Print PDF This is the recipe used for my ever popular Malaysian Chicken Curry – check out how easy it is to make at home using my cooking hacks. Don’t forget to leave me a comment if you have any questions, and share this with your friends and family if you find this useful 🙂…
Print PDF I grew up in a developing country; unlike western travellers, I know first hand what it’s like to live with the locals – I used to be one. There’s no novelty in roughing it when I travel; I want my creature comforts and I shamelessly seek out 5-star hotels. This is something that’s…
Print PDF We continue our journey to Kuala Kangsar – the royal town of Perak. This is my first visit ever and I’m keen to check out its historical buildings, but first stop is Restoran Yat Lai, a well known and loved local coffee shop, aka kopitiam, that’s been around for 70 years. I need…
Day 3 – We have a quick breakfast at Kak Som’s Kelantanese cuisine in Kampung Baru with Bagasta’s Kak Intan, and then we’re head off on the next leg of my tour – the state of Perak, 3 hours’ drive out of KL. First stop – the HOGA Gaharu Tea Valley. When I think tea…
Print PDF So Ashton Kutcher (AplusK, as I like to call him) and me – we go back a long way (translation: no) – and he’s going to be in Sydney to sample some of my world famous CKT (translation: highly doubtful) Friday 13 February. Seeing as he’s also product engineer for my beloved Lenovo…
Print PDF One of the highlights of my recent trip to Kuala Lumpur was to run a Hangout-on-Air at Traders Hotel, KL, which was a first in many ways – It was the first ever Hangout-on-Air broadcast from Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. It was my collaborator Fay Khoo’s first time participating in a Hangout. It…
Print PDF Penang Mee Mamak, aka Mee Goreng, has its own nuances compared to the Mee Goreng I grew up with down in the southern part of Malaysia. Click here to watch on YouTube >>Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-WS9fGdSLA Subscribe for more Malaysian cooking videos – Youtube.com/JackieM Penang Mee Mamak typically uses thin egg noodles (not too dissimilar to…
Print PDF My latest Flipboard Magazine is out – Penang Travel Guide – and contains articles and videos on food, recipes, places to visit and things to do. This is a collection of my own as well as other curated content and it will be regularly updated, so do send me suggestions for any links or…
Print PDF Kampung Baru (or Bharu) (translation – New Village) Day 1 “Kampung Baru” just means New Village in Malay, and I actually spent most of my childhood years in a Kampung Baru (Kg Baru Bukit Temiang, ie. Temiang Hill New Village) in my hometown in Seremban. Mostly though, people think of Kampung Baru Kuala…
Print PDF Penang Char Kway Teow could arguably be the one dish that puts Penang Island head and shoulders over the rest of Malaysia in the culinary stakes. Chef Siva of Hotel Jen reveals the 3 sauce ingredients that go into a traditional Penang CKT recipe, and also shows how it’s cooked. Click here to…