Here’s a quick update on the soft-launch first cookbook in conjunction with Tupperware Jubilee event. The event was held at Sunway Convention Centre over the weekend. After giving a speech to two thousand people, I headed to the foyer where 800 copies of the book were sold. They were all sold out in few hours! . …
I believe that one can only attain excellence if one has (high) standards. Thanks to the world traveller who frequently dines at luxury hotels and Michelin starred restaurant, he expects what I make to be similar. He doesn’t accept mediocrity anyway, in anything in life. So he takes me along where he goes and shows …
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Getting ice lolly worth 50 cents at a foreign night market *** The first night at Siem Reap, we walked to the nearby night market. It was vibrant and busy. I was bewildered with the many new things I haven’t seen before; a Cambodian man was singing Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ to attract people to buy …
This morning we dropped a friend at Pudu station in the morning and decided to have breakfast in the city. He found nothing interesting in Foursquare and asked my opinion. “Where shall we eat?” “Let’s go to Imbi market! The Hainan tea and toast is really good!” I jovially suggested. He asked a most epic …
The producers at Bella NTV7 called to invite me to their show to make a dish based on barley, I said “Sure!”. Barley is something I occasionally order at kopitiam as it’s a healthier choice. Recently, I like to alternate between chrysanthemum tea, asam limau boi and barley. But making a meal using barley proves to …
Instead of meeting at a restaurant, I invited Mei Wen and Adeline to my place; we had nasi lemak and satay party! It doesn’t necessary take a long time. Nasi lemak can be made in about half an hour, and Mei Wen offered to help with poking and cooking the satay which meat I’ve marinated …
Current obsession: playing, making and serving homemade satay. Since I’ve learned to make an extremely delicious satay at Le Cordon Bleu, I have been making them at home…and I can’t stop. I’ve made these Thai-style satay three times this week! Today, I made them for my mother who is rather picky about food. She loves …
Cooking was never my forte and the kitchen was never my territory. But when I moved out from home, it was clear to me: don’t cook = no food. I tried surviving on pizza delivery and chap fan (economic rice). It wasn’t a good idea. So I started to spend more time in the kitchen! If …
It’s big sista’s birthday. Instead of going to fancy restaurants, lil sista suggested doing something different: have breakfast at Imbi’s wet market for Ah Wen Koh’s famous Hainan coffee and toast! Oh, how we enjoyed the coffee, chee cheung fun and crispy kaya toast with generous slice of SCS butter. My mother, a kopitiam coffee conneiseur …
In Amma’s house, everything is made from scratch….including putu mayam! Also known as string hopper in English or idiyappam in Tamil, this savoury snack, in my opinion, is best eaten with coconut flakes and sugar. Though the other day, Amma made chicken curry to go along with it. I was elated with Amma invited me …
