I love Lapar. Great review. I’m never disappointed. I don’t eat meat too but my family do and they love all the meat dishes too. The chicken wings are a big love of my teenage boys.
Yes I did. I really enjoyed it. I’ve had jackfruit before but this was so different I loved how well it worked in a curry, such a refreshing change for vegan food.
Vegan Rendang, never heard of it, as a Malaysian it doesnt even look like rendang, its supposed to be coated in thick coconut milk sauce. Jackfruit curry is not common more popular in Indonesia i think. The only thing that looked authentic is cokodok/jemput jemput. maybe the jackfruit stuff too but didnt get a good look at it. Are they really Malaysian dishes it reeks of cultural appropriation . Gawd i dont mean to sound negative not trying to offend anyone just being honest here. *Update - After talk with the owner all of this is actually authentic - when all things considered , she's making the best of whats available locally, my humble apologies i was just concerned and its been explained to me . Go and eat at Lapar at Preston's indoor market.
The owner is a professional Malaysian chef, I think from Johor Bahru, who was a contestant on the Malaysian Masterchef in 2011, eliminated during the last 40. Cultural appropriation is therefore not the case. However, you're right, vegan rendang is something the chef introduced to the menu to give people who don't eat meat an extra option (the menu is very small as I mention), and at no point has she said it's traditional, quite the opposite. I appreciate your input on the matter though, and certainly look forward to trying more Malaysian food when the lockdown ends!
@@TheBestTravelChannel Its just my observation, i still think its ok to veganize things but i cant get over how it look . I can see how it can be made vegan by using pressed tofu or tempeh or even jackfruit and thats ok perfect even, rendang "rempah" spice is mostly vegan anyways. Its missing the look possibly the taste too and to call it rendang feels like appropriation to me. It should be called something else maybe rendang inspired vegan stew perhaps. Its like i show you pizza and i call it Chinese fried rice. If i was there at that place i will have a good talk with the chef.
It could be argued that if something is a stew like a rendang and is flavoured like a rendang, then it's a rendang, right? Pizza on the other hand isn't a rice dish like Chinese rice and isn't accompanied by anything used in Chinese rice, so it isn't rice any day of the week. Aside from rendang, which Malaysian food do you recommend? I have plans for another Malaysian food video in the near future.
@@TheBestTravelChannel have you ever heard of uncle roger- he can explain this better than i can in his funny video on youtube? and non western culture food is associated with a long history of identity and tradition. You cant call something because its flavored similarly. I think some Italians from Italy would also agree. They wouldnt see American pizza as pizza to them pizza is done in a very specific way the sauce is cooked using traditional family recipe. Its difficult to explain this again this is all relating to cultural appropriation. As for the Chinese fried rice analogy thats exactly just it for that rendang. None of that is what a rendang is any day of the week. You say it taste like rendang but rendang has thick coconut cream sauce all over flavored with toasted coconut flakes we call Kerisik.(this is all vegan by the way except for the red meat) along with shallots, turmeric, galangal and lemon grass some have dry aromatics. These are essential components by the look of it doesnt even have the right texture and color. Anyways i would recommend "Laksa" and "Nasi lemak" which is the traditional breakfast and national dish or even Hainanese chicken rice or Roti canai/Malaysian paratha flat but flakey bread with dal curry with pulled tea (the last one for sure vegan). It would be difficult to find vegan laksa but i have seen it around. We have a few types of Laksa Laksa lemak (with curried seafood broth in coconut milk) and laksa asam (with tamarind broth with minced Mackrel). i have to edit this one Roti is vegetarian as it does use a bit of condense milk in the dough.
Hi. I am the chef and the owner of Lapar. I can guarantee you that nothing of my food been bastardised to fit in English tastebud. Saya orang Melayu dan saya buat cara orang Melayu. And yes, we don't have vegan rendang but I create ld thia so my non meat eater customers can have a taste of if. What's wrong with improvise things? Come to Lapar and have a taste of it rather than straight condemn it. Also, Nigel Ng is not a chef.
Amaaaaazing video! Love all your content! Do you have a blog?
Gonna have to go... seen it in Preston before and now I’m wanting to try as I’m getting hungry
I highly recommend it!
I love Lapar. Great review. I’m never disappointed. I don’t eat meat too but my family do and they love all the meat dishes too. The chicken wings are a big love of my teenage boys.
Thank you! Did you try the jackfruit curry yesterday?
Yes I did. I really enjoyed it. I’ve had jackfruit before but this was so different I loved how well it worked in a curry, such a refreshing change for vegan food.
nice video :)
Thank you!
Vegan Rendang, never heard of it, as a Malaysian it doesnt even look like rendang, its supposed to be coated in thick coconut milk sauce. Jackfruit curry is not common more popular in Indonesia i think. The only thing that looked authentic is cokodok/jemput jemput. maybe the jackfruit stuff too but didnt get a good look at it. Are they really Malaysian dishes it reeks of cultural appropriation . Gawd i dont mean to sound negative not trying to offend anyone just being honest here. *Update - After talk with the owner all of this is actually authentic - when all things considered , she's making the best of whats available locally, my humble apologies i was just concerned and its been explained to me . Go and eat at Lapar at Preston's indoor market.
The owner is a professional Malaysian chef, I think from Johor Bahru, who was a contestant on the Malaysian Masterchef in 2011, eliminated during the last 40. Cultural appropriation is therefore not the case.
However, you're right, vegan rendang is something the chef introduced to the menu to give people who don't eat meat an extra option (the menu is very small as I mention), and at no point has she said it's traditional, quite the opposite.
I appreciate your input on the matter though, and certainly look forward to trying more Malaysian food when the lockdown ends!
@@TheBestTravelChannel Its just my observation, i still think its ok to veganize things but i cant get over how it look . I can see how it can be made vegan by using pressed tofu or tempeh or even jackfruit and thats ok perfect even, rendang "rempah" spice is mostly vegan anyways. Its missing the look possibly the taste too and to call it rendang feels like appropriation to me. It should be called something else maybe rendang inspired vegan stew perhaps. Its like i show you pizza and i call it Chinese fried rice. If i was there at that place i will have a good talk with the chef.
It could be argued that if something is a stew like a rendang and is flavoured like a rendang, then it's a rendang, right?
Pizza on the other hand isn't a rice dish like Chinese rice and isn't accompanied by anything used in Chinese rice, so it isn't rice any day of the week.
Aside from rendang, which Malaysian food do you recommend? I have plans for another Malaysian food video in the near future.
@@TheBestTravelChannel have you ever heard of uncle roger- he can explain this better than i can in his funny video on youtube? and non western culture food is associated with a long history of identity and tradition. You cant call something because its flavored similarly. I think some Italians from Italy would also agree. They wouldnt see American pizza as pizza to them pizza is done in a very specific way the sauce is cooked using traditional family recipe. Its difficult to explain this again this is all relating to cultural appropriation. As for the Chinese fried rice analogy thats exactly just it for that rendang. None of that is what a rendang is any day of the week. You say it taste like rendang but rendang has thick coconut cream sauce all over flavored with toasted coconut flakes we call Kerisik.(this is all vegan by the way except for the red meat) along with shallots, turmeric, galangal and lemon grass some have dry aromatics. These are essential components by the look of it doesnt even have the right texture and color. Anyways i would recommend "Laksa" and "Nasi lemak" which is the traditional breakfast and national dish or even Hainanese chicken rice or Roti canai/Malaysian paratha flat but flakey bread with dal curry with pulled tea (the last one for sure vegan). It would be difficult to find vegan laksa but i have seen it around. We have a few types of Laksa Laksa lemak (with curried seafood broth in coconut milk) and laksa asam (with tamarind broth with minced Mackrel). i have to edit this one Roti is vegetarian as it does use a bit of condense milk in the dough.
Hi. I am the chef and the owner of Lapar. I can guarantee you that nothing of my food been bastardised to fit in English tastebud. Saya orang Melayu dan saya buat cara orang Melayu. And yes, we don't have vegan rendang but I create ld thia so my non meat eater customers can have a taste of if. What's wrong with improvise things? Come to Lapar and have a taste of it rather than straight condemn it. Also, Nigel Ng is not a chef.