Jackie M Malaysian Masterclass 2 – Nyonya Cooking
Our Nyonya Cooking Masterclass held at The Grace Hotel, 77 York St, Sydney last Sunday.
Video shot and compiled by Ian Chow

When I was staying at Shangri-La Chiang Mai, Thailand, I was taught a number of dishes that were exclusively served to the Thai royal household. (Playlist for these videos can be found here – Jackie M’s Northern Thai Recipes) I was sufficiently intrigued therefore, when I came across a recipe for Royal Thai crabcakes at www.panningtheglobe.com, that I…

I’m constantly amazed at the popularity of pre-cooked or de-shelled prawns in seafood shops here in Australia, over and above the raw, shell-intact varieties. To me, if they’ve been pre-cooked, the shells (not to mention the meat) have lost most of their flavour, and if they’re peeled and treated (ie. what we Asians called “restaurant…

Print PDF Sukasuka Day 2 I’m not the only city slicker in the group; our driver Tony struggles to deploy his mosquito net correctly and by the next morning his bed looks like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Breakfast is a traditional Malay offering – nasi lemak plus different types of…

Someone on Facebook posted about Married At First Sight the other day, and I commented that reality television is anything but real (I’m not generally known to butt into discussions about shows I’ve never watched, by the way). After this Twitch.tv broadcast I came to the conclusion that my livestreams are in fact the new…

Most of you are too young to remember, but if you lived in Australia in the 80s like I did, you’d know how hard it was to find Malaysian ingredients anywhere. That was why I had to learn how to make everything myself when I wanted to indulge in my craving for Malaysian food….

Seterpa Homestay and other food stops We traveled about 20 minutes to our next location to Seterpa Homestay, and as you can see, you don’t have to travel very far out of the city centre to experience Kelantan in all its rural glory. Pulling up to Seterpa Homestay in KelantanFLASHBACK: Pulling up to Seterpa Homestay…