Kuala Lampur, Feb. 13 -- Last week on Twitter, my timeline was full of disgusting things disguised as food. I'm talking about the cheesy char kuey teow that went viral.

It was pretty amusing to see how animated Malaysians could get when it comes to food. Even when I was visiting my sister in the US, our conversation still revolved around food.

My sister's husband to her: "Why do you get so emotional about food?"

Her answer: "How can you not be?"

My sister and I had the curse/blessing of being born with palates-we probably got it from our mother.

It makes us decent cooks and also the ones most likely to get random calls from friends, "Hey I'm in so-and-so area what's good to eat-ah?"

These days I just tell my friends, "Can you just g...