Hidangan hari raya

We have just had our 1Malaysia Hari Raya at school today. The feeling was great especially with those sporting mat salleh that came down with baju melayu. Well.. Only one that I saw. But nevermind lah!

The food spread was delicious and great except for the satay that was not accompanied with the kuah kacang. Mmm.. Peanut is not allowed in school for health reason. Sigh!

A friend told me her story of hidangan hari raya that she had this year. She was invited for a hari raya do on the 5th day of Syawal and was all excited about it. She was all ready for rendang, lemang, soto and etc, but dissapointed to see only spaghetti and its beef sauce among other kuih raya.

I could share her dissapointment but on the other hand, most people (nowadays) are talking about dieting most of the time and who would eat the oily rendang, the full fat lemang and neither the filling lontong anymore. Correct, right? Furthermore, if you have 3 open houses in a day and if all three serve the same dishes, would you still enjoy your lemang and rendang at the third house? No, right? No matter how delicious the rendang is, you would skip and opt for kerepek in the balang. Kan? Ha... Jangan tipu tau..

Hari raya food are so rich and full filling. I'd opt for more modernized food like satay & catered food myself. Lemang, though it is highly associated with hari raya; is normally out of my list. Nasi impit is a 'yes' as it can be eaten with satay or soto or it can stand alone with its kuah kacang. So i have more options with one dish. Tak gitu?

Anyhow, I enjoyed myself today with 5 sticks of satay, 2 pcs of roti jala, a piece of dodol, a piece of chicken rendang and couple of chocolate cookies. Oh! And 2 glasses of coke.

There goes my diet!!!