Amazing Food at a Malaysian Wedding and a Surprise Durian

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Read the full blog post about attending this Malaysian wedding, the food, and the surprise durian One of the most memorable experiences I had when we were in Langkawi, Malaysia, was attending a local Malaysian wedding. It happened to be wedding season in Langakawi when we were there, and our guide Wan Kash, and driver Fami, said we could just stop by at a wedding on the side of the road, just to see it and maybe eat. So while we were driving around, we found a wedding one afternoon, and stopped in. The family was extremely welcoming and invited us into their home and generously gave us a feast to eat. Buffalo curry is one of the most well known foods to eat at a Malaysian wedding, and as soon as we arrived to the wedding the first thing I saw was the massive pan of buffalo curry slowly simmering away and being stirred not by a spoon, but by a paddle. The buffalo curry cook gave me a piece of the buffalo and it was incredibly soft and tender, and had an almost irony flavor and livery texture it was so soft. They invited us to sit down with all the cooks and the family and they soon dished us our a full wedding meal including all the dishes they were serving. There was the buffalo curry, red chicken curry, fried fish, a soup made with taro stems, and finally a yellow shredded mango salad. I scooped some of all the dishes onto my plate and got ready to start chowing down. All the food was incredible. One of my favorite dishes at this Malaysian wedding feast was the yellow mango salad which included shredded yellow mango, peanuts, sliced Chinese long beans and shallots, and what tasted like some toasted shredded coconut. The salad had a contrast of sweet and salty, and it tasted excellent with the rice and mixture of different curries. As we were eating, one of the ladies handed us a plate of Langkawi style laksa, thick rice udon noodles topped with a pureed fish curry, mixed with slices of cucumber and onions. The curry was similar to Penang laksa, but a bit different and it had a wonderful sour flavor to it. Our guide Wan Kash, as we were eating and making this video, showed some of the aunties our videos and youtube and they had seen that we loved durian so much. So literally, while we were still eating, someone went into the backyard of the house and picked a fresh durian, and handed me half. I knew there as durian somewhere near because of the undeniable aroma that immediately filled the outside air. The durian was perfectly ripe, sweet and butter with a slight bitter tinge. After eating, we then got to see a little bit of the Malaysian wedding ceremony, which was incredible to see. It was an amazing experience, and Im truly thankful for the opportunity to attend, experience, and enjoy the amazing food at this wedding in Langkawi. Thank you for the family
Date: 2019-08-19

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MRBISSKIZZ MARKETING
This is what we call gotong-royong kenduri kahwin, meaning the wedding program is done by the family with help by their neightbours. they do not request caterer or wedding planner to conduct and arrange their ceremony. And the curry in the big pots is called gulai kawah either mutton or beef add with potatoes, carrot and other vegetables. The rice is prepared either cooked or steamed by adding beef stocks prepared early. One more thing, they add bamboo shoots in the curry. The yellow manggo dishes we call it kerabu mangga or pickles. Rice noodle or LAKSA.
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Jjang Jjang Man Bboong Bboong
I'm a Malaysian and if i could get married again, i would choose to do the ceremony in my kampung (village) instead of hotel bcs, i love how the peoples in kampung gathering and work together for your wedding, they cook together, laugh and eat together, get to know each other, work on your wedding together without hoping you to pay them bcs they just want to help you and enjoy your wedding. The budget you spent for wedding in hotel, you could feed more than 1000 guest in kampung.
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Stan Chill
Thanking the family is nice, praising their hospitality is awesome, but tell us did you return the gesture in anyway? Did you give them back a wedding gift? I know this stop was unexpected, so in a roadside village, you couldn't have really bought a wedding gift. But where there's a will there's a way. You can shop online. You could have ordered a nice wedding present there with their delivery address and insisting they accept.
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pracxis sr
i was conducting my sister's wedding 2 years ago, and there was a european couple stoped just near our wedding party as they had a punchured bicycle wheel. we invited them to our humble wedding party and we are friends since then. We met again while i was traveling to Ireland last year and had a good home dinner at their's.
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Kiki Choksi
Mark Wiens love your video but you need to have some manners and go back to school to learn how to eat, not to spread your wings to stuff your mouth, when you drink a spoon of soup dont put the whole spoon in your mouth, slurp your soup watch your own wife she eats like a lady, not like you, learn to eat properly
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Wer Rew
Well Mark this is really cultural food the food for restaurant are made to please our plalet. But a wedding food is much natural and freshly prepare I am sure you must fell the differenceBeside there is much love in the occasionAgain Mark Suprise us with his video of love and travelling THANK YOU MARKLOVE YOU
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Cikgu Mazli
I was born in Malaysia but live & work in Singapore. My families are living both in Malaysia & Singapore. However, I still travel back regularly because of the yummilicious food, family, Malaysian hospitality & the rich culture. No matter where I go. Malaysia is still in my heart.
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Songs Mirth
How very kind Wow. I have found that there are always some bad people who will try to rip you off but all in all, there are gracious, sweet people like this. Beautiful bride and great colors. :) Thanks for this experiancing with you. :) From Missoula, Montana, USA: ) Songsmirth
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Hayalperest
Damn had always wanted to hold our wedding in Malaysia. Being a Singaporean that has ties to Malaysian roots, I cant deny the fact that wedding expenses there are waaaaay cheaper. We have to struggle to make ends meet here in SG, what more to hold a wedding.
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byteme9718
Malay wedding food is served on a pay basis. Not surprising when it is common for many hundreds of people to attend even a simple wedding. I hope he discretely pass the brides father payment. I quickly lost count of how many weddings I attended.
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