during my time at sarawak, i always tried new food. their cuisines are different from what i always consume here. sarawak nasi lemak is being served with salted fish. i loved their forest vegetables like midin and their pansoh manok (chicken cooked in bamboo).
then i stumble upon this one tiny creature, ulat mulong or sago. i heard about it before. some people said that it taste very soft and rich and fatty. it can either being consume raw (alive) or cooked. usually people either stir fried it with butter or grill it. so i dare myself to tried one of this. i bought 5 nos of ulat mulong at pasar satok. my adopted mother teach me how to cook it. simple just saute with butter or margarine.
when i consume it, i felt somehow disappointed. the taste was not up to my expectation. it taste almost similar like dried prawn. a bit salty and that's all. nothing special. or maybe i over cooked it.
a few minutes after that i felt itchy the whole body. i looked into the mirror and saw my face like alien. oh god what happen to me.. am i had an allergic reaction? my adopted parents rushing to the hospital. on the way i felt hard to breathe, my dad so worried up until he stop at the morgue house. wrong place.... he then brought me to the emergency ward. there all the nurses and the doctor was shock when heard the cause of my allergic. some of them just laugh and some asked me what were i think even them the sarawakian doesn't eat that thing. they give a jab and worts.... at the wrong place. my hand was so hurt i almost cried. i can't even moved my hand. stupid nurse i mumble. then i fell a sleep. after i feel better, i went back.
up until today my adopted parents still remember this moments and me too. i miss them so much. i miss sarawak so much. hope in the future i able to go there again and of course eat ulat mulong again. but this time i want to eat it alive.... yeay....
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