Tourism Malaysia Australia Partners with Jackie M for Street Food Journeys: Malaysia

MEDIA RELEASE 16 April 2021 Tourism Malaysia Australia Partners with Jackie M for Street Food Journeys: Malaysia Tourism Malaysia Australia is delighted to partner with Malaysian-born, Sydney-based hawker food expert Jackie M. to produce an 8-part video series titled Street Food Journeys: Malaysia. Each 20-minute episode covers a different » Read More

Malaysian Heritage Cuisine and THAT Eggplant Sambal

It was the morning of LAUNCH DAY - the culmination of months of planning, meetings, negotiations (some more intense than others) - and I woke up to a message from my one remaining volunteer (the previous one backed out a couple of days prior) to say she wasn’t going to make it after all.  Today was the day I was going to take a bunch of food, » Read More

MAFI Partners with Masters of Malaysian Cuisine to Promote Malaysian Ingredients to the World

MEDIA RELEASE  15 March 2021 MAFI Partners with Masters of Malaysian Cuisine to Promote Malaysian Ingredients to the World The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries of Malaysia (MAFI) will partner with the Masters of Malaysian Cuisine group to promote Malaysian ingredients through a series of global live cooking demonstrations and » Read More

Evolution of Curries in Australia – My Southeast Asian Perspective

When I first arrived in Australia in 1984 my experience of curries in this country consisted of North Indian-style yoghurt-based varieties and those starchy-looking sliced onion-dense yellow dishes from suburban Chinese restaurants. I was surprised last week when I found out via this piece in The Conversation - » Read More

MOMC Chefs Share The Queen’s Recipes With The World

MEDIA RELEASE 9 NOVEMBER 2020 MOMC Chefs Share The Queen’s Recipes With The World Masters of Malaysian Cuisine (MOMC) will collaborate to cook dishes from the cookbooks published by Malaysia’s Queen, Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, throughout the month of December 2020: Air Tangan Tengku Puan Pahang — Masakan » Read More

Thermocook Pro M Giveaway & MSFA Launch Masterclass

If you caught my Lockdown Malaysian Cook-Alongs from several weeks back, you would have seen me use the Thermocook Pro M in some of my sessions. You would also have heard me mention that the company behind the appliance, Froothie Australia, had generously offered one of these units as a Giveaway to my subscribers. Subsequently, due to Covid-19 » Read More

Lenovo Yoga Active Noise Cancellation Headphones – Review

  About 2 weeks ago I received a set of Lenovo Yoga Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) headphones to review, which was pretty timely because if you've been following my live cooking videos you'll have noticed the loud chirping noises courtesy of the birds on my balcony interfering with my broadcasts of late (I think they're attracted to the » Read More

MASTERS OF MALAYSIAN CUISINE JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE MALAYSIAN FOOD TO THE WORLD

MEDIA RELEASE Friday 19 June 2020 MASTERS OF MALAYSIAN CUISINE JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE MALAYSIAN FOOD TO THE WORLD VIA LIVE COOKING VIDEOS On 27 June, a coalition of eight Malaysian cuisine masters based in different countries around the world will begin a series of monthly Live cooking videos to showcase Malaysian flavours to a global » Read More

Malaysian Street Food: Why this hidden treasure is my passion… [Part 2]

Hobby Cook, Passionate about Asian Cuisine, or just want a new skill set in your kitchen?   We spoke about Malaysian Food a little on the last page, but we didn’t get down to the juicy bits:    Malaysian Street Food!   This is my passion. It is the WHY behind the last 20 years of my life.    Let me give » Read More

Malaysian Street Food: Why this hidden treasure is my passion… [Part 1]

Cooking is an emotional activity, there’s no denying that. Both the activity itself, and the history behind each ingredient, utensil or dish you serve up.   A certain taste can take you back to your childhood, remind you of your first date with your wife, or bring back a memory with your now late parent(s).    It certainly » Read More