…used to be a code name for s-e-x. What can I say? I was shy girl; raised in a strict-Catholic household and rewarded for not speaking about the sins of the flesh. And it should come as no shock to learn that my flesh was burning on account of all my impure thoughts about kumquats, so I had to improvise. I came with a name that best desribed the oooh, la, la, without my parents knowing. I thought the name kumquat dripped with sexiness and the forbidden. I also learned that when eating a sex fruit, you bite into the skin, and devour the whole thing; stopping only to lick your fingers afterwards. Perfect little kumquat.
I bring my kumquat story to you for good reason. As I near my departure for Kualu Lumpur, I’ve been once again reading up on all the delectable dishes of food found in Malaysia. Dishes with incredibly exotic names like, nasi lemak, char kway teow, asam laksa, or cendol. My stomach is growling just thinking about the sweet and tangy, the spicy, the rich and the tempting. Here, just take a little peek for yourself of the yum-asam yum-laksa pictured just below:
And guess what? As luck would have it, even though I’m traveling more than 1/2 way around the world, I just found out that one of my old and dear friends, kumquat has been living in KL for years now. And my sexy and forbidden friend apparently sneaks into many of the Malaysian dishes. Suffice to say, I can’t wait to pay a vist to kumquat. We have lots to catch up on.
Kumquat Countdown to Kuala Lumpur
Neve Black
ha..how similar we are again…i had a codeword for a naughty word too..and it too was a fruit..it was strawberry..:-) but i m not going to tell what covered with that..:-)
so..i m so exited for you and your travel to Kl…:-)
Oh, Neve, my mouth is watering. You are going to have the best time in KL sampling all of those kumquats of every kind. Keep an eye out for engineers, too, cause I know they’re plentiful there ;-). I have to say though, the repression of a Catholic girlhood brings out the poetry in a lady. Suffice to say, I’ll never look at a kumquat in the same way again….
Absolutely delicious. Have a few kumquats to warm up for your trip!
Hi Danielle,
How’s Germany, my friend? Yes, I find that we writers of smut have an awful lot in common - it comes as no surprise when you tell me your passion food word was strawberry. Hell, all fruits and veggies are sexy, aren’t they?
I’m horrible with a camera, but I’m going to try and take a few pictures of KL, and post them on my blog. I think there are a lot of people that find Malaysia sultry-sexy and exotic and want to hear more about it, so I will oblige, but to be honest, I’m a much better writer than photographer!
Cheers!
Oh, Donna,
I thought of you quite a bit as I penned that post - you my little, sexy foodie and all.
Of all the gin joints in the world, if there’s an engineer in sight, God knows they’ll find me.
I recommend picking up a few of those kuquats for you and Herr Doctor…perhaps they’ll inspire a little post anniversary bed time snack? Yum.
Hi Craig,
Yes. I think I shall. I think the markets are filled with the little aphrodisiacs these days too, so please grab a handful, grab a mouthful and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
You know, I found this a really sexy post, Neve (lol). Of course it could be related to my just watching what I found a very sexy few-second picture of my number one baseball crush right now on MLB.TV, but coming here and reading this as a follow-up seems to have left me almost panting!
Safe travels and have a beautiful trip!
Xoxo
Em,
The pleasure has been all mine knowing I made you pant, baby. Love you -