Yaralla Estate groundsImage via www.slhd.nsw.gov.au If you've been craving my food over the long summer break, here's an opportunity to grab some of my Char Kway Teow and hand-rolled spiral curry puffs this coming Saturday evening. I'll be running my pop-up at Yaralla Estate in Concord, Sydney, to celebrate Australia Day. There will be free » Read More
How to Make Spicy Lamb Skewers with Cumin
September 18, 2018 by
I first got a taste of spicy cumin lamb skewers during what was meant to have been a satay feast at my parents' house in Sydney's southwest. In amongst the hundreds of Malaysian satays that were cooked up that day, there were also some Xinjiang-style lamb skewers; apparently it was a dish introduced to them by their new northern Chinese friends » Read More
How to Make Nyonya Soon Kuih aka Chai Kueh
August 27, 2018 by
This is a more recent recipe for Soon Kuih or Chai Kueh that I used during one of my Live Asian Kitchen broadcasts on Twitch. I was much happier with the texture of the skin, which was softer and less rubbery, hence why I'm posting it here. (BTW kuih and kueh are the same word in Malay; they can be used interchangeably, though kuih is a more » Read More
How to Make Yong Tau Foo with Chee Cheong Fun & Tim Cheong
August 21, 2018 by
I used to sell this at my now-defunct restaurant on Majors Bay Road in Concord, Sydney, and I still make and eat it on a semi-regular basis (anyone who watches my Live Asian Kitchen will vouch for that) so much so I assumed I’d posted the recipe on my website long ago. That was until someone on Instagram asked for the recipe and I thought I’d » Read More
How to Make Steamed Three Colour Eggs
August 21, 2018 by
Steamed eggs are a staple of Chinese homecooks, so if your childhood was anything like yours truly's, this will have featured regularly at the dinner table. They are sometimes embellished with other ingredients such as minced meat, or, in this instance, salted duck egg and century egg. This recipe will work just as well if you use only fresh » Read More
How to Make Hakka Lo Pek Pan (Hakka Radish Cake)
July 24, 2018 by
I sometimes feel sorry for those not born into the culture trying to learn all the nuances of Chinese food. It’s hard enough trying to wrap your head around the topic, let alone recognise all the different iterations of specific dishes by different Chinese dialect groups. Radish cake is one such example; the Cantonese version found at yum cha » Read More
How to Make Jackie M’s XXO Sauce
June 12, 2018 by
I remember when XO sauce started popping up in Chinatown menus as an option for your stir-fried Chinese dishes a couple of decades ago, and thinking it must refer to cognac. I eventually learned that it was in fact a condiment made with dried scallops, an ingredient that’s expensive enough that it would deter me from ever entertaining the thought » Read More
How to Cook Penang Char Koay Teow
March 5, 2018 by
Penang Char Koay Teow - A Wok Around Asia Recipe Courtesy of Parkroyal Penang Resort Folks, I'm very proud to present the first how-to video from my Wok Around Asia project, and it's appropriately on Char Koay Teow (or Char Kway Teow), one of the most popular dishes from Malaysia's street food capital of Penang. It's different from my own version » Read More
How to Make Low-Carb Malaysian Prawn Noodle Soup (Har Meen)
December 11, 2017 by
This dish is known by different names depending on which part of Malaysia you grew up in; I know it as har meen (literally prawn noodles), and being pork-averse, I make mine with a combination of prawn and chicken stock, and top it with chicken in lieu of pork. The low-carb version covered in this recipe involves the use of konnyaku » Read More