{"id":581,"date":"2023-03-15T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/?p=581"},"modified":"2023-03-16T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:41:17","slug":"what-an-amazing-m-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2023\/03\/15\/what-an-amazing-m-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"What an amazing M-Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">East or west, homemade food is the best!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the annual flagship of the Malaysian Students\u2019 Society of Northern Ireland, we celebrated the joy of preparing and sharing Malaysian hawker-style food.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/2023\/03\/f99128933c886d56329922992c9e055-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582\" width=\"283\" height=\"508\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: Xin Yi Beh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Foods and beverages reminiscent of our unique Malaysian childhood were served, including but not limited to teh ais (iced tea with condensed milk), homemade soya milk, nasi kandar (Northern Malaysian gravy and side dishes on steamed rice), Kuih (Malaysian bite-sized savory snacks and desserts) and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been a great honor to encourage such togetherness by gathering a bunch of Malaysian food vendors and bringing our Malaysian students as one to enjoy the fruits of our hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say food is a universal language of love and we remain thankful to be able to deliver this message to our fellow Malaysian students and promote the Malaysian culture to those interested. This one is for the celebration of Malaysian food, the cultural essence of hawker-style cuisine, and the love we share as a society!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/2023\/03\/5ca8fa8cfc3a2d5c915593bc0a54c9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/5ca8fa8cfc3a2d5c915593bc0a54c9b.jpg 828w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/5ca8fa8cfc3a2d5c915593bc0a54c9b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/5ca8fa8cfc3a2d5c915593bc0a54c9b-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/5ca8fa8cfc3a2d5c915593bc0a54c9b-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: Xin Yi Beh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>To find more about the M-Fest, click the link below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/cultural-diversity\/m-fest\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/cultural-diversity\/m-fest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M-Fest<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Author<\/em><\/strong>: Maegan Ang, School of Law<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East or west, homemade food is the best! 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