will you ever try to eat this...

isn't this looks distasteful enough to be featured in the Bizarre Food?? 

i think Mr Zimmern would like it XD

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you might be wondering.. what is that bizarre, green, nodular creature in the picture above.. don't worry i found it awfully bizarre too.. but looking at the background.. isn't that some kind of.. fried fish? haha. i think you might get the idea now:P

i've encountered with that thing, thanks to my recent trip to the fish monger..

btw this is bolti fish/tilapia nilotica. one of the very few variety of fish you can find here in mansoura. as suggested by it's name, the fish is freshly caught from the Nile river. if you make a trip to the fish monger, you can find small bolti fish, medium-sized bolti fish, and large bolti fish. that's how boring the selection is. hehe. and also this fish below, mullet. google gambar sat.. lupa nak tangkap. so these two are the default fish at the local fish monger..

and... once in a blue moon, you will come across other fish than the default fish. this time, it is the catfish. and they're usually XL sized catfish. gemok-gemok plak tu. look at them.. yummeh?

so once in a blue moon jugak.. i feel like eating keli goreng garing2.. bought nus kilo (half). pakcik tu x percaya plak saya nak ikan keli.. malaysians bela dlm kolam tepi rumah lagi ye pakcik.. i think even arabs pun x brapa makan ikan keli..kan?

pakcik ikan mengerjakan the kelis.. normally kos menyiang ikan bagi sekilo adalah LE 1, but for catfish bayarannya LE 5. ok faham.. susah ye nak mematikan n menyiang ikan ni. veeryy tough and slimy.

rupa-rupanya keli tu gemok sebab ini:

pakcik ikan: " kamu makan dgn roti" sambil buat gaya cicah-cicah. me: "err......." was-was. tapi takpelah, ambik jugak..

dikunyit dan garamkan.. termasuk la dgn telor2 sekali. bila lagi nak rasa telur ikan keli. hehe

keli goreng with that creepy green thing, which is it's roe.. nampak macam.. lumut?? sampai minyak pun jadi kaler ijau.. haish.. terus kena dump into the sink. camne eh rasa dia.. umm.. the physical appearance sememangnya membantutkan selera lah.. i'm not a big fan of ikan sungai.. sebab hanyir sikit kan.. kalau makan ikan keli kena basuh bersih2 n goreng garing2 sebab nak hilangkan hanyir dia.. so.. can you imagine, how ppl like me are supposed to enjoy the catfish roe? just makan beberapa cubit sbb nak rasa. n sambil makan sambil imagine the slimy, alive catfish..

anyway i'm giving myself an A+ sebab berani mencuba. hahaha. but i guess sama je macam normal fish roe.. except the extra fishy taste la kan... the avid fans of keli might like it. how bout you? XD

makan keli goreng dgn nasi n air asam with loadss of coriander.. love it that way ;)

dan sayur-sayuran.. ok.. macam nak bagi makan seploh orang..

so, Mr Zimmern, lepas tak masuk rancangan anda? haha. even durian pun boleh masuk. takkan ini tak boleh. tsk tsk.

selingan. member kepada Zimmern. satu-satunya lelaki berpangkat atok yang aku rasa masih handsome.