Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Cuttlefish (Sotong) Snack

We bought several different varieties of cuttlefish aka sotong snacks in Hatyai, and somehow I have forgotten about the snacks and it was left lying on the rack for quite sometime. Since I was shifting things these few days, I noticed the poor "forgotten" sotong lying & crying sadly on the rack :) Food are mean to be eaten... If we don't eat them, they will feel humiliated :P

Seasoned, spicy baked Cuttlefish

Roasted Cuttlefish slices.

Sweet & Spicy Cuttlefish

Dried Seasoned Cuttlefish snacks

p/s: Yesterday night, I have an interesting lengthy crappy Sotong Chat with Carcar. We come up with a conclusion suggestion to have a Sotong Club but the T & C to join the club is.. to bring one sotong. If live sotong not available, sotong snacks will do as well (This one is just TCSS only lah).. Any sotong interested to join in the club? We are trying to recruite more sotong members.. if u r one of the sotong, then u can join in the club. We strongly believe that Great Mind Sotong Mind Thinks Alike (curi carcar's phrase). Brilliant Sotong thinking leh. Who dare to say that Sotong is Blurred? :P Btw, more Sotong posts on the way...

Wise Sotong Quote of the Day : ** If u can't beat them, join them (Not the other way round --> If u can't join them, beat them):P

54 comments:

Anonymous said...

Waaa!! F I N A L L Y ! This Sotong Convention very looking the good! I like that Sweet & Spicy one!!! Can drool! OK.. I wanna be Sotong member!! Me! Me!! Choose me!! I promise to be as Sotong as possible, and uphold the noble code of Sotongism, despite being dried, bbqed, burnt, or steamed. I will NOT be blur blur too... Ok? Pass or not?

L B said...

oops, I forgot to submit my Sotong just now...

*hands over Lormaikai flavoured Sotong*

Chen said...

l sotong b,
walao.. u r so fast :O
I just posted few minutes only :O

Hahha.. welcome to the sotong club, since u already give yourself a sotong name already :D U need to contribute something to the club. Fried Calamari Ring? :P

Chen said...

lb,
ooh.. I thought to ask for Fried Calamari Ring.. NEver mind lah.. Lormaikai flavoured sotong also can. I sapu also.

c a r c a r said...

no wonder when i ask u do u need to buy some sotong to go along with this post u said no need... now i know..

looks like u secretly stocked up so many sotong!

Chen said...

carcar,
hahhaha.. I bought that during my previous trip to Hatyai. I took the photos quite some time ago already.. before the sotong issue was up, just that I never published all these photos before :)

Wait.. I have some more photos... Photos of the dried sotong stall in Hatyai :D

c a r c a r said...

after i use my sotong binoculars to look through all of your diff type of sotong, i decided to sapu all!

very hard to decide which type of sotong that i like!


seasoned, spicy baked,
roasted,
sweet & spicy,
dried seasoned..

arh... life is all about sotong!

Chen said...

carcar,
actually hoh, I have summore.. but I haven't take pictures of those.. lazy liao lah.. now so late.. summore ada orang complaint liao sotong post take so long to post.. scared later they throw sotong on me :P

L B said...

*makes half hearted effort to piak a sotong around*

This is a Sotong Conspiracy!! I discovered the PLOT at carcar's blog too!!!

Chen said...

lb,
told u already i had sotong chat with carcar yesterday :)

c a r c a r said...

aiyah, after we use the what cpr machine to 'shot kaw kaw' LB, then we can have dried sotong to eat!

wahaha!

no piak now, use 'shot'

!!

Chen said...

SA,
hahaha... u can take your time to think about that :D No hurry...

Hhahaa, I'm still laughing over your confusion earlier on :P

carcar,
upgrade from piak to shot? :) Dried sotong is nice... but I sked overburnt leh..

day-dreamer said...

I don't like dried sotong, I like fried/fresh sotong... hehehehe!

I see many sotongs here... big names include LB, Chen and carcar. Muahahahha!

Happy Grand Opening of Sotong Club. Need more publicity? I'll be the one of the journalist. ;-)

Anonymous said...

Aiyah...
Blurer than sotong liao...
Does it mean i have to turn into sotong like the prince turn into frog ah
sotong prince!!!
:P
*blurr blurr*

L B said...

Ok, Sotong Pie!!

Anonymous said...

actually hor ... sotong not blur
just that they are attracted/mislead to lights, be it "right" light or "wrong" light hehehehe ...

i like
- cumi cumi bakar
- crispy sotong kia
- sotong ball
- trying to catch sotong with lights at the jetty hahahaha ...

Chen said...

day dreamer,
fried sotong is nice. I like that too.. & if u r not careful, the ink will dirty your clothes while u prepare the sotong.. :P

No need publicity.. TQ.. saje-saje cakap oni.

zero impact,
sotong prince? Sotong is not blur..
Sotong is very smart :) That's why u r the smart prince.

lb,
what sotong pie?

slurp,
haha, thanks for the explanation :)
btw, what is cumi-cumi bakar? I remember watching the local Msian production cumi & ciki puppet show long long time ago.

L B said...

What what sotong pie? A pie that's filled with sotong lah! You thought I called you again?!.. LOL

a^ben said...

oh loktor chen had a farm, ee ya ee ya yoh. And in her farm she kept sotongs, ee ya ee ya yo~ with a sotong here, sotong there, here a so there a tong, oh loktor chen with big sotongs~ ee ya ee ya yo~

wahahhahahahahah

izso said...

A^Ben.. O_o"

Chen, I like squid / sotong fried with garlic, chilli, soy sauce and corn flour to make it starchy. The other forms of sotong so-so only.

Btw, I have my own quote : "If you can't beat them.. destroy all evidence you tried"

Chen said...

lb,
So sotong pie is a pie filled with fried calamari rings :)

ben,
u r indeed a great musician :) All the best to u in your Spanish Dance today. Don't shake too much ka chng, okie?

izso,
Your way of cooking the sotong is delish too :) Your quote regarding"If you can't beat them.. destroy all evidence you tried" is very unique ;). I remember seeing the similar quote in your blog :)

domesticgoddess said...

wow... all the sotong pics you put up, i like :P btw, how long ago was your last trip to Haatyai? kihkihkih are the sotong expired?

Anonymous said...

ooooo
:P
pooofff!!
turn back to little boy boy
heh heh heh

rainbow angeles said...

I donwanna be blur sotong member... i only wanna eat sotong...

Chen said...

domesticgoddess,
just recently only lah.. One month ago.. So the sotong definitely not expired yet, & safe to consume ;)

zeroimpact,
so u prefer to become little boi boi than little prince? LOL
yeah loh.. little boi boi has more freedom.. :)

angel,
Sotong Bakar? Or Rojak Sotong Kangkung aka Joo Hoo Eng Chai?
*slurp*.. now I feel like eating joo hoo eng chai pulak…

c a r c a r said...

chen, now we got Sotong Theme Song liao...composed and sang by a^ben!!

Woo hoo~~

Dance by a^ben too!!

*too happy and shaking my ka chng now*

Chen said...

carcar,
LOL about the Sotong Theme Song. Ben siu is really good. U don't shake ka chng also lah.. Later your colleague thought what is going on :P

Our Ben siu just finished playing violin leh.. He will dance the spanish dance soon :)

day-dreamer said...

Yeah, carcar, don't shake your ka chng, shake the sotong "legs" (can't think of the correct word right now, paiseh) can already... muahahahha!

I don't buy fresh sotong to prepare myself... I buy ready-fried one. So, unless after cooking the ink is still there, I won't kena stain. Hahaha! :P

Chen said...

day dreamer,
that is called tentacles.. if u want to called it as sotong legs also can..
it’s understandable 

I guess u r talking about the fried calamari rings with batter? :)
Ready cooked one sure have no ink lah.. unless someone want to sabotage u :P

Anonymous said...

Yah
little boy boy wit dried sotong in one hand n ice kacang with sotong the other
yum yum yum
oooo oooo oooo
n wear sotong t shirt
bleh

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
wai.. little boi boi not supposed to eat dried sotong snack lah..
give it to Jie Jie :P

err… Sotong t shirt?
issit T-shirt with lotsa sotong tentacles sticking out from the baju ah? LOL

jonboy,
I scared the sotong might never reach your place cos I’m afraid the postman might curi makan the sotong on the way ;)

Vagabonder said...

Those are yummy, but sometimes they can be hard to chew

Anonymous said...

*cries*
Jie jie bulli mi...
No la tat 1 is dr octopus t shirt
my 1 got cute cute sotong boy boy n sotong gurl gurl holding tentacles 1
So the cute
:P

Chen said...

thao,
yeah, that's true. Can take the opportunity to exercise our facial muscle as well when eating cuttlefish snack :P

zeroimpact,
bullie u one in a while only lah..
don't cry lah, siu boiboi :P

cute sotong boiboi & cute sotong gurlgurl holding tentacles? walao.. so cute one ah.. I want to have a look at that t-shirt liao :D

Daniel Yiek said...

I have stopped eating dried seafood or salted fish because I read that there are virus in such things that can cause havoc to your health in the long term. Some virus can affect the make up of the body cells....

a^ben said...

hahahah~ that is old mc donald leh` just changed the lyrics nia` hahhaha cetak rompak` k not be theme song ah` later kena sued how??????

hahahahah` but you and carcar can wear sotong costume and shake shake shake larh` I think ur readers wun mind that` heeeee :P

Anonymous said...

Yah lo
n behind got baby sotong play play swing
:P
oooooo
*hands doc doc new sotong t shirt*

Chen said...

daniel,
Sometimes, if consider too much, lotsa things are not consumable :)

ben,
if kena sued, Ben siu has to answer loh :P Cos he comes up with the song, hahah.. Aiyak, I don't dance sotong dance leh.. :P

SA,
sotong belt? that will need lotsa lotsa sotong tentacles :)

zero impact,
trying to think hard how the baby sotong looks like.. must be very cute. angkuku, bb sotong :P

I want the black-coloured sotong t-shirt, TQ very much.

Anonymous said...

cumi-cumi bakar is indonesian style BBQ sotong :)

Chen said...

slurp,
alright..
just a wild guess, is cumi-cumi = sotong? :D

Anonymous said...

Yah...
Got black, blue, white, pink, sky blue...
;)
Sotong t shirt sotong t shirt
Exclusive for club member onli
:P

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
so many selection of colour summore for the sotong t shirt ..
can I have 2 instead?
One black & one dark blue :D

Anonymous said...

Can can
Looks jes like couple's t shirts
wah u look so nice wearing it
*admires admires*

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
couple’s t-shirt? I want both for myself leh.. cos black & dark blue is my favourite colour for t-shirt :)
hahha.. I tamak hoh?

Anonymous said...

No worries
*hands doc doc 1 more set*
then u got more so can share share
:P

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
need to pay you or not?
later i pokai... I guess these sotong t-shirts are not cheap :P

Anonymous said...

Wah sotong club!! Me wana join!! I'm a sotong fan ma.. can lah rite?

Chen said...

butt,
can, can.... u are mostly welcomed :)
putting red carpet on the floor :D

Anonymous said...

For doc doc no charge la
Others oso no charge la
Sotong t shirt for all
Till stock last ah
Heh heh heh

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
wah.. so song ah..
must jot this down inside my pda.
next time when meet up with zeroimpact siudidi, must claim my sotong baju from him liao :D

Anonymous said...

Wahahaha...
:)
then must get ready more stock!
scared harga runtuh ppl buy al

Chen said...

zeroimpact,
U can become the designer of the Sotong Club :P

Anonymous said...

>> just a wild guess, is cumi-cumi =
>> sotong? :D
aiyah ... this is bahasa indonsia lah hahaha ...

Chen said...

slurp,
hahhaa, okie okie.. Seeing the name Cumi always reminds me of "Cumi & Ciki" :P