Review: Turnula for Malaysian Cooking
I tested the Turnula Kickstarter spatula for two weeks across Malaysian and everyday cooking. Here’s my honest take on where it works – and where it doesn’t.
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Calling Taufu Fah & Dim Sum Lovers – Why Ipoh Is The Destination You’re Missing
I remember back in the 90s my family (and especially my then-husband Nick) was so enamoured with Hong Kong movie culture that we thought when we finally got the chance to travel there, we would be able to soak in the atmosphere of eating Taufu Fah and Dim Sum in places that looked like they…
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Thermocook vs Thermomix – 8 Differences for Malaysian Cooking
My take on how the Thermocook and the Thermomix compare when it comes to cooking my (ie. Malaysian) food.
Malay Food in Perak – 4 Must-Try Places
A while back, when I invited a Malay friend to join me on my culinary tour of Perak, he replied that he wasn’t that keen because, as he put it (in the most polite way possible), he didn’t think that Perak had good Malay food. This completely threw me for a loop because my first…
The Durian Cookbook Wins “Best Fruit Book” of the Last 30 Years
The Durian Cookbook has just been named Best Fruit Book of the last 30 years by the Gourmand Awards.
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Review: Portable Concave Induction Stove
I’d always assumed high-powered gas stoves were my only option if I wanted to – 1) use my round-bottom traditional Chinese woks 2) generate good “wok hei”. That was before I met Kenneth Lim, the owner of Omnomnom Food Truck in Perth. Kenneth convinced old-school (behind-the-times?) me that chefs in China have long ago adopted…
ChatGPT vs Foodies Against Revolutionary Technology
So, last week, one of my online students threw me a curveball — could I demonstrate how to use a Thermomix to cook non-Thermomix-specific recipes? Now, I have some 400 recipes on my website (the one and only jackiem.com.au) but most of them weren’t written for a Thermomix audience. I figured, why go back to the drawing…
Does Jackie M Still Do Markets Post-Covid Lockdowns? Here’s The Scoop
Curious about whether I still do markets post-Covid lockdowns? The short answer is, yes I do. But before I get into what markets you can find me at, and what I now sell, here’s a bit of an update since I last published about my in-person (IRL) activities back in early 2020 (check it out…
Lobster Rolls At The Rocks, Sydney
One good thing about having South African digital marketer Paul Gray in Sydney with us is that it allows me and Baby Noah to play tourist in our own city. Now that we’re at the tail end of winter (we conveniently missed 5 cold, wet La Niña weeks thanks to filming and travelling in Malaysia)…
Holy Heffa Burger Truck in Edensor Park, Sydney
Edensor Park was where we settled when my parents, younger sister and I first arrived in Australia back in 1984, and it was in that part of Sydney where I got my first after-school job delivering pamphlets and the local newspaper (remember The Champion, anyone?) in the area. Even though I no longer live…
