Essential Malaysia (Essential Travel Guides)

As I stood in the cafeteria line behind a Malaysian exchange student at Campbell University in North Carolina, I was so glad that I had read my Essential Malaysia. Remembering its warnings on the effects of pork on the digestive tracks of native Malaysians, I was able to bridge the great cultural divide that separates that pacific gem from rustic Buies Creek. When asked by the local food service preparation worker what my Malaysian cohort had said about the ribs she had served him, I gladly replied, "I think he said, 'The ribs make me juicy.'" Thus, a potentially sticky incident was defused.