Malaysian Hainanese promote Hainan Nanyang culture with delicious food
mention the two words "Hainan", and people in China will naturally think of the famous Wenchang chicken or coconut rice . However, in Malaysia , the locally famous Hainan cuisine is not Wenchang chicken, but " Hainan Chicken Rice ". If we want to say that the origin of Hainan chicken rice is Wenchang chicken, there is actually no incongruity, because its overall taste and color are very similar to that of Wenchang chicken, so the origin of Hainanese chicken rice and the history of Hainanese migration to Southeast Asia have a close origin.
It is said that Qinglan Port in Wenchang County was the cross-border mouth of the Hainanese in the early 19th century. Hainanese came to Malaysia by sailing boats around the island. Compared with their ancestral homes in Fujian and Guangdong, Hainanese migrated to Southeast Asia later, and most of the industries on the market have been dominated by ancestors of other origins. Therefore, most of them are employed by British colonists or local wealthy Chinese as chefs or family servants. With the integration of local food culture, combined with the cooking skills of the early Hainanese people themselves and their hometown characteristics, unique Hainanese foods are fragrant and very popular, such as: Hainan chicken chops that combine Chinese and Western styles, Hainan chicken rice that resembles Wenchang chicken, Hainan coffee with fragrant Hainanese coffee, toast with kalal cream, and many Nanyang dishes that have been developed and created by authentic Hainanese people.
retains the memory of Hainanese taking root
In Malaysia, there is a lady from Hainan who is in love with her hometown. In order to preserve the traditional taste and memory of Hainanese taking root, she opened a cafe called "Hainan Township" to allow such a good taste to be passed on.
【Hainan Township】The birth of the cafe is closely related to a Hainan tea room that has been in business for 59 years. The famous old tea room is located on one of the most beautiful islands in Malaysia: Perak Pangkor Island on the southwestern coast. The father of the founder, Julie, is engaged in the fishing industry. Since she was young, she has loved to stay in the Hainan tea room, drinking Hainan coffee, and calling a cup for her father, waiting for her father to return safely from the sea, and share the fragrance of coffee and the joy of life with her. This cup of Hainan coffee on the fragrant island is not only a drink, but also a manifestation of waiting for family affection; it is also of great significance to local residents, and this traditional mellow fragrance is irreplaceable.
Malaysia's most authentic Hainanese breakfast: Hainan coffee, kaya cream toast and half-baked eggs with light soy sauce.
inherit the taste of the homeland of Piaoxiang Island
Malaysia [Hainan Township] The most special scene in the cafe is that the scene where you see not only Chinese people, but also compatriots from friendly ethnic groups and Indian compatriots gather together to drink coffee and enjoy the meal is extremely harmonious and warm. Every cup of coffee, every slice of bread, and every piece of laughter in the store are deeply imprinted in the mind of Hainan junior sister, and these scenes are actually the memories of her in the Hainan tea room when she was young. Hainan junior sister is determined to pass on the taste and warm scene of Hainan tea room. She hopes that [Hainan Township] will continue this sentiment. Even if everyone has different cultural backgrounds, they can taste the taste of this island hometown.
When you come to Hainan Township, diners can experience eating on a sailboat and feel the island style.
Care the earth and animals, enjoy a meatless feast
Hainan junior sister has lived on the island since she was a child. Her father is a fisherman. Her simple mother always hopes that her father and family will be safe and healthy. So she does not prepare meat food every day and on the first and fifteenth day of the day, so she lets her family eat vegetarian food. The meaning of mother letting the whole family eat vegetarian food is not only to pray for the health of the whole family, but also to hope that the family will have a good eating habit of eating more vegetables and beans to reduce the burden on the stomach and intestines.
meatless version of Hainan chicken rice is made by a chef with bean skin, and is paired with homemade chili sauce and garlic, which is spicy and refreshing.
Since the taste of the meal without meat will be slightly lighter, my mother worked hard to study sauce and cooking techniques, and prepared rich ingredients to cook each vegetable dish delicious and taste-like, which is deeply loved by my father and family. Eating vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month has become my father’s expectation.
Hainan Township’s specialty curry rice noodle soup is made of vegetarian char siu made of mushroom feet. The curry sauce is rich and smooth, and it is also a very popular meal.
To this day, Hainan junior sister still loves the dishes cooked by her mother very much. She is always grateful for her mother's painstaking efforts to take care of her family. She decided to incorporate her mother's deep maternal love into [Hainan Township], combine every mother's cooking with modern cooking techniques, and combine it with sauces and seasonings made with a large amount of spices to create delicious and healthy dishes. Hainan Township prepares every dish of food in accordance with the concept of caring for the earth and loving animals. Come to [Hainan Township] and let this love nourish your tongue.
Malaysians’ favorite breakfast is nasi lemak . What makes coconut nasi lemakra in Hainan Township unique is that its ingredients include cucumber chicken, cucumber fish, fried tsie shells, boiled eggs, and cucumber slices. These ingredients are combined with homemade sambal and shredded coconut , which can be said to be full of coconut flavor.
A mother and daughter have been persisted for more than 40 years, allowing the nostalgia for their hometown to be passed on...
In the smoky kitchen, the greatest blessing for the family is that there is a mother with superb cooking skills in the kitchen. Hainan junior sister has been deeply influenced by her mother's cooking skills since she was a child. Seeing her mother cook a series of traditional delicacies with human feelings, she felt the power of food culture even more under the baptism of time. A bowl of noodles is no longer just a bowl of noodles, and a cup of Hainan coffee is not just a cup of coffee, but another feeling hidden behind it. This feeling evokes the memory and longing for my hometown, mother and father. As the saying goes, "Fallen leaves must return to their roots." When time settles down and returns to their roots, you can still taste the taste of your hometown. What a rare and valuable taste.
With persistent pursuit, Hainan junior sister and her mother worked together to study, so that more people could taste the good taste of their hometown.
Recently, [Hainan Township] has obtained a certificate from the Malaysian record collection and has become the first vegetarian Hainan cafe in Malaysia. In addition, Malaysia's Negeri Sembilan Royal Family also visited Hainan cuisine. He praised Hainan coffee in [Hainan Township], which is undoubtedly a very high recognition of [Hainan Township]. The junior sister and mother of Hainan will live up to expectations and continue to work hard to inherit Hainan cuisine with [Hainan Township] and carry forward it, bringing the unique Hainan Nanyang cuisine to everyone. Chinese friends are also very welcome to come and taste it.
Malaysia's Negeri Sembilan royal family praised the fragrant Hainan coffee.
