It is my first time in Turkey and so far so good.
It's not my first time in Istanbul. I actually came here 10 years ago almost to the day.
I only came to the European side. It's a little different than I remember it last. A little more
security here. Still as busy as ever. I mean it's a little less so now with the Covid, but
still quite busy. People definitely want to sell you things and talk to you in English. They knew we were from
the US right away. Interesting. Didn't go to the Asian side last time, but it's nice to be back here
around some of the most iconic monuments here in Istanbul. But I gotta say the Asian side is more relaxed.
We've been staying at the Asia side of Istanbul and now we've come to the Europe side.
And at the Asia side, we've been eating Turkish food. It's time to eat some asian food
here in the Euro side.
Alright so we came all the way to the Europe side of Istanbul just to have nasi lemak
and more. We are about to have a Malaysian feast. The country that adopted us
for a year and it's very close to our hearts.
We miss Malaysian food so much that the first order of Asian food here in Istanbul
is Malaysian food. We have of course nasi lemak. The essentials. There's cucumber, there's fried egg,
there is ikan bilis, peanuts and the rice smells a little lemaky. Fried egg and of course, sambal.
And then we also have roti canai.
We're starving. We can't wait to have this. There's more food to come, but Greg will tell
you more about it for now. Oh let's not forget about our teh tarik. Teh tarik smells delicious!
I feel like I'm back at the Mamak here in Malaysia. We have this beautiful teh tarik.
It arrived with a nice thick head of foam on it. Smells so good. I'm going to take a sip of this first.
Asked for kurang manis, less sweet, and it is perfectly kurang manis. It's got nice tea
flavor. Not too heavy on that condensed milk. It's delicious and it pairs perfectly with the roti canai.
look at that roti we have a little bowl of curry on the side
oh man that curry has got such a nice flavor got a little bit of spice
strong flavors in there turmeric a little potato in here with that curry
got a nice turmeric human delicious delicious flavor
that roti itself really tastes like malaysia this is on point
i miss roti chennai and tess eric so much so nice to have it here in istanbul delicious
great start to our meal already what's great about this restaurant too is that just like
in malaysia they have to sing in the dining room and that's meant for one thing eating with hands
and we have the dish that's perfectly eaten with hands and that is nasi lemak we got a
so we didn't get on any sides that are all the classic elements of it i'll tell you when this
sambal arrived on this nasi lemak that one whiff brought me right back to malaysia i'm so excited
of course gonna try the nasi first in this nasi oh i smell that coconut already
it's got that nice coconut flavor a little
panda a little thick lemongrass in there too very flavorful for you
now gotta mix it all together sambal egg
peanuts
feel so good to be back in malaysia even just for a few hours not even malaysia proper in istanbul
really miss nasi lemak very much maybe more than every other malaysian dish i don't know it's
hard to say but nasi lemak that's one of the most missed dishes this one is quite good next i just
had a bite already and it literally transported me back to penang where we had it the first time
it smells so good
now this one is really caught my eye right away is this kari kapalaika fish head curry
so we haven't had in a very long time even we were last in malaysia and it looks wonderful
they cut the fish headed in half looks like it looks like a red snapper at first glance
no matter it might even be salmon actually yeah this looks this looks like salmon now that cuddle
i'm a huge fan of salmon having it like this with
a curry cause in malaysia i've never had fish curry with salmon before
spices in that curry you get really that cinnamon a clove it's
really nice and creamy and that salmon head is so soft and tender the salmon in
general is that very soft kind of slight oily texture to it it's just so good
really happy to order this one's gonna go great with this rice it's really hard to narrow down
what we wanted to eat here the menu is huge there's a lot of dishes that we miss and that
we love from malaysia we had to narrow it down to a few and one of them is that we knew right
away we had to order is this masak chili pari that's one of our favorite dishes in malaysia
this beautiful yellow gravy with coconut milk and turmeric we got it with a chicken leg so
it's a little different it's not this is not the salai the smoked meat version that we're used to
in malaysia but we're happy anyway because we love this gravy let's give it a try throw on some rice
i really get that turmeric flavor a little bit of heat there which is definitely masala
always has that heat the chili potty but it's a little on the salty side but still quite nice
but you really gotta bungee right on that rice blood it
you know what i have to do the proper way i gotta eat with my hands
yeah it just tastes better eating my hands
german flavor very strong nice having the lemongrass really heavier on that turmeric
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