoren2 di mana saja! Ada selera Melayu, Cina atau India. Ada selera Jawa, Siam, atau Kebaratan. Ber macam2. Malaysians sanggup berhutang bergadai, namun demi makan, tak pernah kedekut atau berkira.

Waktu malam, aroma semerbak dari segenap dapor di kampong2 dan di bandar2. Tumis bawang, belacan dan cili. Goreng ayam, daging atau tenggiri! Bakar satey, tauhu, atau jagong manis. Budu, cencalok di tambah asam limau dan tempoyak sesudu dua. Gulai lemak, sup tulang, asam pedas semua ada.

Blog2 yang berkongsi risipi sungguh banyak. Gambar2 makanan dan aktiviti makan-makan memenuhi social network pages. Makan menjadi obsession for Malaysians. 

When Malaysians go out to eat - it is seldom about having romantic dinner for two, with flickering candle light spying enviously of two pairs of hands clasping across the table. That sort of dining out, is rare. Malaysians go out to eat - just for the pleasure of eating! Normally, in groups. Hence the Budaya sambung meja which I have written earlier, HERE.

When Malaysians eat together, they play cheer leaders for each other. 

"Tambah lah!"

"Yang ni sedap, you must try!"

All kind of encouragements. The bottom line, is everyone must eat more than enough! 

I am sure there are people who will analyze why Malaysians love to eat. I will leave the analysis bit to those people lah. I don't care for the reasons. I am just happy to be able to associate my love for eating to the fact that I am Malaysians!

"Whoarrrr you are eating a lot, it looks like you have not eaten for the last three days!" Pernah seorang kawan sekerja berbangsa Mat Saleh menegur.

Aku jawap, "I am a Malaysian! If you don't get out of the way, I may just a have a bite of your nose as well!"

Hahahaha.

Suka hati aku lah aku nak makan se pinggan kah, se mangkuk kah, se kawah aku! 

Grrrrr, my seluar2 sudah kena tukar. Dulu waist 32 masa mula2 kawin, then upgraded to 34 within six months of marriage, then 36 when I hit 35 years of age and stayed that way until I celebrate my 50th birthday! Now ... I am a proud owner of 38 inches waist line. 

Lastest casualty, which I realized last night, my wrist watch, my favourite special edition Omega is now too small! My wrist has expanded as well.

Oh well...hint hint, my birthday will be in August. Maybe a wrist watch will be a nice present to receive from my children (Yang sudah bekerja lah!) - hahaha. I showed Mak last night the watch I like - it is a black beauty hidden here!

Oh by the way, mak is having my credit card jika perlu subsidy! hahaha.

I digress from makan-makan to a lobby for my next birthday present! Hahaha. From my perspective, a nice digression, and I like happy ending!