Recipes & Cooking : Basil

Thai Basil Squid

Thai Basil Squid

Thai roasted chilli paste or nam prik phao is the secret to many dishes in Thai cuisine; it’s what gives Tom Yum and many Thai dishes their oomph. Recently, the chili paste has become a staple in my pantry. I use it to make various dishes, for example: fried rice and clams. This Thai basil squid is flavored with dollops…

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Spicy Basil Beef Salad

Spicy Basil Beef Salad

One of my favorite things to do is reading food and travel magazines. I usually go crazy when it’s summer as the newsstands are filled with all sorts of summer-themed magazines. Each with a mouthwatering cover and big bold text that pretty much screams “buy me and eat me.” Other than my regular magazine subscriptions, I usually succumb to these…

Basil Chicken (Gai Pad Krapow)

Basil Chicken (Gai Pad Krapow)

When I was working in Beverly Hills, there is this Thai restaurant that my colleagues and I would always go to. One of my favorite dishes was its spicy basil chicken rice plate—perfectly steamed and fluffy jasmine rice coupled with ground chicken meat infused with aromatic Thai basil leaves. It was delicious, with fine balance of fiery hot and savory….

Salt and Pepper Chicken (盐酥鸡)

Salt and Pepper Chicken (盐酥鸡)

One of my favorite places to eat is Taipei. Taipei reminds me of my hometown Penang, mostly because of a similar spoken dialect and the fiercely celebrated street food culture. Walk down the many small alleys and bustling night markets in Taipei, you are sure to find many great eats in a city that is obsessed with food. Salt and pepper…