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Day 26 (Malaysia): Last Meal, How to Make Udon Noodles from Scratch and Aero Beauty

Durians. Stinky fruit. One time I saw an episode of Fear Factor where he contestants had to choose between eating insects and durian.  They chose the insects.

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My relatives have a durian tree in the backyard. They got really ripe, so we had to open and eat them before the ants got through the cracks. Continue reading

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Day 1 (Malaysia): The glorious food journey begins.

Be warned. This is a long post with lots of pictures of delicious food.

That said, we begin with my dinner on the Air Asia flight to Malaysia from the Gold Coast.

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As a kid, I loved plane food. All the different compartments were like bento boxes, super fun.

This… less fun. I’d ordered the vegetarian meal, and thus got vegetarian lasagna. The quality was akin to a frozen meal – oily tomato sauce packed with dried herbs, more cheese than pasta, overcooked spinach and what I presume were two thin slices of mushroom. The meal also came with a bottle of water, handy given my sore throat.

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