Food & Party – Page 7

Work, travel and books are slowly turning me into a food snob…

Food & Party, Work & Productivity / By sara

“In the name of food safety, predictability and product consistency these food are routinely…inoculated with lab-tested, carefully controlled strains of microorganisms. The unique properties of local bacterial populations are thus obliterated through such seemingly benign process as pasteurisation, or crowded out with super quick-acting starter cultures. The result is bland homogenous food catering to the …

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Before bedtime activity

Beauty & Fashion, Food & Party, Health & Fitness / By sara

playing mix and match with Chinese herbs and separating them into cute pink containers! Ever since inheriting my mother’s slow-cooker, I’ve been making a lot of broth. I’ve tried making red dates tonic (recipe here). with the cooker and the result is amazing! My mother used to boil this tonic for me monthly and told …

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Everybody says aww

Family & Friends, Food & Party / By sara

He said in passing he’ll love to try the few dishes I made for a food photoshoot. So I did. I’m glad to find many ways to prepare them in advance: chopping things ahead, refrigerate sauces, having soup in the thermal cooker, freezing slow boiled stock etc. I’ve been happily living on these healthy food …

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Why I like to cook, serve and eat?

Food & Party, Thoughts & Ideas / By sara

Much more than how delicious food taste and how beneficial it is for our body, I realise now that like to cook and eat because of how home cooked food makes me feel. Loved. Nourished. Happy. Today I cooked popular dishes from six different countries. L- R: fish amok from Cambodia, mango salad from Thailand, …

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wake up to the smell of belacan!

Food & Party / By sara

I bought this ‘terasi’ at a shop in Lombok just because it’s packaged in a pretty weaved bamboo basket. Of course, I was attracted to its distinct fragrance too. Happy Friday everyone!

The best thing I’ve inherited from my Mommy

Beauty & Fashion, Food & Party / By sara

an old slow cooker. This is not an ordinary slow cooker. This is the slow cooker which my Mommy makes nourishing soup, porridge, herbal drinks and Chinese dessert for me when I was a little girl. For two decades, this enduring slow cooker fed me and helped me grow up strong and healthy! I needed …

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Happiness is…

Food & Party, Travel & Adventures / By sara

Discovering fresh tropical fruits served on watermelon carved into Indonesian mask! I’m currently at Shereton Sengigi in Lombok. Among all things – beautiful beach, Balinese-style pool and steam room – I got excited over tropical fruits (?!) But I always believe in deriving delight from simple things hence the ‘happiness is…’ column. *** I hope …

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What I found in a Khmer cookbook…

Food & Party, Work & Productivity / By sara

You should know by now that my work involves developing recipes. Often ask where I get ideas for the food I make, I must say my second biggest influence must be my travels. My trip to Siem Reap last year resulted in me cooking the most popular Cambodian dish, the Fish Amok, five days in …

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Happiness is…

Family & Friends, Food & Party / By sara

Tapao Ipoh White Coffee to bring home to KL!

Oh, I can’t wait till lunar new year!

Food & Party / By sara

I plan to make a big pot of imitation sharks fin soup for my family! (Recipe here) =:D