Print PDF Click to watch on YouTube >> https://youtu.be/g7TfdTbcQkI To give you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the planning of Street Eats Journey, the catalyst for our series was an invitation from Carotino Malaysia to visit and film their plantation in Pahang. We had less than 4 days to cover the 4 segments we needed to make a » Read More
Mee Goreng – Street Eats Journey Part 3
March 26, 2015 by
Print PDF Mee Goreng in the Middle of a Palm Plantation In this installment of my Street Eats Journey, we travelled inland to Carotino’s palm oil plantation in Pahang. We arrived late in the day in Pahang’s capital, Kuantan - my first time there - and caught up with Jonathan who had driven up from the Carotino Johor office. He took us out » Read More
How to Make Satay Kajang – Street Eats Journey 2
March 6, 2015 by
Print PDF Satay Kajang is one of Kuala Lumpur's most iconic dishes and one of those food items loved equally by locals and tourists. I remember growing up in Malaysia that my parents would always detour to the famous town of Kajang every time we made a day trip to the big city of Kuala Lumpur 40 miles from my Seremban hometown. We would order » Read More
Travel Diary (Part 8) – Belum Rainforest Resort
March 6, 2015 by
Print PDF Day 5 and it’s time to leave Sukasuka with a lifetime of memories. If you've followed this series from the start you might remember the story Pak Aziz had relayed about the Western tourists' encounter with the old Indian rubber tapper. They had come to this part of the world with a set of preconceived notions - in that particular » Read More
Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur – Street Eats Journey 1
February 27, 2015 by
Print PDF Brought to you by the team that makes the international travel show, The Travel Bug, this is Jackie M's Street Eats Journey, filmed in Kuala Lumpur and Pahang late last year. In this first of four segments, I visit Kuala Lumpur's famous night market, Jalan Alor, in the middle of Bukit Bintang. I get to try oyster omelette » Read More
Travel Diary (Part 7) – Kampung Life at Sukasuka
February 26, 2015 by
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 kuih including onde-onde, which in » Read More
How to Cook Malaysian Chicken Curry
February 19, 2015 by
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 :) Click to watch on YouTube (opens new window) » Read More
Char Kway Teow with Grilled Lobster and Tobiko
January 31, 2015 by
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 was the first time I'd run » Read More
How to Cook Penang Mee Mamak
January 29, 2015 by
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 >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-WS9fGdSLA Subscribe for more Malaysian cooking videos - Youtube.com/JackieM Penang Mee Mamak typically uses thin » Read More
Food & Travel Guide: Penang
January 27, 2015 by
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 places I can add to this. I will be creating » Read More