21 Things Only Malaysians Who Love Rice Can Understand
Rice is life.
Cover image via Jian Shu1. Rice and shine! You start your mornings with rice. <3
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2. You judge a restaurant based on how big their rice portion is
The truth is… Size does matter. There, I said it.
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3. You have to stop yourself from saying 'tambah nasi' all the time
Especially when you're on a low-carb diet but that all comes back within the next three hours of dieting anyway.
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4. When you're in an ang moh country, you feel 'one kind' without rice
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If really no rice then bring on the noudouls.
5. You're not ricist
You don't discriminate for all rice is good rice.
6. Your favourite side dish is rice
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Order Mediterranean rice for both sides! Huehuehue…
7. You can totally differentiate between Beras Jati and Siam King rice
Just one look and a single whiff is all it takes.
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8. Your banana leaf has the biggest mountain of rice
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When the occasion for banana leaf rice arices, that itself calls for more rice and that's when you say, "Bro, tolong tambah nasi bro!"
9. And at the mix rice stall, you go, "Nasi besar! Ok, lebih lagi. Lebih sikit lagi!"
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IS THE BEST.
10. You finish your plate without leaving a single grain of rice behind
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Didn't your parents tell you about the kids in Africa?!
11. You like eating a specific type of rice, like the sticky, wet type
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Silky smooth, fragrant and borderline glutinous!
12. Or the type where each 'biji' is spread out on its own
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Then again, there is no one perfect version of rice! Some prefer their rice light and fluffy too.
13. If you're fasting or dieting, you miss rice the most 🙁
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That sounds like a plan.
14. Everyone calls you "Fan tong" (rice bucket) but you know they hatin'
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So what if my stomach is a bottomless rice storing haven?
15. Your reaction when you know you should stop but someone offers you some rice
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"Oh, uh no thanks, no really, ok maybe a bit."
16. You always overdo it
No regrets.
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17. But hey, there's always room for… rice dessert!
The Thais win for inventing delicious [sticky mango rice](http://says.com/my/lifestyle/best-thai-food-places-in-klang-valley) dessert!
18. You probably had rice on your first date
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That's how you know if they're a keeper.
19. You live for chicken rice a.k.a. kai fan!
C'mon, it's a classic.

