We can see Kyren's tummy.
Oh! Oh my gosh!
We did record that.
You see little things. This is what happens.
Zae Zae, we're gonna eat something really really special today.
What is it?
In Malaysia, one of the really really famous food is Malay traditional food.
And we're gonna try a lot of Malay traditional food today. Hopefully (x2). We don't know.
Okay? Okay.
You open to gonna try for some things?
And tell daddy if it's a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs to the side?
Yeah. Let's do it.
I can feel the heat, people.
Wait, so we're in a different state now?
Yes.
Really?
We are in Negeri Sembilan in Seremban. Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
So fam, we really really wanted to eat...
You know all those tempoyak (fermented durian)
Budu (fermented anchovy sauce)
All those traditional Malay food.
So we decided to come all the way here in Negeri Sembilan, Seremban, Aunty Aini's.
It's a really really popular place.
The problem is we tried making reservations. Nothing. Nothing.
We couldn't get any reservations, whatsoever.
And they say for weekends, it's best to just walk in and here we are.
So we're going to hope for the best.
We came an hour, well more of 50 minutes early before it opens.
Because I heard that it's gonna be crazy lines.
And we're hoping for the best.
There's already lots of people here, by the way.
Okay, so there's like already a long line.
And they open only at 11.30 a.m. which is in about 15 minutes.
Not bad (2).
This place is absolutely magnificent. Look at this.
Like where else could you find such a beautiful eating space like in nature.
And for those of you who don't know, Aunty Aini is really famous for that clip with Gordon Ramsay...
Where she kind of pushed him around.
Where she was teaching him how to cook and also with the flower and all that.
And also Anthony Bourdain also came here. Like legendary.
This is such a legendary place.
It's actually really beautiful.
Like way more beautiful than I thought it was gonna be.
Okay guys, we found this like 'pondok' area
Which is like a little hut where you can sit down.
It's kind of like that.
It's super cool.
So I'm so glad there's one more available here for us.
This is awesome.
I love this so much.
Rachel, I know what's the perfect order for you.
Are you going to say the western food? Western food. I knew that.
Yeah.
I knew you were gonna say that the second you...
Western girl eat western food, right?
Asian man, do you eat Asian food only?
No (x2). I eat all. See.
Okay Ky Ky, how has it been so far?
Do you like aunty Aini's? Is it good?
Yeah? Okay, what is that?
Is this a flower?
Who got you the flower?
Ky Ky's flower. Oh, Ky Ky.
Zae Zae got it for you?
Wow!
Mine (x2).
Yours without ice.
Food is here. Yeah, boy.
We can see Kyren's tummy.
Oh! Oh my gosh!
You can record that.
Messed. You see little things. This is what happens.
Okay, fam for those of you who don't know, we got a little accident right there, but it's okay.
Food is still safe.
This is the daging masak cili api (Beef in bird's eye chili coconut gravy). Yeah, smoked beef.
Patin buah fish.
Squid sambal.
We got tempoyak (fermented durian) over there.
We got the vegetables. Fern. Fern, okay.
And this is an omelette.
Fried chicken.
Salted fish.
And smoked duck.
Smoked duck rendang, yes.
Okay Rach, are you ready?
I'm ready.
So what are we going in first with?
Okay, I think the smoked beef first.
Okay, smoked beef (x2).
The flavor just keep coming. The smoked.
The meat is so perfectly smoked.
The sauce is spicy.
It's spicy but creamy.
Spicy but creamy. But not thick, creamy. It's like a light. Yeah, very light.
Not too much and the flavors are not too overpowering. It's so good.
But it's like the more you chew, the more like a new layer of flavor comes out.
So good. Wow! So good. That's pretty impressive.
Next, we're going in with the patin buah fish.
I'm going to put some of the gravy in there.
And this is Patin fish with tempoyak, right? Yeah, it is.
Yeah, patin fish with tempoyak.
It's good.
Definitely has the durian taste, but not too much. It's so subtle.
It's very subtle. Just enough, I think.
I think this is the perfect amount of like durian aroma you need in like a dish like this. Yeah.
It's not too spicy.
The fish is cooked to perfection.
It's like melt in your mouth. The fish is like butter.
So good. Oh my god.
It's one of those things that like when you think of flavor, there's no word for this flavor.
Yeah. There's no way to describe it. It's just delicious.
I just like... How can food be this good? I just don't understand. I genuinely cannot understand.
That's why this restaurant is packed, like every table filled. Filled, yeah. They just open.
Next (x3)...
Squid sambal.
Oh, I dream of squid sambal in America because I don't get to eat it.
Rachel. You know the drill (x2).
One tiny piece.
Cutting! Why are you cutting the squid?
To make it bite-sized.
No, it's already bite-sized.
This is a bite-sized.
Go (x3). Eat (x3).
Squid. Come on, just squid.
No?
Squid is still bad.
Aunty Aini's squid also failed.
Let me taste (x2).
The flavor as always delicious.
The texture...
The texture, man.
This squid is perfect texture.
It's not too rubbery.
It's not overcooked.
You know sometimes the squid can be super overcooked and so tough.
This one is not like that at all. It's so good.
And the stink bean sambal is... Oh my god. That flavor... I'm like drooling.
Okay next, tempoyak (fermented durian).
I'm gonna eat it with the omelette.
Some of the chili part.
The only reason why I'm eating with just the omelette is because I want to...
Get the tempoyak flavor. Not the other dishes as much.
Okay, tempoyak with omelette and rice. You ready?
Tempoyak is still growing on me.
It's very strong.
It is very strong tempoyak.
This is like... It's pretty intense. Very intense.
Amanda, you should try it. Try (x3).
Tempoyak, I've been like average about tempoyak.
I don't love it and I don't hate it either.
This one is a bit more like an acquired taste because I can definitely...
This one is like high level.
High level tempoyak, yeah.
Amanda, try try try tempoyak.
How is it?
Aunty Amanda's gonna try tempoyak.
Nice? Nope?
Very strong. Very intense, right? Yeah.
It's pretty strong. Pretty strong.
So we also got the... Duck...
I keep forgetting.
I thought it's rendang.
Rendang but smoked duck (itik salai) rendang.
What 'salai' means? Salai means like dried.
Oh...
Smoked. Smoked.
Oh, is that what they're doing over there? Yeah.
It smells so smoky here.
And I love that their rendang have so much of that good sauciness.
Like you know. You know. That's the good part.
Ready? I'm so excited to try this one.
Has it been overpowered?
No (x2).
That rendang is fire.
That's my favorite thing we've had. Hands down.
I'd go too far and say that like that's probably the best so far.
The rendang.
Very flavourful.
So good. It's so flavourful.
I don't know if it's the duck or the rendang but... I think it's both working together.
Oh my gosh.
That is a must.
As soon as I saw it on the menu, I got excited because I love rendang.
It exceeded all expectations.
Hands down.
Okay, one thing we almost forgot... Salted fish.
Wow!
It's very salty. Yeah (x2). Exactly.
You just meant to eat it a little bit to provide saltiness to your food.
How do they make it so salty?
With the salt.
Okay, finally the desserts have arrived.
Thank you.
So... this is tapai?
Tapai is fermented rice. Fermented sticky rice with ice cream. I think so.
Please don't be too mean in the comments.
Amanda's fact-checking right now.
Definitely fermented. Yup.
So interesting.
I need to get like just the tapai (fermented rice) alone.
Can I have just the tapai alone?
Okay, just the tapai alone.
Is it bad?
I thought you want to spit back.
No.
Don't do that.
No, I just want a little bit of ice cream just to sweeten it up a little bit.
It's not that bad.
It was just so much of that one flavor.
I just need a little bit of sugar to make it better.
Tapai with ice cream is actually not bad.
It's really nice.
It balances out the flavor.
So what do you think? Aunty Aini's.
It was perfect.
Perfect, amazing. I think...
The ambiance, the food, the...
It was worth the drive to another state to come for this for sure.
For me, I feel like the rendang was mind-blowing.
Mind-blowing (x2). I'm still salivating saying the word rendang. Right.
Oh, look at that.
They have snacks.
You scared me.
You want to buy some snacks for the road?
Cookies.
Go buy (x2).
And yeah, the squid sambal is also really really good.
Might be because I haven't had it for a long time.
But we must order.
I found some cookies here.
What was your favorite part of the meal?
The ambiance and also the duck. The duck rendang. Okay.
Renee, what's your favorite part?
The kuah kuning. The lemak cili api. (Bird's eye chilli coconut gravy)
It's a must. Definitely, you have to try that one when you're here.
Smoked beef, right? Smoked beef (x2).
Amanda, what's your favorite?
The duck.
The duck rendang? Yes. Okay.
Zae Zae, what's your favorite?
The chicken.
The chicken? The fried chicken? Yeah. Okay.