Penang doesn’t pander. This is what I love most about the place – it took me several false starts; several trips to Malaysia’s most famous foodie destination – before I came to recognise that it deserved all the accolades it’s received in the media over the years. For the longest time before that, I thought…
In this episode of Street Food Journeys: Malaysia, acclaimed Malaysian restaurateur and chef Dato’ Ismail Ahmad shows us how to make Laksa Johor; a unique dish that is nothing like what most of the world recognises as “laksa”.
I’ve previously posted a couple of steamed fish recipes with preserved vegetables, and this is a variation on one of them; this time around, I’m using barramundi instead of silver perch (though, really, this would work with most white fish/fish fillets). Since I get asked all the time, I’m also showing you the type of …