Ngaku.
Not, not nyah.
Ngah.
Ngaku.
There you go. You got it.
Today, we gonna try a bunch of different Malaysian sambals and let you know which one we think
is the best.
So, in this box, there is a whole lot of different Malaysian sambals.
But you guys, we have a really cool story to tell you about who made this.
So a few months back, a girl name Lya reached out to us.
She is a Malaysian that moved to Southern California several years ago and she's been
working down there.
But because of the pandemic, she lost her job.
And she was really discouraged.
And after watching our videos, she was actually inspired to start her own Makan Buddy company
where she makes food and distributes it to other people.
Which is amazing!
Isn't that so awesome.
Its so cool.
We cannot believe that watching our videos inspired someone to do something as amazing
as start their own business.
We have been dying to try her food, but she lives about 5 or 6 hours away from us so there's
just no way we can get it.
But she told us she was gonna send us a whole lot of different sambals.
And we said yes please.
Yeah.
So you guys know, I am a sambal connoisseur.
I love sambal.
I will go the distance to make sambal and to buy sambal and to try all kinds of sambal.
I'm excited to try what's in this box here.
I'll give my thoughts.
I'll let you guys know what's my favorite.
But today, in this video what we want to find out is which sambal would an American girl
like Rachel, enjoy?
It might be different than what a Malaysian might like.
Unboxings is one of my all time favorite thing to do.
I love it.
Package looks nice and secure.
Let's get into it.
Wow, looks so pretty.
Wow!
I think there's some little surprises here.
It has a note.
You guys can see that.
There's some little note right there.
Hi Logesh and Rachel, I'm so excited to share my food with you guys.
Here you will be trying Makan Buddy's newest offerings.
This is new.
Sambal kering.
Mild.
Sambal petai.
Rachel, sambal petai for the first time.
Petai was what you're telling me about?
Ya.
I've never had petai before guys.Yup.
A little nervous.
Which is medium.
Sambal belacan which is spicy and sambal hijau which is very spicy.
But, there's a bunch of additional things too that she sent.
Okay, so we also have karipap ubi.
Ngaku chips.
That's something I haven't had in a long time.
And lotus root chips.
I haven't had any of those.
Yeah.
So, I'm pretty sure like you guys can see here.
This is probably the karipap ubi.
Karipap ubi guys.
I've never in my life had karipap ubi.
I've always had the karipap.
The regular one with the potato, chicken inside.
And she says I recommend tasting the sambal with white rice and a fried egg.
We will do that.
Thank you so much Lya.
This is sweet.
Let's actually try this first before we get into all the sambal stuff.
Oh man.
Guys, if there's one thing Malaysians know how to do, is pack.
This is packed so that not even the US military can break into.
But only another Malaysian will know how to open it.
Wow, it is wrapped in tape.
Okay, okay here we got it.
So pretty.
First thing I smell all those Indian aromatics.
Do you smell that?
Yeah.
Right?
It's all that Indian spices that is basically in here.
So its probably going to be more savory I think.
Let's share one.
First thing I noticed in here is curry leaf.
Yes.
So maybe this is not the ubi.
Oh I guess ubi, karipap ubi.
I guess its more..
I guess its the potato one then.
I got it wrong.
I thought its a different kind of ubi.
We're eating regular curry puffs.
We'll find out.
I know exactly what this is.
This is a very authentic, traditional Malaysian curry puff.
I didn't know that this is called karipap ubi actually.
And this is one of my all time most favorite curry puffs.
This is so freaking good.
Lya, you nailed it.
Okay, lets move on to the next stuff.
I'm so excited.
Still got sambal to taste too.
Okay, so lets try it.
This is the lotus chips.
And these ones are what?
This one is ngaku chips which is basically arrow root chips.
She did it so perfectly.
Look at that.
So good.
Wow.
So crispy huh.
The thinnest is perfect.
How does she cut them so thin?
They're really good.
Awh man.
This is dangerous stuff.
You can just keep eating and eating.
We need to give some of this to Zaden.
Definitely.
Zaden's gonna love this.
Okay what's next?
Ngaku chips.
I haven't had this in so long.
I almost forgot how it tasted like.
It's so good.
But its good.
Are we moving to the main event.
This is the main event.
But before that, we have to make sure we got our rice ready and eggs and we will come back
to try it.
Okay, here we go.
We'll start with the first one on the left here.
This is sambal kering.
Which is the mildest one of all.
There's anchovies in there.
There's potato in there.
That's kinda fun.
Ya.
Haven't had sambal kering in so long.
Cheers.
So good.
I really like how the potaoes in there.
Its so..
I've never had sambal with potato in it.
Oh you dont.
I guess you've never had sambal kering before huh.
No.
The only sambal I've had is sambal belacan I think.
But this one is really mild.
Is that peanut?
Ya, there's also 'kacang' in there.
Definitely on the milder side.
Its very very mild.
I feel like Americans would be able to handle this one no problem.
Alright, that one was delicious.
Great.
On a spice scale, it is about a 1 out of 5.
Ya, it's what I will give it.
Its a little teeny tiny bit of hint.
1 out of 5, correct.
I will give that too.
Okay next one is sambal petai.
Okay so what is petai exactly?
I don't understand.
Petai is...
I gotta look up the name.
Okay, I've always known it as petai.
But petai is actually known as bitter beans.
Okay so basically it's great stuff that's usually eating with sambal.
A lot of sambal is made with petai.
Let's try.
You gotta get at least a little piece of petai in there.
Is that petai right there?
And this one the spice is medium.
Mmm it's so authentic.
This is exactly how the last time I had sambal petai in Malaysia.
It nails the spot.
It exactly has the unique petai flavor in it.
I cannot describe how the flavor.
Really?
It's good.
You like it?
Yeah.
But it's a flavor I've never had in my life before.
But I like it.
Yeah it give that unique back taste to it.
Where at the back of your throat you can still taste the petai flavor.
And I love it.
It's so good.
Yeah.
I've never had anything like this before.
It's really good.
I would probably say this about a 2.5 out of 5 on the spicy scale.
On the spice scale, yeah.
I think it's more like a 2.
Wow.
It's just getting better and better.
Okay next one is sambal belacan.
So this is probably pretty familiar to us.
Pretty familiar.
We have a big cube of belacan in my fridge.
Have to take a big dollop of sambal, right.
You can't just take a little bit.
I have never been one to seek out extra sauces or anything to put on my food.
I eat things pretty simple.
But after marrying this guy I have been a lot more adventurous and a lot more...
I need more flavor in my food.
So this hits the spot.
My goodness gracious.
Its so good.
It has the perfect amount of saltiness, the perfect amount of umami, the perfect amount
of sweetness.
Sweetness.
It has a sweetness to it.
Its so complex.
Sambal has to have just the right amount of sweetness.
Too sweet sambal is not very good and less sweet sambal is..
Its okay.
Different kind of sambal but this one nails everything.
Like its a very very good sambal belacan.
Ya, I would say on the spicy scale, I would say this is past a 3.
What would you say?
I'd say maybe a 2.5.
I can eat spicy food but from an American point of view, I think the spiciest Americans
could probably go is the petai one.
I think this is too spicy for Americans.
On the petai one, they probably be asking for milk.
I'd say probably this one.
Okay so..
So this one...
That's all that Americans can handle.
Americans would love this.
You think so?
Oh yes.
This is so good.
I think Americans would gobble this up.
I think some Americans could definitely eat the petai one but this one, I think would
be too spicy.
Okay.
You're going for it.
Next one, sambal hijau.
So its green, is it because the chili is green?
Chili is green, yeah.
I've never... guys.
I'm still blown away by this green sambal.
Green chili.
Is spicier than red chili.
Mmmm okay.
So apparently this is the spiciest of them all.
Put that to the test.
Alright.
That is so good.
Wow.
On a spice scale this is probably at a 4.
For you it's probably a 5.5.
I was going to say 4.5 or 5.
It is very spicy.
In California we have a lot of Mexican food.
And there's a type of salsa called Salsa Verde.
Which is made with green chilis as well.
And this reminds me of that.
Yeah.
Definitely.
And what I love about all the sambals is every single of them as a different flavor.
And it's not just a little different, it's very different.
Very different profile flavor.
But still using the core ingredients that make sambal a sambal.
Yeah, you could eat each one of these blindfolded and be able to tell which one is which.
No problem.
Yeah 100%.
Okay.
The million dollar question.
Oh man.
I am so afraid to answer this question.
Okay I'll give my honest thoughts.
As a Malaysian unfortunately I cannot say one or another is my favorite.
I cannot.
I like all of them in different settings.
I think we'll start with the first one.
I like sambal kering as more of a snacky type food.
I can have it with breakfast.
I think it goes well with a lot of different things.
It's a quick appetizer.
Sambal petai has the nice petai flavoring to it.
So if you want that kind of flavoring you go for sambal petai.
That little bit, almost like a refreshing vegetable flavor.
Almost you know.
Kinda like that.
In the foreground.
And the third sambal is the sambal belacan which is like the kind of sambal.
Everyone knows sambal belacan.
It has a special belacan that gives the very strong umami flavor.
Love that.
That can usually go with coconut rice and things like that.
Finally you got your sambal hijau.
Which usually is very spicy.
And also the texture has a different kind of texture compared to all the rest.
Because you can actually have pieces of the green chilis in there.
And I know there's like the wet kind too, but this is the dryer kind.
It's just different.
I love every single one of this.
Lya, you nailed this.
This is so good.
And the special thing about this is it is actually all really authentic.
Is it?
Yes.
I have had a lot of sambal in America.
You know in Malaysian restaurants.
And you taste the sambal, and you're like, okay it's sambal, it's good.
It's catered to American taste buds.
This one is catered to Malaysian taste buds.
The only maybe one small criticism I can give and this is personal for me is that it can
be spicier these two here.
It can be a little more spicy.
I'm more used to sambal that is spicier.
But this would be great for people who don't have a high tolerance of spice.
So it's catering to everyone.
Which is awesome.
I just prefer spicy sambal.
But I'll still take it.
Don't take this away from me.
It's still mine, I love it.
Okay the million dollar question.
Rachel what is your favorite sambal.
Oh goodness they're all really good.
Part of me wants to say sambal belacan.
But I think it's just because it's familiar.
I think it's because it's a flavor I know well.
I've eaten a lot of it.
The spice level is just perfect.
But honestly the one that surprised me so much was the petai.
You like sambal petai the best?
So I would say sambal petai.
Whoa.
That is like Malaysia level.
High level.
Because petai is a very acquired taste.
Lya, the fact that you made petai that she likes is an achievement by itself.
That's awesome.
What do you think the majority of Americans would like.
Oh hands down, this one, for sure.
Because it gives the allusion of spiciness without being super spicy.
And it's got lots of a little fun things in it.
And it has things that are familiar.
Like peanuts and potatoes.
That kinda would ease in people who aren't familiar with sambal into enjoying it.
Yeah especially peanuts because Americans like peanuts.
We do.
Guys, leave it down in the comment below, what is your favorite sambal?
And a sambal you think we should try.
We want to know, especially Rachel.
She hasn't tried a lot of different sambals so let us know.
Zae Zae, you wanna try some of the sambal?
Mhmm.
Here Daddy will give you some.
Some peanut sambal, k?
Why some peanut sambal?
Cuz there's like some peanuts in the sambal.
Try some.
How is that, is it good?
Mhmm.
Look at the camera and say, thank you Auntie Lya.
Thank you Auntie Lya.
Lya, thank you so much for sending all those goods over to us.
We really enjoyed the sambal and all the other goodies as well.
We cannot wait until one day to come over try all your other foods.
Hopefully when this pandemic is over.
If it's ever over.
But for all you guys watching, go over to Lya's page.
It's called Makan Buddy.
And show her some love there, alright?
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Thank you guys.
As always we love you so much, and we hope to see you in the next one, alright.
Bye.