I still remember that time we ordered lobster yee mein (fresh lobster with fried wheat noodles and garlic, ginger and shallots) during lunch in Sydney’s Chinatown; it bumped our yum cha bill to just shy of $1000. We’re talking one lobster shared among the 4 of us, in case there’s any confusion. Thankfully, it was my younger sister, here on a flying » Read More
How to Cook Cheesy Crab Noodles
June 19, 2018 by
I first learned about cheesy noodles when a Malaysian friend posted about the long wait lines to eat at a Kuala Lumpur restaurant which specialised in cheesy freshwater prawn mee hoon/bee hoon (vermicelli). With a bit of digging, I found out that the Malaysian proprietor got his inspiration from some restaurant in Hong Kong that served cheesy » Read More
Char Kway Teow with Grilled Lobster and Tobiko
January 31, 2015 by
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 was the first time I'd run » Read More