Fresh Water Fish Intake And Dishes PreferencesudAmong Local Community: A Preliminary Study OfudTourists attraction in traditional dishes for homestay Kampung Batu Ring, Beng, Lenggong,udPerak

摘要

Local foods is a vital element that helping and creating a sense of ‘place’udand heighten destination appeal. Local foods produce adds authenticity toudthe tourists for sharing experience and attract them to come to those place.udTraditional food or local food is a parts of variety culture in Malaysia. Itudshows that the local community has its own uniqueness. Therefore it shouldudbe opened and sharing together either between the local community fromudother states or from the tourist views for attractions the places. An objectiveudof the study were ; (1) To identify the type of freshwater fish intake, (2) Touddetermine dishes preference using freshwater fish among villagers atudHomestayed Kampung Batu Ring, Beng, Lenggong. The study was conductedudthrough questionnaires to 25 respondents in the village. The result showedudthat common freshwater fish consumed are Tengalan (Puntius wool), Lomaud(Thynnichthys thynnoides), Terbol (Osteochilus hasselti) and others fish suchudas Catfish, Tilapia, Kaloi, Baung and Patin. The most popular fresh waterudfish is responds for Tengalan fish. This fish when cooked with coconut gravyud(masak lemak) is the most preference dishes indicated by respondents.udTherefore, fresh water fish and traditional dishes that already exist there andudhas been a natural culture among villagers shall point out for promotingudLenggong city for tourism such as homestay program. These finding isudimportant in branding Lenggong as a World Heritage Site.