Ode to My Comfort Food

Only one person in the entire neighbourhood has seen me at my worst in the mornings: deviod of coffee, lack of sleep and in hobo rumpled clothes; my favourite Nasi Lemak Lady. I call her Auntie instead of Makcik cause I am retarded that way.

And for THREE MONTHS she went away for a holdiday and didnt inform me!!! I thought she had left me forever!!! Abandonment issues arose, self-esteem plummeted and I went into withdrawal. SOB!!!!

But joy of joys, Auntie returneth today and so I rededicate MY ODE TO MY NASI LEMAK LADY previously published in a different space in 2007:

ODE TO MY NASI LEMAK LADY

SS3’s best kept secret

Is the makcik by the road side thicket

Peddling her nourishing ‘fatty rice’

And side dishes prepared with spice

Ikan bilis

Mixed in red paste chillies

Nasi with santan

Kangkung with no belacan

Crispy crunchy kacang

Goes well with the beef rendang

Sod the warning to fight heart disease

Sotong sambal- janggut only please

Limpa fried chewy and sinful

Kerang rendang also delightful

Curry chicken kuah

Make waistlines look like ‘bertuah’

Ya lar- eat already become dumpy

The Chinese sign of prosperity

Eggs boiled and cucumber slices

bungkus in banana leaf devices

All not so pedas

So I makan till I puas-puas


And i dedicate the Animaniacs BURP SONG as ending footnote :)