One of the interesting food that I
come across while plying along the Tamparuli – Ranau road was 'sinalau bakas'
which simply means barbecued wild boar. This was truly an unexpected load of
goodness and fun. Of course, some of my students told me that the wild boar
meat could have been easily substituted by the actual local boar itself but the
one I had was authentically wild boar because I know the taste. It is gamey, chewy at times and slightly tougher than the local boar itself but nevertheless, good & pleasurably edible.
It was on the urging of Rusni and
SLing that we finally made a stop at one of the stall along the Jalan
Tamparuli- Ranau route. By that time, I have had no “sasau” meat in my system
and I am almost on the over-drive of shock and hypovolemic shaking due to
withdraw symptoms of not having any pork in my system! hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa………….. So, imagine my relief when we
made that stop for the sinalau bakas, man.
There were three stalls there and we
chose the centre one as the pieces were already on the grill and people seemed
to go there. As I arrived at the stall, I could see and smell that wonderful
choice cuts on the grill. They were simply in glistening colors of pinkish red
and I could see any rib meat pieces as they were bought by a local young lady
who carted them away when we arrived.
The seller, a young lady cut up a good
portion that cost us RM 5.00, sliced it up nicely, placed it on a special fish
grill contraption, sprinkled some salt, pepper and grilled it for a few
minutes. The anticipation was killing me as I looked lovingly towards the other
cut pieces on the grille. Finally after about 3 minutes, the meat was done and
they were put into a container with some sharp toothpicks to go with. There was
even a splash of diluted very potent chili sauce to go with it.
I remembered skewing up 3 pieces in a
row and my trusty co-driver, Rusni was there to feed me then. They all laughed
as I told them my vision had suddenly sharpened while my body parts and systems
seemed to be functioning at excellent level after the input of sinalau bakas. I
told them it was the new found magical and potent energy level source for me!
They could have sworn that I was happier and more energetic after consuming
sinalau bakas!
Well, all I could say is that it was
truly an experience I must thanked both Rusni and SLing for asking me to pull
over the road to have a sample of it. If not, I would have missed the best food
in the world that Sabah can offer! Yeah,man – Die Die must try one!
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