Ayam Lihing is a Kadazan Sabah dish that uses chicken and local rice wine; Chef Elroy from Shangri-La Tanjung Aru in Kota Kinabalu shows me how easy it is to prepare. This is the first in a series of 3 Kadazan Sabah dishes I learned during my recent trip to Borneo. One interesting point of…
Lorbak (aka Loh Bak) is a delicious Nyonya meat roll from Penang that’s served with two different types of sauces. Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Resort’s Chef Chai showed me how this is made in this live cooking lesson held recently for guests of the hotel. INGREDIENTS: 1.2 kg Chicken thigh fillets, sliced into thin strips 200 g…
Back in my Concord restaurant days one of the most popular menu items was my Butter Soft-shell Crab – a dish I made up based on various interpretations of the Malaysian butter sauce (not to be confused with the sauce in Indian butter chicken) craze that was taking over restaurant menus in Malaysia. I say…
Print PDF Day 5 and it’s time to leave Sukasuka with a lifetime of memories. If you’ve followed this series from the start you might remember the story Pak Aziz had relayed about the Western tourists’ encounter with the old Indian rubber tapper. They had come to this part of the world with a set…
Print PDF So Ashton Kutcher (AplusK, as I like to call him) and me – we go back a long way (translation: no) – and he’s going to be in Sydney to sample some of my world famous CKT (translation: highly doubtful) Friday 13 February. Seeing as he’s also product engineer for my beloved Lenovo…
Print PDF One of the highlights of my recent trip to Kuala Lumpur was to run a Hangout-on-Air at Traders Hotel, KL, which was a first in many ways – It was the first ever Hangout-on-Air broadcast from Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. It was my collaborator Fay Khoo’s first time participating in a Hangout. It…
Print PDF Click to watch on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHk-Lxgbzf8 In November 2014, People Express Travel in Kuala Lumpur invited me to experience their new Culture, Heritage and Nature Delight Tour based around a culinary theme. Over the course of 6 Days/5 Nights, I stayed at – – Bagasta Boutique Hotel in Kampung Baru, KL – Suka-Suka…