"ʻOiaiʻo kā mākou kāhi a me kā kofe e lawe mai mai Malaysia mai,"ʻo Kesh Dhami, ka luna nui o PappaRich USA i haʻi mai iaʻu i kaʻaina awakea ma ka lumiʻaina nani o ka'āpana Malaysian mua o New York City, kahi i weheʻia i kekahi mahina i hala ma Flushing's One Fulton Keʻano o nā mea e hanaʻia ana e ka tile i loko o ke kīʻaha ma ka papaʻaina o PappaRich ,ʻo Teh tarik , a huki paha i ka tiʻa,ʻo ka inu hōʻailona o Malaysia e hanaʻia ma ka nininiʻana a me ka hukiʻana mai kekahi pahu ai kekahi.
I ka manawa a ke koʻi a ka tea i hoʻokuʻu aku ai iā ia mai kahi kiʻekiʻe e hoʻonui i kona mau lima. Hiki ke kūkulu i kahiʻona makewai e nānā i ke kino o ka wai amber.
Eʻai ana ma PappaRich
ʻO kekahi mahele o ka hōʻikeʻike ma kahi mākaukau Malaysian hou i wehe houʻia kahi lumiʻaina e nānā nei i ke kaonaʻo Flushing,ʻo ia ka hanaʻana i ka roti, ka poʻe iʻikeʻole i keʻano o nā India. ʻO ke kanaka roti, ka mea nāna e koli a paʻi i nā papa o ka palaoa a hiki i ka wā e liʻiliʻi pepa ia,ʻo ia ka mea mua āu eʻike ai i ka wā e komo ai i ka haleʻaina. ʻO Roti canai , kahi hoʻomākaukau hoʻomanaʻia i hanaʻia me ka moa lūlū, ka laal, a me ka meaʻono i makemakeʻia. ʻOi aku ka papa roti ma waho o ka cane roti, me kaʻoi aku iʻoi aku i ka hapalua haneli mauʻano, e like me ka pomerati pipi , kahi momona momona i lawelaweʻia me ka waiū me ka wai.
"Ua maopopo iaʻuʻo mākou wale nō ka mea e hana hou i ka roti canai," i'ōlelo aiʻo Kesh. "Ke kūʻai nei nā mea a pau i ka palaoa maloʻo a hoʻolei iā ia i kahi pālahalaha a lawelawe ia iāʻoe akāʻaʻole mākou e hana." He mau manawa ma mua o koʻu nānāʻana i ke kanaka roti e hoʻomākaukau i kahi rote telwan bawang , me ka hua manu a me ka onion.
ʻO ka'āpana o ka palaoa pīpī pīpī nani he kaʻa pololei ia no ka lawe pūʻana o ka pipi. Ua mahalo nuiʻia wau ma o ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā pīpī cardamom piha i loko o ka mīkini paʻakai liʻiliʻi e humu me ka mahana wale nō.
"ʻO kahi pāʻina i kukeʻia e kahi aliʻi Malaʻi Malaiania heʻano likeʻole ia ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hele i kahi haleʻaina Kina," i'ōlelo aiʻo Kesh.
"Ke makemake nei au e hula a pau koʻu alelo i kēlā manawa i kēia manawa e loaʻa iaʻu nāʻai Malaysian." Aʻo ka mea kākau o kēlā mau meaʻono,ʻo iaʻo Sifu Kwai Soo kahi meaʻaiʻai nui e kuke ai i nā mea Malaysian no nā makahiki he 40. "ʻO kā mākou hana e like me ka nui o nā haleʻaina Malaysian ma Flushing ke hana nei mākou i nā mea a pau," wahi a Kesh. "Aia kā mākou mea hana malu a me ka meaʻai. He mau'ōlelo hoʻonaninani maoli nō kēia i hakuʻia e Sifu. "
I ka nīnauʻiaʻana ma o ka unuhi'ōlelo e pili ana i kāna punahele punahele e hoʻomākaukau iā Sifu Sooʻaʻole i hoʻokaʻulua i ka paneʻana me ka pā kala teow . ʻO ka pappaRich o ka Malaysian hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa i hoʻokipaʻia i nā'ōleʻa palahalaha e hoʻonaniʻia me nā'āpana kukui a panaʻia me nā hua manu a me ke kāleka. Ke hoʻomehanaʻia ka wela eʻikeʻia ana e puka mai ana i nā pehu wela iʻikeʻoleʻia, e hoʻopaʻa i ke kaula o nā pepelu liʻiliʻi. Ma lalo o ka pūnana o nā noodula eʻike i kahi mau'āpana liʻiliʻi o ka iʻa iʻa.
Hāʻawi pūʻia kēlā mau iʻa iʻa ma PappaRichʻo curry laksa , he hōʻoluʻolu maʻamau Malaysian i nā meaʻai eʻoliʻoli ana me nāʻanoʻono o ka chili a me ka niu. ʻO nā māmā, nā topa, nā piʻi pua, a me ka eggplant e hoʻokomo i nā iʻa me nā'ōpoki puamele'ōmaʻomaʻu a me nā wīwī liʻiliʻi o vermicelli. ʻElua manamana o kaʻili o kaʻili i paʻiʻia e lele mai loko mai o ka'ōpūʻala.
He meaʻoluʻolu nā'ōpili momona o kaʻaiʻana iā lākou iho a he hana nui hoʻi no ka haʻukiʻana i ke kai. Hāʻawi pūʻia ka haleʻaina i ka laksa, i ka pipi maikaʻi me ka palahalaha nui, ka pineapple, ka tamarind, a me nā pua pua nani i laweʻia mai Kona Hikina.
"I koʻu nohoʻana i Malaki, ua nui ka mākouʻai i PappaRich," wahi a Cissy Tan,ʻo ia me kāna kāne, Daniel, a me PappaRich USA, aia nō lākou i ka hale kūʻaiʻo Flushing. "ʻO wau a me kaʻu mau keiki a me kaʻu kāne makemake nui loa a manaʻo mākou he mea nui ia e hoʻihoʻi mai iʻaneʻi i New York."
ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau mea punahele e pili ana i nā meaʻai Malaysian,ʻo ia nā desserts, he ala maikaʻi ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai ma hope o ke kauʻana o ke aniani. ʻO ka papalina o PappaRich , kahi kīʻaha e hōʻike ana i nāʻano Indonesian o kaʻaiʻaʻole i hōʻeha. ʻO kahi puʻu o ka hau i hoʻouluʻia me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻopihaʻia me kaʻala o ka pandan e kīnaʻiʻia e nā pīni ula a me nā mea maikaʻi'ē aʻe.
Me kahi kīʻaha keʻokeʻo kapu, he ala maikaʻi loa ia eʻai i kaʻai i kaʻai hou o Malaysian hou ma Flushing.
Loaʻa ma laila: PappaRich aia ma 39-16 Prince Street ma kahi Pākahi Fulton Square, kahi hele iki ma ke alanui Main e kū nei i ka 7 train.