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
How To Cook Lao-Style Grilled Ox Tongue
Lao-style grilled ox tongue is one of my favourite dishes in the world, but the traditional method of tenderising the ox tongue using shredded green papaya has never really turned out to my satisfaction (to be fair, I only » Read More
How To Make Deep-Fried Sesame Balls (Vegan)
Deep-fried sesame balls are one of those snacks that are accidentally vegan as well as gluten-free, with the added bonus that they're pretty easy to make. The batch in this picture (not the prettiest, I know) actually » Read More
How To Make Yee Mein (Fried Wheat Noodles)
Yee Mein (Cantonese) aka fried wheat noodles come in two varieties that I'm aware of - there's the thinner, darker version that some Malaysians know and love, and there's the more famous thicker, lighter-coloured version » Read More
Steamed Minced Beef with Rice (Yum Cha Recipe)
Steamed minced beef with rice is one of those dishes I no longer see at yum cha, but I remember it quite well from my weekends as a trolley pusher plus kitchenhand at Choy’s Inn restaurant in Chinatown. The beef » Read More
How To Make Vegan Spicy Sweet Potato Dumplings (Cucur Badak)
Cucur Badak is a fried sweet potato dumpling typically filled with a spicy minced dried shrimp and coconut filling. I recently created a vegan version of it using crushed soy beans left over from making tofu pudding and soy » Read More
How To Make Tofu Pudding (Taufu Fa)
Taufu Fa (ie. Tofu Pudding) is a simple Chinese dessert (usually served warm) that's a favourite of many Malaysians. It wasn't until fairly recently though, that I started making it from scratch at home, and I've found it to » Read More
Thanks for visiting! My name is Jackie M and I'm a Malaysian-born, Sydney-based cook, TV presenter, ex-restaurateur and live video streamer. I started this site when I was running my Malaysian » Read More
Who Are You??
I hate carrying on about my "accomplishments", not because I'm sooo modest (I'm not), but because I honestly get bored doing it; my sister reminded me recently about how I didn't even bother attending my graduation ceremony at Sydney University 27 years » Read More
Wok Around Asia – Asian Cooking Mastery With Jackie M.
Folks, I'm excited to announce the imminent launch of Wok Around Asia - my online Asian Cooking Mastery coaching programme that I've been working on for months. Many of you know me through my restaurant, the Orange Grove Farmers' Market and the Hyde » Read More
Singapore Ranked #1 For Best Street Food; Singaporeans Wonder Why
Another week, another hilarious error of culinary judgement by people who clearly have no right to be paid for their food “expertise”. We all remember the legendary “crispy rendang” episode of MasterChef UK, where the judges eliminated Malaysian » Read More
Japanese Cooking Classes In Japan
If ever you've wondered why I don't post Japanese recipes, that would be because I don't cook Japanese food (I love eating it though). Which is why I adore the concept behind airKitchen, a service that provides foreign travellers with a chance to visit » Read More
