10 Ways To Use Malaysian Ikan Bilis In Your Cooking
Ikan bilis, aka dried anchovies, is so highly-prized among overseas Malaysians that my stepmom makes a point of using her entire luggage allowance on ikan bilis each time she comes home from a visit to Malaysia. (I’m aware » Read More
10 Ways The Thermomix Is Great For Asian Cooking
In all the years I’ve cooked Live On Air, I’ve elicited more comments about the Thermomix TM5 behind me than all my other kitchen gadgets and utensils put together. I usually brush these off by telling my audience that it’s » Read More
How To Cook Chilli Mud Crab
N.B. Please note that I've switched email providers so the link to sign up for recipes as displayed in the video is now expired. Please join my regular mailing list (there's a subscribe form at the bottom of this post to do » Read More
How To Cook Crispy Noodles With Sauce
You may have come across a number of different iterations of crispy noodles depending on the type of Asian restaurant you frequent; in this Lockdown Malaysian Cook-Along (yes, I'll explain in a bit) I made 2 different » Read More
How To Cook Pandan Chicken Curry & Pandan Rice
As someone who's run a Malaysian food business for decades, I'm always trying to strike a balance between maintaining "authentic" flavours while cutting down on time spent in the kitchen (thanks to labour costs and staff » Read More
Nasi Lemak-Udek-Campur-Kandar-Tumpang-Tumpeng – Part 1
Remember that time Australian cooking show Good Chef Bad Chef did a segment on how to make Nasi Lemak (steamed coconut rice with condiments, and what some would argue is Malaysia's national dish), and then proceeded to cook » Read More
How To Use The Keep Warm Setting On Your Cooker For Sous Vide Cooking
I mentioned in the past that the keep warm setting on your electric cooker - eg. your rice cooker, slow cooker or Instant Pot - could theoretically be used if you're too cheap (I'm kidding) for a sous vide unit. I had the » Read More
Do you want to become an expert Malaysian and Singaporean Street Food cook? Then you're speaking to the right person - I coach students online, whether beginners who want to know exactly what to do » Read More
Melaka: Satay Celup, Klebang Coconut Shake, Nyonya Food And More
I remember it was during my first trip to Melaka that I tried Satay Celup, which consists of skewered meat, fish balls, seafood, vegetables and everything in between cooked in a thin peanut gravy. It felt like a cross between steamboat (aka hotpot) and » Read More
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 » 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 » 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 » Read More
