Paying homage to the humble bitter gourd
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009By Eu Hooi Khaw
The restaurant may not look like much but the food is cheap and good... a real winner.
OCT 3 — I think it’s brilliant that there is a restaurant in Petaling Jaya that focuses almost entirely on bitter gourd. The menu has to be seen to be believed. It’s in small print, with hardly any spacing in between the lines, so as to cram more dishes in. Possibly after eating bitter gourd at Restoran Fu Kua, your eyesight will improve as well.
We had four bitter gourd dishes, and a drink of bitter gourd and kedondong with sour plum. I could feel my blood sugar going instantly down, which I promptly brought up on arriving home, with a slice of mooncake!
We should have gone for durians after this — we must talk about balance right? But we couldn’t fit in anything else. The portions of food were large.
In case you didn’t know, bitter gourd helps purify the blood, enhances digestion and stimulates the liver. It’s rich in phosphorous, iron, copper and potassium as well as vitamins A, B1, B2 and C. It’s believed to have healing effects on diabetes (by helping to balance blood sugar), constipation, psoriasis, respiratory problems, alcoholism, piles and diarrhoea. (more…)
