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I have an exciting news to share. First, I would like to thank all my amazing supporters of Nyonyalicious for loving and sharing our Flavours of Penang products. Truly from [...]
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Chinese New Year marks the beginning of spring and it is also to welcome the lunar-new year; the Chinese New Year celebration goes on for fifteen days. On the fifteen [...]
Introducing our new Little Nyonya range of Vegetarian Pastes
I am so excited!! Our new vegetarian range of pasteshave just arrived! Currently we have 4 flavours for this range - Curry Chicken, Rendang, Penang White Curry Mee and Nyonya [...]
Australia Day
The tradition of having Australia Day as a national holiday on 26 January is a recent one. Not until 1935 did all the Australian states and territories use that name [...]
Happy Chinese New Year 2020 – the year of the rat!
Chinese New Year 25th January 2020 The year of the rat Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year. How are you celebrating Chinese New Year this year? As for my [...]
Chinese New Year and the symbolism of the Steamboat
A steamboat dinner or reunion meal for my family is traditionally held on Chinese New Year's Eve. It is one of the most important meals for family members as they [...]
How to keep up the Chinese New Year traditions with your young family living in a new country?
Traditions travel with people, and as we are gearing up for the Chinese New Year 2020, as Chinese families living away from their own families, are we still keeping up [...]
Dried anchovies and its many uses
Anchovies are also known as Ikan bilis in Malaysian. Anchovies are small, salt-water fish and are easily found is most parts of the world. They are [...]
Wishing you a Happy New Year 2020
Just a short message to wish all of you a Happy New Year 2020! I hope you are enjoying your end-of-year break and getting ready to welcome the New Year. [...]
Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas
It is that time of the year again... and the busiest time of the year as well. Busy with end of the year concerts to attend, family gatherings to plan, [...]
Glutinous Rice Balls (Kuih Ee)
Glutinous Rice Balls Making Kuih Ee (Tang Yuan or 汤圆), or in English - Glutinous Rice Balls, was one of the highlights of the many festivities we celebrate [...]
How to use pandan in your daily cooking?
A Pandan plant at my Aunty's house Pandan is also known as skrewpine or "fragrant leaves" in Asia. It can be seen growing abundantly, especially in South East Asia, and [...]
Must have Readymade ingredients for Nyonya Cooks of today!
For many of you, you may know that I started Nyonyalicious with these pastes all the way from Penang. I call it the MUST have for Nyonya cooks of today! [...]
LAUNCH – our new Dried Sliced Bunga Kantan / Torch Ginger Flower
Torch ginger flower is an everyday ingredient that you will find in any Nyonya kitchen. We use it in Assam Laksa, Nyonya Assam or any dishes that benefit from its [...]
Tok Panjang and its significance in the Peranakan household
Source: Lillian Tong @ Peranakan Museum Penang http://www.pinangperanakanmansion.com.my/ Growing up, I would sometimes hear the phrase “so and so is doing a Tok Panjang” or my grandmother would say, “kemai [...]
Penang famous biscuits – Tau Sar Pniah and Tambun Pniah
Tambun Biscuits If you have the chance to visit Malaysia, and Penang in particular, you will notice that are many shops that sell biscuits, like heong pniah, phong pniah, beh [...]
Char Koay Teow
Fried Koay Teow / Char Koay Teow Today we are going to talk about char koay teow. It is one of many top famous street foods in Penang. "Char" means [...]
The connection between your childhood food and your culture and heritage
“If you don’t know your roots, you are like a leaf that does not know you are part of a tree“. Source: The Little Nyonya drama series In the previous [...]
Nourishing your soul through your Childhood Food
The nostalgic food memory from through a bowl of porridge I woke up to one cold winter morning, and all I could think of was a warm bowl of porridge [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s day is a day to honour all the mums, step mum, grandmothers and all foster mums and the influences of mums all over the world. Will you be having [...]
Nursing care facilities for the unwell and aged have come a long way in Penang
I am not very fond of the term ‘nursing homes’ as I had my fair share of fear of such facilities. When my dad had his leg amputated a few [...]
What I was reading on the plane… and bringing back memories
A book given to me by my Aunty, written by my grand uncle (Koo Kong) [...]
Torch Ginger Flower
Bunga Kantan / Torch Ginger Flower Torch ginger is a species of herbaceous perennial plant. The ginger flower’s botanical name is Etlingera elatior. It is also known as torch ginger, [...]
How to support your aging parents when you live far away from them – part 2
This is a topic that I know many migrant families will face, especially for those living far away from their loved ones. It is one that I myself am currently [...]
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