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A Pizza heaven

Prior to meeting me, Frank had a typical bachelor diet consisting of beer and pizzas, with Domino’s number on speed dial. Fortunately these days, although not yet a fine example of perfect diet, he has kicked the long term pizza habit but from time to time would request for it. And most of the time…

Jerk Chicken: Because it never calls!

Sometimes I cook dishes that I’ve never tried before. By that I mean in a restaurant or food outlet. I’m easily intrigued by interesting recipes and would just made the dishes without knowing what it SHOULD taste like. Nevertheless with cross checking of different recipes you’ll usually get a pretty good idea of what it…

Childhood Favourite: Fried Lao Shu Fen (Silver Needle Noodles)

My grandma is a super cook in all aspect. Growing up, we always have endless supply of food lovingly prepared by her, such as Ang Jiu (Red rice wine) Chicken Soup (she made her own rice wine), Chwee Kueh, Ang Gu Kueh, Kacangma (Chicken dish made with Kacangma herb and rice wine, also cognac sometimes….

Ben’s Pavilion Kuala Lumpur: Best New Restaurant of the Year?

Frank and I have regular date nights. While it’s lovely to savour a home cooked meal then curl up on the couch together enjoying one of the movies from his ginormous collection, it’s also important for us to occasionally dine out, do some window shopping, soak in the busy city atmosphere etc etc. Seeing that…

Sarawak Laksa

Ahh! I’m on a Sarawak food cooking spree! Unintentionally though, only because my mother brought in some goodies recently. And one of those, was the Sarawak Laksa Paste. Rejoice! Mum’s the best! Sarawak Laksa would probably be the second most named dishes when you mention the Hornbill state. Of course, I could be biased. And…

Home away from home: Kampua Mee 干盘面

Most people who has heard of Sarawak dishes can think of a few: Sarawak Laksa, Tomato Kueh Tiaw and of course Kolok mee, often being referred as the signature noodle dish of Sarawak. Kampua mee is less well-known variety, but pretty much synonymous with the Foochows, just like Kolok mee is to the Kuchingnites, or Wanton…

My first experience of cooking in public: Merry Guinness Media Launch

No, this is not a reality TV series where I was the contestant nor have I acquired a cooking show (although wouldn’t that be just awesome?), Masterchef Adam Liaw hosted the Merry Guinness Media Launch at the Doubletree, Hilton on Wednesday night and this was as part of his cooking demonstration. Those who know me personally…

Lazy Chicken Rice with Momofuku’s Ginger Scallion Sauce

Momofuku (literally translated as Lucky Peach in Japanese). What a name! I’ve heard of this David Chang‘s chain of restaurants but unfortunately can’t go all the way to the states to taste! Bless the food bloggers that has been sharing his recipes, people like me get to recreate the dishes and enjoy them. One of the…

Time Out KL Food Awards 2011: How it went down

Let’s take a little break from the recipes posts and talk about the TOKL Food Awards Celebration Party, held on the 23rd Nov, at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC). Ah… if not the place that holds special memories for me as I’ve done my first mini musical there while participating in the Short…

Here’s the beef!

Last week I had a little pot luck get together with my friends David and his gf Siew Li. Yes. This was pre-detox and also mainly why we decided to go vegan. There was no specific theme but Frank requested for beef (about the only animal he would consume, really) and I wanted to make…