[sing ''Saya Anak Malaysia song"]
And welcome back.
So you know part of our goal is putting Malaysia on the map.
So we're going to be doing a Malaysian food pop-up here in America.
Do you know anything about starting a pop-up?
No idea.
So that's why we're bringing our special friend...
Lya!! Hi.
So guys if you don't know, Lya has her own food business called Makan Buddy...
In Southern California selling Malaysian food.
Go check her out if you haven't already.
But, Lya...
What should we have in our pop-up tomorrow?
Nasi lemak. We should have Malaysia's national dish.
And then we also have Malaysian sambal. You know, like the spicy kind.
And then we have chicken rendang.
Oh my goodness.
But not only that.
Lya's got the hook-up with the awesome food.
But, Rachel...
She's gonna be making Malaysian snacks called "kuih".
I am?
You are.
Okay. Yes. That's happening.
But guys, we don't know anything about running a food business, so...
We'll just give our kuih out for free.
You know, we'll just share it with them.
Okay, Lya...
What are we starting with?
Are we...
Do I... I'm like kind of overwhelmed already even before we start.
This already seems hard.
Guys, we did...
We did grocery shopping.
It's just... It's a lot. It's a lot of stuff.
There's more stuff here. There's a lot.
I just don't know where to start.
What are we doing?
Okay, so first things first, we need to cook something that will take the most time...
Which is the kuih.
So let's start with kuih bakar pandan. Okay.
And Rachel will be making it.
Yeah, boy!
All right, gotta wash my hands first.
American girl is going to be preparing a kuih.
Okay, so 250 grams of flour.
Flour.
Flour? Flour. Flour.
Flour. Flour.
It's flour.
Flower is something you plant in your backyard, is it?
Just eyeball put it near or need to be exact?
Yeah, exact. Oh, really?
Kuih need to be exact?
Why are you laughing?
Hey, Rachel.
Yes?
What are we doing right now?
What are we making?
I don't know.
Kuih lopes.
Kuih lopes? Yes.
Do you know like Jennifer Lopez?
This is her creation.
I don't believe you.
It'd be pretty impressive, though.
Okay, so we need sticky rice.
Can we call it "Kuih-Lo?
Okay, now coconut milk.
How much?
No, here.
What do you mean here?
My fingers are different size than yours.
No. Yes, it is. See.
My fingers bigger.
Change your finger, Rachel.
So what am I supposed to do?
So you touch the tip of your finger.
I've never measured rice like this.
From here, it looks like you're showing your middle finger.
It's my pinky.
Do want to pinky promise?
Is it done?
Is it done? Yes.
Oh boy.
It smells so freaking good.
Oh, man. The sad part is we can't eat it today.
Do we have to let it cool down, Lya?
Yeah.
At least one hour.
What?
What time is it right now? It's almost 1 a.m.
It's late.
No late night kuih today.
With the power of video editing...
It is already the next morning.
Oh my gosh. It's actually not even the morning, guys.
Look at the time.
It is afternoon. It's 12 o'clock right now.
But let me show you the situation at the kitchen right now.
Oh, look at that chicken rendang.
Sambal.
More sambal.
We got so much stuff.
It's a messy kitchen, but you know that's what happened when you...
Are trying to cook for hundreds of people.
We got kuih making going on right here.
Hey, how is Jennifer Lopez coming along?
They look amazing. I wanna... I haven't tried any, though.
Oh, yeah?
Oh boy, look at that.
Do you think I can get a job making Malaysian kuih? Can, can. Okay.
I'll buy.
Kuih by American girl.
But here's the main event right here.
Look at this assembly line going on.
Lya, how are you doing?
Rushing, rushing, but we can do it.
How many hours of sleep we have last night?
Two.
Oh my goodness.
But it's okay. It's for the Malaysian people.
For the Malaysian people. Hey, for American people also.
Yeah, for American people also Malaysian food.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Anyway, it may seem like we are really chill, but we are not.
Because it is afternoon.
We need to leave at 1.45 p.m...
Which means that we got a little less than two hours to get everything done.
How many nasi lemak have you already packed?
I think now... 30?
30 nasi lemak, so halfway there. 30?
Halfway there, so we still got more to do.
Rachel's still making her kuih.
But yeah, it's kind of chaotic.
It's just such an interesting experience.
I've never like had a food business before, obviously.
But like I never knew how high stress, high pressure kind of a job it is.
But Lya, she's like chill.
She's like super chill, super calm.
I just no idea how she's like...
Looking at the clock... go backwards.
Go backwards?
We wish. We wish.
Absolutely late.
Okay, let's go.
Okay, guys so...
We're crazy late.
So we have two places that we're gonna do the pop-up.
The first place is in San Francisco and second place is Walnut Creek.
We're supposed to be in San Francisco at three o'clock.
GPS is showing 3.14 p.m. right now.
So people are gonna be there at three which is insane, so we are late.
I'm sorry.
We did not plan for the timing to be this way, but it ended up being Malaysian timing.
By accident.
Yeah, by accident.
But yeah, so hopefully people are not too upset about this.
No, but trust that we are bringing yummy Malaysian food to you guys.
And it was all made with love.
We were rushing to make it, but it's gonna be worth it.
It's gonna be 100% worth it. Yeah.
Okay, just got here.
Hi.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Sorry, we are late, guys.
Yeah, we're so sorry. It's pretty bad traffic. Jammed.
This one is for your family.
Oh, thank you. There's mooncakes inside.
Thank you so much.
What's your name again? I don't get your name. Wendy.
Wendy, nice to meet you.
I follow your Instagram.
Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.
Wendy is so sweet.
She got us something a little care package. Yeah. Thank you, Wendy.
Thank you, Wendy.
How are you? Good.
Are you from Malaysia? Yes.
Oh, which part? Kuala Lumpur.
Cheras. I'm from Kuala Lumpur.
I'm from Cheras.
Wait, I'm from Alam Damai.
Taman Dahlia.
Taman Dahlia, okay. Nearby.
This is Logesh. Hi.
Hi Logesh. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
I remember... Do you have a YouTube channel?
We do, yeah.
Thanks for sharing it with other Americans.
We need to make Malaysian food famous. That's our goal.
San Francisco, done. Done.
Walnut Creek now. Let's go. Let's go. We gonna be late again. Yeah.
One-hour drive. One-hour.
Okay, we're back here in Walnut Creek for our second pop-up location.
I'm excited about this location because...
The family is joining us.
Family! Hello.
Hello.
Are you wearing Makan Buddy's shirt?
Of course! Woohoo!
Ky Ky.
They don't have Makan Buddy's shirts, so I put them in their Langkawi shirts.
Oh, not bad. Not bad.
Zae Zae also? Oh yeah, boy!
We are matching.
We are matching. Come.
Thank you for helping.
So good to see you guys again.
Eggs.
Flour.
And then this one though, you have to eat it with the sauce.
Where are you from in Malaysia?
Cheras. Cheras? Kuala Lumpur.
I'm from Terengganu.
Terengganu? Yeah.
Terengganu peeps. Yeah.
Can you speak in Terengganu dialect? A little bit.
And then because of the pandemic, we haven'tgone back once.
they've moved here oh wow so he really misses home
You're Malaysian too?
No, not me. I'm Korean.
We met in Korea.
Oh!!!
How are you doing today?
Oh, only the Kumaar Family does it? Yeah.
So, Lya how was it?
Only got four more.
Why they didn't pick up?
Yeah.
We have four more nasi lemak right here.
And... the people haven't come and pick up.
Yeah.
And it's been like 20 minutes past the waiting time.
So we don't know if we should go, or we should stay and wait.
One man scratch is another man...
That means I get to eat it?
Okay, okay, let me shut down now.
Shut down. Shut down.