Recipes & Cooking

Beef Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce

Beef Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce

As I have mentioned in my Beef Panang post, I have saved a couple of juicy pieces of top sirloin sponsored by my friends at TX Bar Organics for an upcoming recipe, which is this one. Top sirloin is a very versatile cut of beef that can be enjoyed as a nice juicy piece of steak, sliced up for a…

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Malaysian Mango Chicken

Malaysian Mango Chicken

Growing up in Malaysia, I was very much spoiled by all the exotic tropical fruit varieties.  From the seasonal Durian ‘King of Fruits’ and Mangosteen, the mighty Queen, to mangoes that are amongst the royal fruits you will see everywhere throughout the year.  Fruits are abundantly available, so much so that restaurants are always coming up with fresh new ideas…

Kam Heong Clams (Golden Fragrant Clams)

Kam Heong Clams (Golden Fragrant Clams)

“Kam Heong” is a signature Malaysian stir-fry style that is renowned for the fragrance imparted during the cooking process, hence the Cantonese term “Kam Heong (金香)”, which means “Golden Fragrance”. This one-of-a-kind style of stir-frying incorporates ingredients from Malay, Chinese, and Indian cooking to produce one of the most mouth-watering palate I have ever exposed my taste buds to. The…

Malaysian Bak Kut Teh

Malaysian Bak Kut Teh

It’s been almost two weeks since we arrived in Malaysia. Needless to say, I have been stuffing myself silly with lots of great food daily. I apologize for the lack of posting but there are just too much fun being home, especially during the festive Chinese New Year celebration. There are always friends and family to visit, places to go,…

Ipoh Street Food (Ipoh Hawker Food)

Ipoh Street Food (Ipoh Hawker Food)

I am a huge advocate for Malaysian food and have written numerous posts and recipes about Malaysian cuisine—Penang street food, Malay cooking, Nyonya Food, etc., but Malaysian food is beyond what you have read on Rasa Malaysia. Hence, I have invited a talented Malaysian food blogger J2Kfm who is based in Ipoh (怡保) —another food mecca in Malaysia—to introduce Ipoh…

Cooking with Chef Robert Danhi

Cooking with Chef Robert Danhi

As a home cook without any formal culinary training, I have always intrigued by the thought of cooking side-by-side with a chef, a real chef. As a “Top Chef” and “Iron Chef” TV junkie, I watch with envy when the crew help the chef churning out dishes upon dishes of seriously good eats, despite the frantic pace and sometimes chaotic…

Char Kuey Teow (炒粿條/Penang Fried Flat Noodles)

Char Kuey Teow (炒粿條/Penang Fried Flat Noodles)

When it comes to Penang hawker food/street food, there are a few dishes that are chart-toppers: Penang Assam Laksa, Hokkien Prawn Noodles, and Char Kuey Teow. It’s hard to decide which one is the most popular, but if you go to Penang, you won’t—and don’t want to—miss these three stellar hawker food. Char Kuey Teow is basically flat rice noodles…

Curry Clams Recipe

Curry Clams Recipe

A few weeks ago, I met Marc of No Recipes and Zen of Zen Can Cook in New York City. We had so much fun and shared deep conversations about food, blogging and our dreams over a delicious yakitori dinner. After I came back, Marc invited me to guest post on No Recipes and I gladly said yes as Marc was kind enough…

Sambal Telur Recipe (Egg Sambal)

Sambal Telur Recipe (Egg Sambal)

Sambal—precisely cooked sambal—is a notably versatile and robust component in traditional Malaysian cooking. It’s the building block of many scrumptious and colorful Malay and Nyonya dishes and marries well with wide array of ingredients: seafood, tofu, eggs, and vegetables. Once you master the skill of making a great sambal, you can prepare numerous variations of lusciously addictive sambal-laden dishes, for…

Grilled Fish with Banana Leaf

Grilled Fish with Banana Leaf

This is the grilled fish recipe that I am reluctant to share. Why? Because it’s so darn good and perfect. I secretly wanted to stash my hand written Malaysian grilled fish recipe somewhere and hoping that one day, a mega chef like Jean-Georges Vongerichten would pay me $10,000 for this precious recipe. But I am a nice person; I love…

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