I remember clearly the day my mom had to pack her bags to be admitted to the hospital. At 5 or 6 years of age, my understanding of the difference between illness and death was that if you were ill, you went to the hospital, stayed for awhile, then you came back. If you died, it meant you went, but never returned. We were waiting together at the » Read More
Seremban Girl and Memories of Malaysia
March 8, 2016 by
A couple of years ago someone in a Malaysian Facebook Group posted a link to SerembanGirl.com - a blog they'd stumbled upon, and which they'd enjoyed reading (well I think they did). They were wondering if anyone knew who the owner was. It occurred to me then that I should probably edit the Seremban Girl About Me page to include references to my » Read More
I’m Not Going Back to Orange Grove Market
February 20, 2016 by
This below is a copy of a newsletter I sent out to my subscribers overnight, and it's an update on a previous post - https://jackiem.com.au/2015/12/30/an-important-letter-to-my-customers/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm very sorry to let you know that after having » Read More
An Important Letter to My Customers
December 30, 2015 by
(This was originally drafted as a newsletter, but I’ve decided to post it as a blog article to cover constant enquiries about my business) If you could sum up your last 12 months in one word, what would it be and why? Mine would be “tumultuous” - though to be fair, you could probably say that about the last 15 years of my life since leaving » Read More
Why You Shouldn’t Boycott Orange Grove Market
July 23, 2015 by
A week is a long time in social media. When I received the phonecall a week ago today about the pending complaint about baby Noah, I felt duty-bound to immediately inform my followers that I was going to quit my Saturday market. I posted the announcement across my social media accounts and within an hour or two the mainstream media had caught » Read More
Why I’m Quitting
July 17, 2015 by
I get asked all the time why I don’t operate at more markets or do more events and festivals. This is the first time I’m speaking about this in public. My online videos, TV appearances and travel are not so much exercises in vanity as they were a conscious decision made 2 ½ years ago to recalibrate my brand away from physical food production and » Read More
Who is Baby Noah?
March 10, 2015 by
I was recently approached about having baby Noah’s story featured online and to that end I was asked to provide a spiel to accompany his photos. Although I mostly post personal stories at my other blog - www.SerembanGirl.com - I thought I might reshare this here since Noah is such an integral part of my business. Some of you have followed » Read More
11-Point Hyde Park Night Noodle Markets Wrap-Up
October 28, 2013 by
Print PDF 1. This is my 5th or 6th year at this event, and when I started mine was the only Malaysian stall there. Since then other high-profile Malaysian restaurants have joined up and have been given pre-event shout-outs/write-ups about their participation by the Sydney Morning Herald. Am I slightly irked? You bet I am ;) I remain to » Read More
Curry Nazi No More – 16 Answers to Jackie M’s FAQs
October 20, 2013 by
Print PDF As a perennially sleep-deprived and exhausted business owner, I’ll admit to occasionally getting a little (alright, a lot) caustic when dealing with customer questions. So on my one day off I figure it’s time to repair my Curry Nazi image and put together a list of FAQs and comments I’ve encountered at my many events and answer » Read More
Email to Sydney City Council
August 19, 2013 by
Print PDF For those who have not been following my updates via my newsletter, here is the reason why I have not been open for the last fortnight - Two weeks ago an officer from Sydney City Council dropped in for a surprise inspection at my Darlinghurst studio. Evidently someone had lodged a report to say that I was illegally operating a » Read More