I am invited to do a cooking demo at KLCC next month and will be introduced as ‘Chef Sara Khong’. I was amused with the misnomer as I’m not a chef, I’m just a food hacker. Recently, I modified an Italian meal is so many ways, I don’t think any Italian chef will be happy with …
Need to find unpasteurised artisanal cheese in Malaysia!
Reading takes you places. After reading ‘The Culinary Calling In Tokyo’ in Wall Street Journal, I put a note in my Evernote to remind me to dine at Shiojiri Jozojo. Lucky for me, the chance arrived earlier than I expected. Again, I don’t have much time for this personal blog (too many things to do in …
In the land of the rising sun and sushis, I woke up waaaay before the sun showed up to visit the Tsukiji fish market. I woke up at 2 am and arrived at the fish market at 3 am (?!) I don’t remember waking up that early for anything in my life… Tsukiji market is …
Visiting the biggest fish market in the world: Tsukiji fish market! Read More »
I have always ask a lot of whys and was never satisfied with “because everyone said so” or “it has been this way for a long time”. I found that many people, even experts know the hows but not necessarily the whys. Perhaps that’s why I like to read. Books provides answers nobody around me …
Why you should drink milk when you eat something spicy Read More »
Before I decided what I wanted to see in Spain, the country with the second most UNESCO heritage sites, I’ve already planned what I wanted to eat. I knew there were great cured ham, cheeses and tapas; but I surely didn’t expect dining in the oldest restaurant in the world!This restaurant had been operating since …
Dining at Botin in Madrid, the oldest restaurant in the world Read More »
You know what’s really important to you on your birthday. Who do you want to celebrate with? what do you want to do? Initially, I thought of throwing asam laksa party at my place with my family. But the Boyfan whisked me away to Singapore because I was so upset I missed the trip to …
My birthday in Singapore involves markets and bookstores Read More »
Imagine a plate of mushroom and ferns shaped like a garland so pretty you would put on your head. Or a dessert served on a vase (those twigs in the first photos are edible). How about pomfret covered in what seems like foams when you have bubble bath? That’s fine dining, put in a very coarse …
I’m conducting an experiment on one of my favorite dish I used to eat as a kid. My mom makes perfectly smooth steam egg with texture much like tau foo far. However, my first experiments result in a plate of steam egg which looks more like the moon… Though it won’t be long until I …
Wrapping my favourite books I find the act of wrapping books super therapeutic (?!). I’ve like the exercise of protecting my books with rolls of plastic sheet since I was 7. After more than two decades of practice, I can wrap books without help or cellophane tape; my books are wrapped so beautifully you can’t …
