When it comes to coffee, people often rave about single origin varieties in the same way with single malt whiskey, the blended ones just won't do but that doesn't mean there isn't a market for it.
So when I chance across a premium Mandheling coffee from Chek Hup, I thought maybe it's time I venture into the coffee...
Beef offal and beef noodles were the staple of the mainland Chinese and they brought that culinary delight to Taiwan. Over in Malaysia, beef noodles are not a big thing here as many Chinese are Taoist, who follow Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. They forbid the eating of beef and thus, beef noodles are particularly difficult...
When it come to coffee, the Arabica bean is highly prized in the gourmet world and nothing really comes close...not even Catimor, a bean that has been cross between Robusta and Arabica.
In southeast Asia, the bean of choice is Liberica, and since it grows well in mid to low lands, you get a feeling that it would make...
Kway Chap, a Teochew dish made famous by laborers who piled the trade is found mainly in Singapore and if you happen to jump across the causeway to Johor Bahru, it does not exist.
Instead you have a variant of it known popularly as Kway Tiu Kia, a rice noodle dish that is a little divorced from the Singapore version. As...
There has been a new trend these days to capitalize on your branding whenever the opportunity arises and MyKuali is one such entity. They came out with a highly successful instant noodle pack called the MyKuali Penang White Curry Noodle which is exported to several countries. The brand also has premade cooking paste for...
When it comes to curry fish head, everyone seems to have their own take on it and I don't blame them. Some like it a tad sour, others like it with more curry taste, etc.
Fish head today isn't cheap anymore. Back in the old days, fish heads were often discarded by restauranteurs and for some, they decided to take those...
When you are hungry, you need a quick cheap meal and where do you go? This is probably one of the toughest questions as there is very little on offer in terms of a cheap meal in Malaysia these days. The average price for a meal is between US1.50 to US$2.00 in a town like Johor Bahru and we are not talking about cafe or diner...
