Dining With Jewelle

Ever since I married into hubby’s family, I have been introduced into many types of food which I have never heard or tried before. So from now on, I am going to feature some of the unusual (for me) food which I think is special to the Brunei Chinese and/or Sarawak Chinese.

One of their family favorite is a particular large fish which they called the “Sultan Fish“.

This type of fish is according to my parents in law, quite expensive and presumably is an exclusive favorite for the Brunei and Sarawak Chinese as I have never heard of this fish in Sabah. Perhaps it’s called a different name there, could this is be the “jelawat” fish?

My mother in law usually cooks this very simply. Steamed with dried fungus and ginger. However, I don’t quite fancy this fish because it is full of bones and the kind of bones which are very fine and quite invisible to the eyes until they poked you in the mouth.

Hubby knew of my terror with the bones and always very kindly find me parts with minimal bones and it was only recently that I started to enjoy eating this fish.

And I was surprised to finally discover that although it has the freshwater fish smell (mud), the flesh is very sweet.

I think if you like seafood and especially fish, you would like this particular one too.

When I was younger, my girlfriends and I used to discuss about the kind of men which interest us. Some of us would focus on the personality, some on his wealth and there are some who were particular about race.

But personally, I see not much of a reason for anyone to have issues with interracial dating.

Perhaps the reason why I’m so open about interracial dating is because in Sabah, we have so many races intermingling, from the various native groups to the immigrant races that sometimes we tend to forget our racial differences.

That is why I am quite amused to know that there is a dedicated dating site for interracial singles such as the Interracial Romance, as to me, race should not be a factor when it comes to finding that special person. It’s not like all men (or women) from a particular race will guarantee you happiness, isn’t it?

But I guess the point of this kind of site is to feature singles who is open to potential partner from other races. Maybe there are those who, through other dating sites, found a potential person only to be told that that person will not date someone not from their own race!

Anyway, if you are looking for romance and you are open to men (or women) from various races (or nationality), you can check out the Interracial Romance, where you can search and join for free.

Good luck!