Tigers,
What is Bombay Duck?
Apalah you, semua tarak tau!! In Bahasa its called ikan Lumi-Lumi or Lumek. No bones. My OCPD found them sold by fisherman on the beach of Pantai Merdeka, where her farm is. The fishermen made soup out of it with mee sua*. Generally, the Orang Kedah tarak makan the fish. RM 2.50 per kg negotiable.
I have asked for a few kg to make fresh salt fish Teowchew style. I honestly thought that the Mat Salleh had them salted in India for them and sold to the world as canned salted fish. Kedah has plenty. We ate the stuff as young officers in the good old days in the officers' messes of our Army. Big deal. To us, it tasted like the Ikan kering of Cik Puteh Mamak Makan Shop in Taiping.
* You have to eat mee sua, to get rid of bd fungshui, if a bird drops its shit on your shoulder !!
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