Yau Mei Fan - Savoury Rice
30 August 2007 by Two Crazy DogsTonight I made this one-pot-cook all rice, Yau Mei Fan. I think translated to English is Savoury Rice. I saw my sister and Pearly cooked it for her family, I thought I will make it, too. I added Chinese sausages, Thai chilies, garlic, chicken breast, and dried shrimp. Obviously, when I was cooking it, DB said it smelled really good. When he ate it, it was fine, he will pick up all the sausages and spooned them to me till he chewed on something which he asked, “What did you put in here differently from last time?” I said, What did you taste? “Something fishy.” Looks like I cannot get away with dried shrimp even though I drowned them with sesame oil and garlic. Darn it! 
30 August 2007, on 8:49 pm
Hi Dawn
My hubby is so used to his American food that trying to introduce something new from Malaysia for our meals is a gamble. I have learned to just make Malaysian food for myself. It is there for him to taste some, if he wants.
Your savoury rice looks yummy. I can taste it already. I’ll take that with cut chillies.
Hi JT, My hubby don’t mind Chinese food or Malaysian food, but anything with fish sauce, dried shrimp, or anything that makes the dish yummy to us, it’s stinky for him. Yeah, I think I should try your idea, make it just for myself and if he wants to taste some, he can help himself.
30 August 2007, on 9:05 pm
Very hard to ‘fook see’. Shake my head. Btw way your sausages so chor loh ! Such a big piece. Will kena choke to death, you know. (translate to cantonese) >)
Next time diced the dried shrimps real fine and serve it to him again. Must put in some effort to disguise them.
Well done and good luck !
I knew you are going to say something about that sausages. Aiyo, just the two of us, kongsi style-lah! Plus, it’s just me who’s eating them. I thought of dicing the shrimp but running late….so, next time. This is one of his favorite dish, after adding the dried shrimp, well, i’m not sure!
30 August 2007, on 11:42 pm
Yummylicious!!! I am gonna try to cook that, but I guess I am gonna skip the dried shrimp in case the cops came knocking on my door again asking “Are you cooking anything”?, “What are you cooking”?, making sure the smell isn’t from adead body =P. haha!*Embarassing eh*
Hey Nicole, yeah, I was wondering if I should add the dried shrimp in because of the smell as I thought of you! That was funny and I agree, it is very embarassing. I added the dried shrimp in the pot to kinda fry it a little before it starts to “smell” or to me it’s fragrant, I dump the garlic, chicken, sausages, shrommies together with the seasoning to kill the smell.
31 August 2007, on 8:11 am
i like this dish with a sprinkling of fried salted fish….stinky but yummy.
Fried salted fish?? Lagi teruk, he will run away and not come back!
Yes, I like my with some fried “harm yue”.
31 August 2007, on 9:44 am
You sister is right lo … the next time you chop all those dry ing in fine there can’t see there will eat it in no time hehhehh I did this to my hubby .
you diner is lovely … yummy with red hot cut chilly OMG is in heaven xxxxxx