Qi Ji

That my friends is a Nasi Lemak. And I want to use this blog to tell my friends and family to try it. Yes,it looks weird. Yes, it tastes weird. And yes, those little brown things are crispy anchovies. But besides the food, I would like to also talk about lessons that I have learnt while eating Nasi Lemak.

The first being never listen to your wife who is not from Singapore when she tells you that a semi-local dish is good. Traditionally, and like a great boyfriend that I am to my wife, I generally believe everything she tells me, so it was about to pour and we are there at Marina Square wondering what to eat. I was thinking about the food court (yes, I do eat at a food court) but since my wife already ate her lunch ( clue no. 1), she suggested that we eat, wait, I eat there.

Second lesson is never under estimate the power of condiments. In this case here, was belachan chili. It was missing and it was my choice. It became my fault. The Nasi Lemak was okay. It was just too plain. It needed something to spice it up but I only realized it when I completed the plate in 3 mouthfuls (clue no. 2 - i tend to eat food that are not delicious very quickly so that I can forget about it.)

And the last and most important lesson I have learnt at Qi Ji, was well, eat Nasi Lemak at a place where they don't charge SGD $5.50 for something that can be $3.50 at the food court or cheaper at the hawker center. The thing wasn't bad, but it was Nasi Lemak purgatory. Never eat at a place that claims to serve local food when it actually specializes in something that is not Nasi Lemak related. (clue no. 3 )

Critic Out.