Kaya yog dab tsi? Ib qho Khoom Cuab Yeej Zaub Mov los ntawm Malaysia cov Colonial History
Quav kias, kas fes thiab qe nqaij hauv Ya Kun Kopitiam, Singapore. Image © Mike Aquino, muab ntawv pov thawj rau hauv.com Thaum Malaysia thiab Singapore muaj ob leeg succumbed rau lub khw muag khoom hauv cov lag luam hauv Southeast Asia, qhov pockets ntawm ob lub teb chaws muaj resisted - thiab nws yog peb cov nyiaj pab tias qhov kev ua haujlwm tseem ua mus, vim tsis muaj nws, peb yuav tsum deprived ntawm kopitiam staples li roti kaya .
Kev noj qab haus huv yog kev noj tshais ib pluag tshais raws li koj tuaj yeem tau nyob hauv nroog Malaysia thiab Singapore: ib qho yooj yim phaj ntawm toasted qhob cij, margarine, thiab kaya kis mus rau qhov zoo heev nrog lub zog Liberica kas fes nkawm ntawm kopitiam regulars. (Nyeem txog Singapore kopitiam .)
Kaya kis tau los ntawm peb ntawm Peranakan, los yog lub koom txoos Malay-Suav zej zog ntawm kev ntseeg dhau los, nws cov nyony (cov poj niam zoo nkauj rau Peranakans) ua rau lub plhaub qav ntawm txiv maj phaub, qe, thiab qab zib. (Nyeem ntxiv: daim ntawv qhia rau kaya txiv maj phaub jam.) Kaya nyob rau hauv lub palm-qab zib hauv Melaka yog xim daj, ua tsaug rau cov nyiaj ntau ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo hauv cov ntse; lwm qhov chaw ntawm Malaysia tshwj xeeb nyob rau hauv ntsuab kaya , uas muab nws cov xim los ntawm kev siv ntawm pandan (screwpine) nplooj ntoos.
"Ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb yog tsis muaj kev ua hauj lwm yooj yim - nws yuav siv sij hawm ntev, ntev," Pauline Lee ncig txog kev paub txog Pauline Lee piav qhia rau peb, thaum peb xav txog Lai Foong Kopitiam cov ntawv qhia. "[Nws muaj siab] thickness, sib npaug, zoo sawv daws ua los ntawm ib nyonya. [No yog yuav ua li cas qhia ib] zoo kaya - koj muab rab diav hauv nws, nws tsis tsiv." (Nyeem txog Pauline Lee txoj kev ncig xyuas zaub mov ntawm Petaling Street hauv Kuala Lumpur Chinatown .)
Uas piav qhia txog yog vim li cas tiag kaya zoo li yuav nyuab dua thiab nyuab dua yog tias koj tab tom nrhiav nws nyob rau hauv Singapore thiab Malaysia: nws tsis yog poob ntawm cov tsoos Peranakan lifestyles uas ua nws, nws yog lub sij hawm uas ua tiag tiag kaya noj tau: xuab moos thaum lub sij hawm ntawm stirring thickening qe-thiab-txiv maj phaub slurry cia li tsis rov hais dua mus rau hnub no lub go-go-go tiam.
Koj tseem tuaj yeem mus kav khw hauv Singapore thiab Malaysia thiab nrhiav kev tawm hauv lub tshav ntuj, tab sis muaj tseeb tiag kaya enthusiasts yws txog nws cov thinner sib npaug thiab saj. Lub kopitiam thoob plaws Singapore thiab Malaysia tseem yog koj qhov thawj koom ruam zoo tshaj plaws rau feem ntau cov qhab nia kaya kev - yam uas txawm nyonyas los ntawm centuries dhau los pom zoo.