Better or worse…

My cousin gave me this…

…sometime ago when I went to Kuching and she said that her kids loved this brand more than the made-in-Singapore ones. I never got round to cooking it though but I finally got down to it the other day…and this was the end result…

I had a post on how I would cut the meat into bite-sized slices and pan-fry it in a non-stick pan and how the fat would melt onto the pan and there would be enough oil to fry everything without any necessity of adding any more oil. Well, I did the same with this one…

…but there wasn’t any oil in the pan that I could use . I guess that would be an indication that its fat content was much lower and I also found out that it was more difficult to cut – probably due to the chunks of meat/ham in it…and of course, another reason perhaps was that my chopper had seen better days. LOL!!!

So, I went about it the way we used to do ever since I was small…which was to fry the onions in a bit of oil, throw in the luncheon meat, sliced…and fry till red and nice and then add some egg, beaten plus a pinch of msg to enhance the taste. These days, I would go a step further and throw in some sliced chili and curry leaves as well…

And now the moment of truth!

Well, I did not think it was nicer than the Ma Ling ones we had when we were small nor was it nicer than the made-in-Singapore ones. The latter had that special fragrance but it was soft and wobbly which probably was due to the high fat content and I found that it was just nice once I had pan-fried the slices and let all the fat melt and flow out. For one thing, this brand costs an arm or a leg – I saw it somewhere in Kuching or here and the sight of the price tag sent me reeling!!! It was RM15.90 per can, I think…or somewhere around there. So all things considered, I don’t think I would want to have that again. No, thank you!

Well, at least, now I know…