Reply #16: I am going with my dad to a BIG GIANT JAPANESE MARKET on Monday.

[eyesroll]

There will be (too) much money spent in the grocery aisles (sashimi-grade fish, mystery snack food, lots of noodles and condiments), and in the food court (udon, okonomiyaki, curry...mmm...). (Oh, and I'm to pick up a couple of bento boxes...if I have to take a lunch to school, I might as well do it in an appetizing manner.)

I've had Malaysian food once or twice...in a class I took in college (diversity in education or some such), we had a potluck where we were supposed to bring food from our respective cultures. Our Malaysian student brought shrimp crackers. I brought noodle kugel, a Chinese student brought pork buns, and a black woman brought fried chicken and watermelon (in her words: "hey, some stereotypes are true!").