Empurau

10 Sep 2024 – An Unforgettable Fishy Tale

Sat: thank you NUS-TravelResearch for FairPriceS$10voucher+S$12cash for participating in their research.

Sun: discovered how delightfully nice&quiet to walk to PP via MTstn-MPstn on an early Sun-morning. This will be an alternative walk for me on Sundays than on EC-Pk which is crowded on Sundays.

After getting out@MTstnExit3, there is this old concrete fence which is about to see its last days and someone has a cat-house outside the fence of some condo…

Appreciations to Leonard for setting up the iPhone(tkx to Clement) ready to be used. Thank you to Les&Ivy for one of my favourite fish Empurau prepared to perfection. WangPuLiao 忘不了=Unforgettable is one of the most expensive fresh-water-fish feeding on wild fruits is prized for its sweet, tender flesh and smooth texture, not often do I get to eat this delicious fish. Also got to taste MoonCakes and still like the plain lotus more than any of the others I have so far tasted over the years…

Going down memory lane with Unforgettable and looks like I have got to taste this fish 4-5times over the decade!

Oct2016: besides his mussels and Empurau/WangPuLiao/忘不了 fish dish (pix from previous postings), my bro Les makes the best Kampot Black-peppered Crab (pix credits to David). Good to catch up with Ivy’s cousin, Irene & family – David and Cindy. Sorry that SoakKoon is missing this.

Oct2013: tkx to Les&Ivy for delicious dinner at Crystal Jade/Paragon**** Yummy celebrations with niece Kat&family back from NY and Patricia’s Bday. Top of the menu was the Empura /WangPuLiao/忘不了 and only Les could have pull this thru’ bringing his own fish and telling the chef how he wants it prepared! Being a fish lover, this is still one of the best tasting fish for me! Fresh water fish from the rivers in Borneo with a diet of fresh fruits is one of the most expensive fish in this region.

Nov2010: Empurau, Chinese call it WangPuLiao/忘不了=Unforgettable, taste really good with a texture that words are unable to describe. This freshwater riparian specie is found in a river in Sibu, Sarawak and is very rare in everyways, especially when it jumps up to grab fruits that overhang the rivers. Unforgettable cost anything from ~MYR 800-1,500/S$240-500 per kilo and that to me is an unforgettable price! So don’t go choking on the bones!! If not for Les, would never have the chance to taste it. Thanks, Les, for lunch at the Imperial TreasureSuperPekingDuck@Paragon.

Sep2024: just learnt from NancyW that this is also RedEye 紅眼睛 – tkx for that share.

FREELITTLEBRAIN: Empurau – the most expensive fish in Sarawak

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid – Einstein

Mon: thanks for visit Gel – always nice to catch up with her and we go back to the days when working together@NetBall in the early 2000s!

Tue: grocery day and yeah favourite CCF&Congee stall is back after being away 4+months in China for holidays for the owners – can now tell friends to meet there again. Wow! nowadays hawker stall owners are able to take 4+months holidays and according to our man 4+months not enough!!