Joined my parents on a makan day trip to Malacca & Muar. Most memorable is the orh nee at Malacca. The guide said that this is supposedly the most traditional preparation of the teochew dessert. i've always like orh nee as my paternal grandma was Teochew. But i've not ate / seen orh nee like this before. The yam paste is served with glutinous rice, lotus root and orange, to be eaten in that order too. The salty glutinous rice will neutralise the sweetness of the yam paste so much that the sweet lotus root will not taste as sweet. Lastly, finish the dessert with the orange peel. Actually there's yam paste stuffed inside the orange jacket but the citrus orange peel also works to cancel out the sweetness and freshen up the whole aftertaste. A very interesting dessert!
This crappy pic is the one and only taken on the trip
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