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...
It looks disgusting, dark, and almost burnt in respect but Kim Hock Food Court has been selling these for years. For the life of me, I have no idea that such a dish existed nor did I even care to find out about its existence but when it comes to something this strange, someone has to write about it.
First, Bakuteh, or...
Bitter, which sounds like please in German but let me tell you that bitter in Chinese and Indian cuisine is good for you.
This is probably the strongest contrast between western and eastern cooking and how I feel that Asian cuisine will always be more exotic than the vanilla styled, diary and herb style ingredients...
Linguine pasta is one of my favorites. It's flat, and has enough bite to satisfy every bite but it comes at a price. For one it isn't cheap as it has to be imported. Second, it has to be prepared well.
The Loading Bay Cafe is a fusion style bistro that serves up Italian and Western cuisine with a fusion touch. Located in...
Every now and then, unsuspecting, I try something new and depending on my taste, I will be critical. So when it comes to commercial grade restaurant food, the first thing that comes to mind is how good is the taste, and the value behind it.
Commercial food is not quality food but then it can be so when Season Cafe offered...
Forgive me, but I have never been very impressed by these so called fusion sushi joints like Sushi King or Sakae Sushi. These are not Japanese Izakayas but rather commercial restaurants started by restauranteurs to make money.
Commercial value is what dictates its success and I must say that they are borderline with Sushi...
I am not a big fan of sticky rice. It is starchy and heavy for a meal on its own and I must admit that I don't mind having Chinese Temale when the season comes. The Vietnamese Temale is very similar. Stuffed with lightly fried glutinous rice with a sprinkling of vegetables and meat wrapped in banana leaf and cooked till...
Mee Siam, its origins are vague even though the Thais have not credited
themselves with the invention as they have a similar dish named Mee
Kati. So let's not go into any nationalistic belief to claim this dish in the way that some others have done in the past.
This is essentially a rice vermicelli...
For most of us, the idea of having beef noodles is pretty remote unless you live in a place like Taiwan. The popularity of this dish is legendary on the island and it's pretty much a national obsession.
The Chinese believe that beef causes heatiness, a term used to associate its TCM values and how it affects one's health....
