so we're gonna finish up the food here and then we're going to another wedding
Malaysia is amazing we're road tripping all over Peninsular
Malaysia and at the moment it's wedding season we've been invited to three
different Malay weddings today let's go and check out what these weddings are
like and what sort of delicious traditional food they have, I'm Thomas
and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate, we hope you're hungry, let's eat!
we're traveling around north Peninsular Malaysia and we're in Perlis and today
we've been invited to a traditional Malay wedding so we are at the wedding
right now we've said hello to the bride and groom's parents and then we've just
been directed to come and eat so we're hitting the buffet
the bride and groom have yet to arrive so everyone's sitting down for feed before
they get here, this is sort of strange for us coming from a western country because in Malaysia with
Malay weddings it's sort of like the more the merrier so we were literally invited a
couple of days ago by some of our friends and we've just rocked up and
been directed to go and hit the buffet and to sit and eat and enjoy and be a part
of the celebration it's really cool, back to the food the villagers and the family
have been cooking and cooking for days I'd say to prepare for the wedding
we've got some traditional wedding foods here so this is ayam masak merah
which is like a red chilli chicken, we've got some acar here which is a
pineapple ,chilli and cucumber pickle we've got the white rice, sambal here
which is with ikan bilis some sambal belacan which is a fermented shrimp
chilli condiment and then this is a coconut and turmeric gravy dish which is
cooked with salted fish, and this here I think is some more fermented fish
of some sort not quite sure we'll have to taste it to find out what it is
like Sheena said the situation of being at a random wedding is so unusual for us
you definitely don't just rock up to a random wedding where we come from so
it's so neat to be here to experience a Malay wedding and this food looks
incredible so I'm just gonna dive in I've got lots of this salted fish with
the, the onions and the chilli so fried onions and chilies on top and this here
this chicken like chilli chicken so chicken cooked in like a a chilli gravy
is a real wedding dish so I'm gonna dive in and grab some of that so it's on the
bone so we'll just grab off a nice bit of the chicken, grab some rice let's get
that down and see how it is
Wow, wow that's my first mouthful of food today
actually and that is the perfect way to start the day, it's sweet, it's spicy
the chicken's quite well done but not in like a gritty way it's just cooked
through it sort of breaks apart wow that's so good, let's try some more I really want to try
this this salted fish so quite big chunks of fish you can see here just
grab a chunk, some chilli I'm gonna have to get some onions in there too and a little
bit of rice rice, let's just try that, wow, that is sensational, the fish looked like it was going to be kind
of squishy but it's not, it's really dried it just sort of, it flaked apart
like the pieces of fish just broke apart sideways it's that dry whoa it's really
salty, oh the salt flavour is really coming on now but there's still
sweetness from those onions, oh that's amazing I've got this this
pineapple dish so I'm just gonna grab a couple of bits of pineapple here as a
little chaser cos that's got a real nice salty kick
that is total sweet and salty, what a combo, that's such a good start, time for
me to dive into this amazing looking plate of food, I'm gonna try this bright
yellow dish the masak lemak so it's a coconut gravy cooked with turmeric and
then there's salted fish in here, let's just grab a mouthful of that and some rice
the salted fish is quite a strong flavour and then you've got that really
creamy hit from the coconut milk I think it might also have some bamboo in there and the fish is quite
broken up and flaky, Thomas really raved about this
ayam masak merah so a traditional dish that's served at weddings here in Malaysia
so I'm gonna get a little bit of it and have a bit of it with that rice, let's go for it
it's not hugely fiery so the spice is not really too strong, it's mostly sweet
and it's got that beautiful almost sticky gravy it's covered in, so amazing
this is a military wedding so there was just a really amazing ceremony as the
bride and groom arrived and we've just been invited to a second wedding so
we're gonna finish up the food here and then we're going to another wedding
Malaysia is amazing, incredible!
so we're attending these Malay weddings with our friend Syaza and her
family, we've collected our wedding favours and now we're heading to the next stop we're
at wedding number two now and they just set up these tents right in the middle
of the street let's go check this one out and see what there is to eat
this wedding once again has a bit of a buffet going on this is nasi tomato
and that's why it's got that yellowy red-y tinge because it's rice with
tomato in it when it's cooked, an absolute classic wedding dish beef rendang so
let's grab some of that to start us off look at that, those beautiful cubes of
beef, just check that on there and we'll get a little bit of that nice oily sauce
so as well as a buffet this wedding has got a laksam station
laksam is a noodle dish, it actually originates in Kelantan and you can see
that it's sitting in a fish broth and you've got these thick rice noodle rolls
a dollop of sambal, there's some herbs in there, some grated cucumber and also some
onions I've got a bit of that broth and then the noodles
the noodles are so slippery and that fish broth has like a really strong fish
flavour, the sambal's got a nice chilli hit and then the vegetables are
really crunchy, really tasty dish, remember we're traveling around Perlis at
the moment and there's gonna be a lot more content from the northern states of
Peninsular Malaysia so make sure you hit subscribe to follow along for more
food adventures
I've loaded up another plate with the rice and some sides so the
rendang that I already spoke about, the nasi tomato I've got a couple of bits of
orange here and this is a fruit dish so fruits cooked in ssambal so
you can see these different fruits here I think they're cherries and I'm not
even sure what that is maybe some mango just all sorts of bits so let's give it
all a go, now my plate is a lot bigger than I intended because we've just been
invited to two more weddings so today is gonna be four weddings in one day, unreal!
let's try some of the nasi tomato and the rendang
hmm it's quite light, it's got good like levels of spice they're just a good
spice then a good sort of aromatics like the the ginger and that sort of thing
coming underneath but it's quite it's very light the meats really easy to
break up like look at that, the meat just wow it really does it just breaks apart
oh wow that's incredible you can see the beautiful colour and the texture in there
let's try a little bit more of that
that is so good so, so good, I'm gotta try these fruits in the sambal, grab a
little one of these cherries I think it is and this guy I'm not sure what that
is let's do that without rice
mmm ohhh there's a stone in the cherry, I got the stone out and they're sort of
pickled so they've got a sour taste and then spiciness from the sambal that's around
them that's a really good dish that goes really well with the meat because
because it's pickled they counter each other so you've got sweet and tangy and
spicy all going on, the nasi tomato didn't have a really strong tomato flavour but
I'm just gonna eat a little bit by itself
sort of got a spicy sweet flavour it's really good and I've got those
couple of oranges to chase the whole plate, wedding number two is great
that's another wedding down, another lovely feed, we have more gift bags from this wedding
the hospitality here is just incredible the way they welcomed us into
these weddings it looks like now we're just gonna go to three weddings, just?
just! Just! It's a record! Three weddings in one day so let's head off to the next one
we've come to the third wedding of the day and this
is super and unusual for me because I have so little on my plate but I am
struggling because there has been so much food I've got a small portion of
nasi so white rice and then this is gulai daging rebung so this gravy
which has got some beef and then some bamboo shoots so let's give it a go, look
at that bamboo it's just falling apart at the merest touch I'm gonna get a
little bit of that rice and that gulai or the sauce to go with it let's see
what it tastes like, the rebung is really juicy so the bamboo still has a bit of
crunch and bamboo's got a really distinctive flavour it's almost a little
bit bitter a little bit smoky sometimes I find and that creamy gulai, that
coconut-y gravy is just binding all the ingredients together, let's try some of that
beef, mmm that just fell apart as soon as I bit down on it, it's so delicious
there's also a drinks station at this wedding so you can go and grab any type of
drink they had corn, chrysanthemum, guava and also grass jelly and we missed
out because we came a bit late but they also had an ABC or shaved ice
station, amazing! Let's give this a go
so refreshing, you can see the chrysanthemum leaves or petals in there
and that is just perfect because it's a really hot day so I'm gonna be drinking
a lot more of this
and that is how you do three Malay weddings in four hours we
have gifts again from this one and they're a little bit different to what
we're used to, so there's no ceremony as such it's just about eating so there is
ceremony but that happens sometimes on a whole other day but that's not what
we're at we were just at the bit where everyone comes, eats celebrates, gets
gifts and you're not expected to stay for the entire reception so you literally pop in have
a bite to eat, then say your congratulations to the families and then
move on to the next wedding, I mean at this one I didn't even see the groom and I
saw the bride but I don't know where the groom was so it's all much more slow
paced and casual compared to what we're used to which is everything on a time
schedule, everyone's there, such a cool experience seeing these
three weddings today what a treat it was amazing such a special experience
thank you so much to Syaza and her family for inviting us along, remember to
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