Laksa Johor is famously different from the laksas found in other parts of Malaysia (as a matter of fact it was the topic of some heated online discussion among Malaysians around the time this episode first aired, about which state's laksa is superior). I remember when it was first described to me back during my restaurant days by my team member » Read More
How to Make Kerisik and Chicken Rendang
August 1, 2017 by
Much like cereal prawns, an overwhelming number of online searches for “kerisik” yield misinformed recipes (what I like to call Fake Food News) for this Malaysian rendang ingredient. For the last time, kerisik is not toasted desiccated coconut; it’s roasted creamed coconut, sometimes called “coconut butter”. Kerisik INGREDIENT: Block of » Read More
Coconut and Kerisik (30 Days 30 Asian Ingredients Series Day 2)
February 10, 2016 by
Day 2 - Coconut Milk, Coconut Cream, Thick and Thin Coconut Milk, Creamed Coconut and Kerisik I’ve covered this topic to some extent in a previous blog post so check that out for the recipe for making your own coconut milk. In this Periscope broadcast, I reveal - what Malaysian recipes mean by thick and thin coconut » Read More