Malaysian food

Malaysian Food is not one particular distinction of food but a culinary diversity originating from it's multi-ethnic population of Malay, Indian, Eurasian, Chinese, Nyonya and the Indigenous peoples of Borneo. A brief look into the past and how this multi-ethnic country came to be, is essential in order to comprehend how such a cosmic array of food, has now come to be known all over the world as 'Malaysian Food'. Presented here are some of the various delicious and popular dishes from this rainbow of gastronomic spectrum, with pictures and detailed recipes, from each unique ethnic kitchen.

Taken from http://www.malaysianfood.net/

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Batik

Batik merupakan satu bidang kraftangan yang unggul di Malaysia. Sejak abad ke 15 Masihi lagi manusia telah menemui kaedah pembuatan batik secara tradisional. Pada masa dahulu, masyarakat Melayu menggunakan ubi kentang sebagai alat pengecap tetapi kini kain batik telah diusahakan dengan menggunakan alat-alat moden. Batik mula diperkenalkan di negara kita khususnya di negeri Kelantan sejak tahun 1910 lagi. Batik berasal dari Indonesia dan terbit dari perkataan Jawa 'tik' yang bermaksud menitik atau menulis titik-titik. Ambatik pula bermaksud melukis, menulis, mewarna atau menitik. Di alam Melayu, sejenis batik yang dipanggil Batik Pelangi telah diperkenalkan sejak tahun 1770-an lagi. Di Malaysia kebanyakan kilang perusahaan batik banyak terdapat di Kelantan dan Terengganu.

Penduduk di negara kita menggunakan batik secara meluas. Batik digunakan untuk membuat baju, kain sarung atau batik lepas. Sebagai contoh, pakaian seragam pramugari kapal terbang MAS dibuat daripada batik. Batik juga digunakan dalam majlis-majlis formal dan majlis keramaian. Selain dibuat pakaian, batik juga digunakan sebagai hiasan seperti alas meja, cadar, sarung kusyen, tudung kepala, alas televisyen dan lain-lain lagi. Batik boleh dibeli dengan harga yang murah dan berpatutan. Batik begitu digemari pelancong-pelancong asing kerana coraknya yang menarik dan unik. Ia sering dijadikan buah tangan untuk dibawa pulang ke negara masing-masing.

Nicol David

Born in 1983 in Penang, Nicol Ann David is a role model to the youths of Malaysia and around the world. She is

also one reason Malaysia is known in the international arena. She has played against squash players from

New Zealand, England, Australia, Holland and Egypt and has beaten many of them numerous times to clinch

championship titles. Today, she is ranked number one in the world.

She is the only squash player to have won the World Junior title twice. Nicol began playing squash at the age

of five, and began her formal training at the age of eight. Nicol was the youngest ever player to win the

Women’s World Junior Championships. The success came to her at the age of fifteen. Her first international

tournament and first international win was in 1994 in Hong Kong in the Under 13 event. She joined the WISPA

Professional circuit in 2000 where she won her first WISPA tournament in the Finish Open in 2000.

Since then, she has winning in many other tournaments like the Malaysia Open, Dutch Open, Tioneer Open,

Women’s Junior Squash Open, British Open and CIMB Open to maintain her number one position in the world

rankings. For her consistent performances and continual achievements, she was awarded the ‘Datukship’

award. Now, she is known as Datuk Nicol Ann David.

Many youths of Malaysia and around the world look up to her as a role model due to her admirable squash

achievements, her academic excellence and her all-round pleasing manner. Nicol showed that it is possible to

achieve victory if the mind is focused and there is a commitment to bring glory to our country, Malaysia.