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
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
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 » 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 » 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 » 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 » 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 » Read More
