Clams Hunting

This is clams' territory! hah! Here they are.

Beautiful :)

See,lovely isn't it? They are clams in english word according to goggle translate which i am sure of that too.In Malay they are called kepah,if you see the one which are smaller than this,then we shall call them lala.This type is in the bigger size,the one that we use to put them in spaghetti oglio olio or whatever the it name is and other recipes.But here in Malaysia,we often cook them by chilied frying and masak lemak too.Huh,masak lemak kepah is my favourite *my saliva is rushing now i can feel them*Look at their shells' pattern,beautiful.

Masak lemak:coconut based and also having spicy taste.Sometimes can be a lil sour according to the chef.Some of the ingredients are coconut milk,chilies,tomatoes,dried shrimps,lemon lime leaves,lemongrass and..emmm..and many more.

This ones reading for cooking

Last semester holiday,my older sister and i went for mussel hunting.Hah here we go buddy. Many times on the semester break,she woke me up early in the morning about 8 am to seek my company to go to the shore near our home.And i was like:seriously this kid,she was so excited just for that.But as soon as i'm at the shore,i got hyped up too.Why?Because there were soo many clams at the shore that you can never be bored searching for them.It was enjoyful every time we were able to find the little creature.Like fishing,we never got tired when so many fish have been caught within a short time :D

We took along a small shovel,a small container and any other things that we thought necessary and drove off to the shore.There are fisherman village there,and the place is known among the locals as a startegic place to do such activity.

We dig the sand slightly and the clams were just beneath them.And there were spots that covered with mud,and i tell ya,the clams can be felt using our feet when we step on them.We were barefooted.Hahah,i felt little weird and not safe at first,but the feelling disappered after a while because of the joy finding the clams.We even tied  plastics to cover our hands and wear socks to cover our feet later.lol.We spent about more than an hour there before the high tide starting to shove it's way.Overwhelming!

Back at home,the clams were left in sea water for a few hours before its ready for cooking.My mother cooked them,half of them were chilied fried and the other party were made as masak lemak.I ate them with plain rice and rice only and i added some more into my plate :D.It was delicious that i had to postpone my diet.Really.The whole family enjoyed the dish but my mother have some allergic reaction to the clams so she can't eat them.Oh poor,the clams are not playing nice with her. 

And when it is holiday again,i'll come home and search for the clams again. :D Its nice and enjoyful to tag along my sister at that time.Hahah.See you! Psst,there were no picture of the dish because we were too busy eating. >:)

This were at different location