From the category archives:
A plate of hot-off-the-wok Penang Char Kuey Teow (fried flat noodles) with shrimp and cockles/bloody clams (circled), with a cup of Kopi-O (dark coffee).
For readers who are not familiar with Malaysian street food, Char Kuey Teow is one of the most popular street food in Malaysia. It’s also a much-recommended dish at Malaysian restaurants in the United States. To read more about the origin of this dish, please click here…
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Favorite childhood junk food = satay jellyfish.
Ingredients: jellyfish, salt, vegetable, oil, starch, chili.
Method of preparation: Eat them as is, or–most deliciously–lightly grill them over charcoal fire, or in the absence of it, over your gas stove…
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Pictures speak louder than words–here are some snapshots of the glorious Malaysian dishes.
Click on the image above to view the complete gallery of Malaysian seafood.
Enjoy!
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Belacan Grill is my favorite Malaysian restaurant in the Los Angeles area–if not the west coast of the United States. I can’t rave enough about how good the food is; every dish served is truly authentic, scrumptious, and unique (meaning you can’t find the dishes in other Malaysian restaurants in the United States). Two thumbs [...]
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Here are some random food pictures snapped in the last 36 hours…
Vegetarian Bak Kut Teh with beancurd sticks, mushrooms and fried tofu. Surprisingly light and delicious.
Yau Char Kwai, perfect for that bowl of steaming Bak Kut Teh.
My beloved Shanghai Xiao Long Bao at my favorite Shanghainese restaurant Shanghai’s Ding in Queensbay, Penang. Juicylicious.
Little glutinuous rice [...]
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MUSSELS
Their sweet and tender meats are very tasty, or in Chinese, 鲜味. Stir-fried with pounded ginger, garlic, taucheo and chili paste, this Malaysian recipe is a keeper for those who like their food spicy.
Stir-fried Mussels with Chili and Bean Paste
Ingredients:
1 lb mussels
1 teaspoon of yellow bean paste (taucheo)
1 1/2 teaspoon of chili paste
1/2 inch of [...]
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If you are looking for new ways of cooking leftover turkey from Turkey Day, I have something exotic that you might want to try out (or not). I cooked mine the Malaysian way and the end result is a pot of steaming hot “Chai Buey” (菜尾).
Literally means leftovers, Chai Buey is a dish that is [...]
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Some of the greatest dishes call for really simple ingredients, such as this Hokkien delicacy “Stir-fried Bean Curd with Leeks.” While I love fancy Chinese food that entails scarce and expensive ingredients such as abalone, scallops, sea cucumber, and live seafood, sometimes I like my food very plain, simple, yet nostalgic.
This Hokkien dish is my [...]
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