Depending on how long you’ve been following my cooking journey, you may remember that I used to produce a range of frozen meals that I sold at various markets in Sydney and at my restaurant. This was what they looked like – These packs were popular enough that when Costco opened up in Sydney, someone…
Some of you (I say some, because I realise I don’t talk about it often enough) would know I micro-produce a range of Handcrafted Dry Curry Paste kits, which are based on the dishes I used to make and sell at my restaurant many, many years ago. (You can check out the range and order…
You know a Malaysian product is good when even Malaysians rave about it. I’d heard about Auria’s Malaysian Kitchen’s famous sambal, but did not at first realise The Sambal Lady and I had a lot in common. First of all, Auria and I both went to the same high school back in Malaysia – Convent…
If you’ve followed my Live Asian Kitchen broadcasts for any length of time, you would know that the term sambal belacan” (shrimp paste sambal) covers a number of different chilli dips – there’s raw sambal belacan which consists of pounding chillies with toasted shrimp paste, some seasoning plus a dash of fresh lime juice…
In the 33 years since I left Malaysia, I’d had no inclination to buy Marmite until this dish started showing up on Malaysian restaurant menus here in Australia. What I didn’t realise until the middle of this broadcast (thanks to my audience) was that the NZ-made Marmite I picked up at Woolies is significantly different…
I know, I’ve done a couple of videos on this in the past; this I think was the first live broadcast where I didn’t just make the stock or paste, but also followed the recipe through to completion (ie. with noodles etc.). I know the broth looks a lot more cloudy than if the stock…