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Our guides harvested the palm heart for the group’s dinner I have heard a lot about harvesting the heart of palm, locally known as ‘Umbut’ as jungle food. This umbut has often been listed as one of the survival food in the jungle. In my years of traveling, I have not come across this Umbut, [...] The Lembeh fruits at the ‘armpit’ of the plant An Orang Asal guide once told me that jungle plant Lembeh (the Curculigo species) bears fruits that once eaten will make plain water taste sweet (through drinking) for hours later on. I did not have the opportunity to taste the Lembeh fruits back then because all [...] There's 'em water in the bamboo grass “Bamboo is another sure source of drinking water in the jungle”…well, that’s what people say anyway. So, we decided to give it a go to see how true it is during a recent walk in the jungle. Fish never tasted better! Jungle cooked fishes are the [...] Jungle cooking in Malaysia during a fishing trip with an Orang Asli guide. The fish we just caught ended up as lunch. Our guide handled the whole process so efficiently. It was a really good experience. [...]
Cooking food using natural wood Coming together on big occasions and helping each other out seems to be a norm in most small, tightly knit communities. Such is the case of one particular Orang Asli in the Bera region in the state of Pahang.
I was fortunate to be part [...] An impromptu lake fishing trip turned out to be very satisfying for Meun and Keong in Pahang, Malaysia [...] I bought a plate of Buah Jering (Pithecellobium jiringa) from the Slim River wet market on my way to Tibang waterfall . Mind you, this is no ordinary Buah Jering. These few fruits have been planted in the ground till they grow shoots, which supposingly makes the fruit even tastier! RM1 for a plate of [...] I had the opportunity to witness and experience first hand some of the traditional ways of the Semelai people during one of my recent rainforest adventures. I have always been intrigued by how aborigines (Orang Asal) co-exist with the natural world around me. In fact, one of my dream is to spend weeks [...] Joining two enthusiastic friends, I recently visited a tranquil and almost hypnotic inland natural freshwater lake in the state of Pahang. Unlike the man made Tasik Kenyir in Terengganu, my experience at this natural freshwater lake gave me an insight to how life may have been hundred years ago. We started our journey in the evening. [...] |
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