I remember it was during my first trip to Melaka that I tried Satay Celup, which consists of skewered meat, fish balls, seafood, vegetables and everything in between cooked in a thin peanut gravy. It felt like a cross between steamboat (aka hotpot) and satay; I only ever had it once - it was a literal case of so much food, so little time in Melaka » Read More
Street Food Recommendations For Your Next Trip to Malaysia
March 1, 2016 by
I regularly get asked about eating recommendations in Malaysia and last week was no exception. My journalist friend Steph emailed me to say she was planning to travel through Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Ipoh and Penang (among other places) in May and asked if I could suggest people and food she should look up. She will be travelling alone and is » Read More
How to Make Laksa Nyonya in 15 Minutes
April 4, 2015 by
Print PDF There's a lot of confusion about what Laksa Nyonya is - and this is actually quite understandable in view of the fact that Penang's famous laksa - the sour, non-coconut milk version aka Asam (Assam) laksa is also Nyonya-influenced. For the record, my Laksa Nyonya refers to the laksa inspired by Melaka's nyonya culture. There are, » Read More
How to Make Grilled Otak-Otak
January 8, 2015 by
Print PDF Click to watch on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEWhZgYBtA Pretty sure I've blogged this recipe before, but there are probably plenty of people who missed it the first time around, so here it is. Again. Subscribe for more Malaysian cooking videos - http://youtube.com/JackieM Otak-otak is a very popular street » Read More
Ramadan Around Malaysia – My Google Hangouts-On-Air
June 30, 2014 by
Print PDF I’m almost scared to announce this for fear of jinxing these Live Broadcasts but here it goes! After a 3 months+ enforced hiatus from my weekly Google Hangouts-On-Air thanks to my relocation nightmare that included a failed internet service restore, I’m back in the game with a vengeance. I’m running a series of 8 Ramadan-themed » Read More