#JOURNAL 2: taste of the food

Among Malaysian people, we tend to eat the same food and drinks since we are living in the same country yet, different in terms of the taste and how about the ways of preparing the food? Is it same or different? Which one you prefer the most? Spicy or original and where are you come from?

Actually, by knowing someone’s hometown we can detect their preference in selecting their food. People who come from different state have their own preferences in serving a food and eat the taste that they like. For example, people from Negeri Sembilan like spicy foods, and people from Kelantan like food which contains lots of sugar the most.

Thus, when we have different taste of certain food, of course the way we serve the food also different.  Based on my experience last two weeks, I have to cook for my members of the club and I being paired with Kelantanesse friends. That is my first time cook with a friend of mine from Kelantan and at first we are fine with everything and when she testing the food that I made, she keep on complaining. Because she was professional in cooking, I follow her style in cooking. We are sharing and comparing our methods in cooking and finally when the food has done, people praising her for be the best cooker. 

Here, acceptance is really important as to avoid any fight and any miscommunication issue. My grandmother once has said that “Manusia ni ada macam-macam warna”. Meaning, people comes from various places, brought up by different environment and different method so as a result they being a different person and sometimes in our culture, thing that cannot be done is permissible in other’s culture.

So, as for the counselor, things like this should be taking into considerations and even though its look likes a small issue, it might be a big issue to others.

Since I wrote all these based on my observation and experience, there is no link I will attach here and correct me if I am wrong as I just live in this world compared to you who has travel a lot and your experience is gazillion more than me. 

thank you.