Gourmet Traveller

CURRY FAVOUR

Our house condiments arrive and there’s a pause. We look up and note the server’s body language as she calculates their placement. I can sense we’re about to get something special.

There’s a bowl of sambal belacan so fresh I’m surprised we haven’t heard the pounding of the chillies

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