I want to introduce you to the amazing, yummy, worry-free Nyonya Cuisine, irrespective of where you live in the world.
It will be done in a way that is conducive to the 21st century.
What exactly is the Penang version of the White Curry Mee? In Penang, we call it curry mee. It is one noodle dish that is uniquely Penang, known for its [...]
Nasi Lemak Nasi Lemak is a Malaysian term. Nasi means rice, and lemak means fragrant rice cooked in rich and creamy coconut milk with scented leaves, i.e. pandan. It [...]
Kaim Chye Boay - a melting pot of delicious leftovers!!!!! This is an amazing dish to make using your leftovers! "Kiam chye" - is salted vege and "boey" is [...]
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 [...]
Pandan is also known as skrewpine or “fragrant leaves” in Asia and is used for cooking. It can be seen growing abundantly, especially in South East Asia, and you [...]
Authentic Malaysian dishes made simple with readymade pastes Curry Chicken is a unique “Nyonya” cuisine as developed using typical Malay spices. Besides the usual steamed white rice, this dish is [...]
Rendang is traditionally prepared by the Malaysian and Indonesian community during festive occasions such as traditional ceremonies. Rendang is rich in spices. Along with the main meat ingredient, rendang uses [...]
In another words, what Nyonya dishes will you be serving on your long table and you don't have much time to cook those dishes? First, let me explain a little [...]
The reason for today's blog post is because I had been talking a lot about Assam Laksa for the past few days with friends and families. And I ended cooking [...]
Back to the meals that I cooked for our overseas guests – for the first night, we had steamboat with the family, where all the fresh ingredients were prepared prior and we added several [...]
One of my many favourites - Penang Assam Laksa Penang Assam Laksa ranked at number 7 on World’s 50 Most Delicious Food compiled by CNN Go in 2011. In Penang, we [...]
Peranakan Kuih - Pulut Inti made simple with Butterfly Pea Powder Putut Inti is a sweet dessert of steamed glutinous rice with coconut milk and topped with palm sugar [...]
Growing up in a Penang peranakan family, we use this amazing butterfly pea flower for our nonya kiuh, such as pulut inti and pulut tai tai (surprisingly not many other [...]
Authentic Nonya Curries in under 30 minutes I can't speak for everyone, but if you are serving more than 10 people, I would normally prepare my dishes prior (or at [...]
Otak otak in baking dish Ok - this is one dish that I have been experimenting with the most - and I think it is one of the most [...]
Mee Siam Will you be hosting the family this coming festive season? Have you thought of what to serve your guests? Would you like some ideas on quick and easy [...]
Butterfly Pea Flower (Bunga Telang) I am truely excited to come across the butterfly pea flower and the powder in Australia. I have added it to my collection of ingredients [...]
From today, 25th November until midnight Monday 27th November, 2017 Thanksgiving is a time of joy, a time to celebrate with family and friends, and a time to be thankful. [...]
Time consuming when you have to prepare them from scratch I am all for fun and efficiency in the kitchen, so when it comes to certain must-have ingredients in the Asian [...]
Someone gave me some calamansi, and straight away it reminded me of sambal belachan. Sambal belachan - this is a must have Malaysian condiment with most of our dishes and [...]
French toast mee koo The best gifts that you can give anyone will be the gifts that come from your heart, don't you agree? For example, home-cooked dishes, handmade soaps, chilli [...]
I am going to try this dish - Samabal Udang Petai - which is also sambal prawn with petai. (Refer to the post on how to make sambal prawns with [...]
Sambal Prawn - One of many Malaysian delights Today we are going to look at preparing sambal prawn. Sambal prawn is a popular dish in Malaysia. It is a combination; [...]
What is belachan and what is it used for? "Belachan" is a shrimp paste. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp and mixed with salt, and then ferment for [...]
Want do you normally do with leftover fish? You see, I had pan-fried salmon leftover and was wondering what I could do with it? I could shred it and make [...]
Nasi Lemak is a very popular dish in Malaysia, so much so that even most Malaysian airlines will serve it on their flights. This dish is accompanied by hot and [...]
