I am not really convinced that my stomach is made of especially stern stuff but I suspect that it's entirely possible that the deleterious effects of these two daunting substances might have just cancelled each other out. ^

Eating copious amounts of belacan was not so much my idea as it was that of my dinner companions, who made quite sure that all of our food was well doused with generous quantities of the redolent shrimp paste. All I can say is that I am very thankful that there did not appear to be any belacan flavored kek lapis available.