This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. Each post will be associated with a letter of the alphabet with the theme ‘Malaysiana‘
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The first time I tried otak-otak (o-tuck-o-tuck) was when I was in college and a friend brought a few of them back with her after a weekend at her hometown. I remember being asked if I wanted some otak-otak and I went “Wha….???”
Otak-otak, I later learned, is ground fish meat, tapioca starch and various spices. This mixture is then shaped and placed inside banana or coconut leaf, after which it’s grilled. Though it was a strange and new delicacy for me in the beginning, I grew to love it. At the time, whenever friends would leave for their hometown for the weekend, I’d ask if they could bring back some otak-otak.
Oh, otak-otak translates to “brain-brain” 😀
Do you think you’d be game to try a dish called “brain-brain”?
WORDS from SONOBE 
I’d insist on knowing what part of the fish was ground up lah.
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All the parts lah 🙂 including the head!
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Nope, not eating fish heads!
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I’m using willing to try anything other people are eating and enjoying.. This sounds weird, but I’d give it a try.
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Tossing It Out
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Well, think of it as just minced meat (replace meat with fish) 🙂
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Oh I love that O is for otak-otak (and all other posts that are food related)! Let’s have it for lunch one day when we meet 🙂
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Where can we get otak-otak also I don’t know…
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Otak Otak is Yum!
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Yep, most of them are! 😀
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As long as I know there are no actual brains in it, I would definitely give it a try! 🙂
Zombies may be annoyed to find there are no brains included. 😀
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I can’t guarantee there aren’t any brains…
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I’ll take my chances! 🙂
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