Recipe: Malaysian Curry Chicken

(A1 Instant Curry Paste is now available for sale on Rasa Malaysia. Email me to inquire further) I confess, I once did not cook Curry Chicken well. My Curry Chicken was always too watery, had too much curry powder, or was too loaded with coconut milk. Despite numerous attempts and countless trials and errors, it just never tasted right -- frustrating me to no end. Argh. I eventually gave up trying...quietly accepting defeat and the brutal fact that my cooking skills were simply not good enough. I also felt deeply apologetic to my mom and my aunt because obviously I didn't learn a thing from them regarding Curry Chicken -- even though I spent countless childhood hours helping them prepare this meal. To pacify myself I concluded that it's just one of those dishes better off ordered at Malaysian restaurants. You may wonder at this point "Why write about a dish you can't prepare?" Well sometimes sad stories do indeed have happy endings, sometimes there are actual knights on white horses, and sometimes things do change overnight - like learning to prepare great Malaysian Curry Chicken. So how did my cooking miraculously improve? Did I pester a restaurant chef until he confessed the secret ratio of curry powder vs. coconut milk vs. chicken meat vs. other spices? Unfortunately I never could keep one tied down long enough. It turns out the secret to delicious Malaysian Curry Chicken originates from my hometown of Penang. So here is the back story. Thanks to the wonders of Google search technology, the founder of MyBuddies.net stumbled upon my travel website, found my blog and invited me to join his forum. Curious about it, I signed up and soon I got a friendly email from Mr. P - a fellow Penangite (yes, that is what us folk from Penang call ourselves - at least I do) living near by who is now moving out of state. Having read about my obsessive-compulsive passion for promoting Malaysian food, he offered me his entire stash of spices, secret ingredients, and cooking goodies. I greedily -- I mean graciously -- accepted his kind gesture and suddenly turned into an authentic Malaysia Curry Chicken master chef overnight! So now "What is the secret ingredient?" you ask. It's called A1 Instant Curry Paste and is made by A1 Best One Food Industry. Their curry paste makes Curry Chicken so good that my mom's and aunt's version pales in comparison (shhh, just don't tell them!). I agree with Mr. P when he says "this is simply The BEST Curry Chicken EVER." Other than their incredible curry chicken paste, A1 Best One Food Industry also makes Fish and Seafood Curry Paste. Crab Curry and Curry Fish Head, anyone? So all fellow Malaysians and food fans, please do yourself a favor: Get a boat load of this magic paste for your friends and family the next time you go to Malaysia. It really is that good! Note: Thanks Mr. P for your generosity.