(excerpt from a chat about a trip to Tioman Island)
kenterong
otherwise, i'd love to see the underwater life at tioman
me
but looks like it's just going to be a snorkeling visit [we were just discussing the budget; none for SCUBA]
kenterong
tioman would be an excellent start
me
i've been to tioman
while snorkeling i took off my life jacket and dived in
kenterong
i see
me
of course, tak lah dalam sangat [trans: not in deep waters]
kenterong
anyways
that's just one aspect of the whole thing
me
lots of interesting fish.... but i figure to enjoy it more i'd have to start looking at some fish pictures
kenterong
haha yeah
i get that a lot
me
at least i'll know what i'm looking at, and when to run
kenterong
i'd go, ooh nice fish
tapi tak sure nama dia apa [trans: but I'll be damned if I know what it was]
hehe
i went on a dive where one of the fish attacked another diver
kenterong
quite belligerent triggerfish
me
tu lah....... errkhhh i don't even know what a triggerfish is
can eat?
kenterong
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Hello! I'm Malaysian and the first thing I think about when encountering a new animal species is, Can I eat it?
11 comments:
hehe!
can eat!
i think... parrot fish oso can eat. quite tasty. and colourful.
first time (and the only time, so far) i went snorkelling, i jumped in feeling like waaaa.. i'm so cool with my snorkelling mask and snorkel.
3 days later when we landed on shore again, i realised people go snorkelling with life jackets and fins.
and we were in the middle of the ocean. and i mean middle! because everybody else on the boat were divers!!!
-marlene-
i used to laugh so much at malaysian nature society meetings because no matter what the topic (fungi, barn owls) someone would always ask in all serious "can you eat it?"
marlene: Back to basics! float or perish.
bibliobibuli: There's always going to be one isn't there? I would probably be one... I wondered the same thing about the giant squid -- the Ultimate Sotong Kangkong -- but apparently giant cephalopods taste like floor cleaner. Cannot eat!
Hehehehe! Hi Machinist first time leaving a comment here. ^_^
Among us Malaysian Chinese, it's quite (in)famous that those from China will eat anything since there Chinese herbal delicacies such as flying fox soup, tortoise shell soup, tiger paw soup, stir fried dogs, and all manner of unimaginable animals.
Of course, the Thais too have unusual tastebuds as well - what with their famous creepy crawlies turned into junk food and snacks...
I'm game to try anything as long as it doesn't make me puke...
Hi Eternal Wanderer,
I was watching this gecko/iguana/chameleon critter stalking its lunch (and getting it!) on Animal Planet the other day -- a grasshopper. A big one. Yummy, crunchy. I started to salivate because the lizard looked to be enjoying itself so much! I had to content myself with unshelled shrimps.
Was in Shanghai a while ago, and it was the first time I saw people eating unhatched chicks ('baluds', I believe they're called.) You can get them at every other corner shop, boiled in a strange herbal concoction and kept piping hot in electric cookers on the shop counters. The smell was nauseatingly cloying -- I found myself rushing into and out of shops and holding my breath. Outside, people would be biting into their baluds... with the feathers still on the premature chicks!
No I don't think I can eat that. Flying fox sounds yummy though. And those Thai deep-fried spiders... or are those Burmese?
Just another trivia-
A korean friend told me that sotong means 'cow dunk' in korean.
ah baluts.
they are famous in philippines too i hear
mmm. and i myself was wondering whether triggerfish would taste nice batter fried ala fish & chips style ;)
Welcome BlogMalaysia surfers!
Did go to Tioman. Seafood there is awesome. Three squid meals a day. Yeah!
And someone told me that yes, you'd be surprised how some of the other kinds of non-commercial fish are so good to eat!
the sad thing is that, somebody out there WILL pay and eat it, saying all kinds of illogical benefits - just imagine what they might say the 'trigger' is good for.
I knew my son was a Malaysian when he asked if one could eat a dinosaur! Yes, that is part of our Malaysian make up. He is still a little Ausssie (with a Malaysian Punjabi Australian father & a Malaysian Chinese Australian mother) and like his sister loves food - Austrian, modern Australian, Burmese, Greek, Indian (north & south), Italian, Indonesian,Thai,Turkish,Vietnamese,etc. Warm wishes for the Lunar New Year from Australian Migration Planners, Harbord (in north Sydney).
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