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

I know it might sound like I’m trying to get more plays on this pineapple fried rice video, but in all honesty, short of having me look over your shoulder and directing as you cook, your best hope in learning how to do fried rice (and many other Asian dishes, for that matter) lies not in reading…

One of my favourites to order when I dine out at Thai restaurants, I had the opportunity to attempt making this myself using my Ziggy barbecue unit. This recipe is based on David Thompson’s “Thai Food”, and is part of my series of Asian BBQ Recipes. FYI because I’m a bit of a wimp with…

According to my dad, mom planned on having four kids. This pic shows the four oldest kids – and that would have been it – neither I nor half my siblings would have existed. Then my mom visited a fortune teller. He told her he could see her husband marrying a second, younger wife in…

‘Hello, sir/ma’am – come try Malaysian food – we have noodles, curry, satay, roti’ – called out my newest staff member to the passing crowds. We were trading at a market and he was obviously trying hard to show initiative and had been at it all day. I finally couldn’t stand it anymore and told him…

This recipe will work in a Thermocook or a Thermomix using the same settings. (ps. you might know by now my recipes are based on my culinary philosophy of “agak-agak” or “guesstimating”, so adapt as you see fit with similar kitchen appliances). For a non-appliance dependent recipe, please check out my previous post – How to…

Print PDF I feel the need to reiterate this because unlike my online followers, most of my “real world” customers still think “restaurant” and not much else when they think of me, despite my Concord establishment having closed for nearly a year now – but one of my many activities is to run regular Google…