Fried Porridge? Really?

 

By Lee Yu Kit

October 5, 2020

 At first blush, Fried Porridge sounds like an exaggerated food oxymoron, like ‘healthy char kuay teow’ and ‘steamed goreng pisang’. Unlike the latter two, though, ‘fried porridge’ not only exists but has been around for several years.

After several close shaves and aborted promises – notably to try Klang’s well-known “Bubur Goreng” in Taman Berkeley, I finally did get around to try the real thing, when MK Porridge opened their 4^th outlet in August, in SS2, Petaling Jaya.

As far as I can determine, ‘fried porridge’ is a Malaysian invention, with claimed provenance from the northern part of the country.  It isn’t as extravagantly outlandish as it sounds, if you consider it to be a logical and wet extension of fried rice.