Semai like it grilled...

One of the Semai's staple food is anything that is grilled. Their favourite grilled food includes tapioca (ubi panggang) and banana (pisang panggang). It taste surprisingly good! They also cooked their simple food in bamboo, like the Malay's "Lemang" (glutinous rice cooked in bamboo), eventhough their houses are now equipped with electric rice cooker and modern stove. We also found out that they like to add Ajinomoto (MSG) in their food!


Grilled food is cooked over a zinc sheet in their bamboo house. Grilled banana anyone?