Recipes & Cooking

Mee Udang (Malay Prawn Noodle)

Mee Udang (Malay Prawn Noodle)

Eating Pleasure is one of the Malaysian food blogs I have been following silently for a long time. I drool over the delicious foods posted on Eating Pleasure—delicious home-made dishes, eating out, and simply gorgeous and mouthwatering food photography. Authored by Little Inbox, a wedding photograher, Eating Pleasure whets my virtual appetite, especially when I miss the foods from home….

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Penang Hokkien Char (福建炒)

Penang Hokkien Char (福建炒)

Did you watch The Amazing Race Penang episode last night? Catch it here if you’d missed it. I haven’t been home to Penang since last June so I have been craving all sorts of Penang hawker/street food, including Penang Hokkien Char—a stir-fried noodles dish in a savory sauce and served with a dollop of sambal belacan at hawker centers. A…

Cantonese Fried Noodles (Pork Chow Mein)

Cantonese Fried Noodles (Pork Chow Mein)

Hong Kong is one of my favorite places in the world. Since my first visit with my family when I was 18-year old, I have fallen in love with the exquisite Cantonese cuisine. And when I first stumbled upon Taste Hong Kong, a website about Cantonese/Chinese recipes, I become an instant fan. Taste Hong Kong is a great food blog…

Mee Rebus

Mee Rebus

If you read food blogs, I am sure you already know the fabulous food blog PigPig’s Corner authored by the lovely Ann and Jeff, a Malaysian couple based in the United Kingdom. Pig Pig’s Corner covers both recipes and also restaurant reviews; regardless of what they post, I am always drooling over their foods. This week, I started off the…

Penang Curry Mee

Penang Curry Mee

Recently, I have been craving for Penang hawker food (street food). I haven’t been home to Penang for well over eight months so it’s hard not to miss all the great foods of my hometown. Curry Mee—otherwise known as curry laksa, or laksa—is a noodle dish with a coconut milk curry gravy. (This is not to be confused with Penang…

Crab Noodles

Crab Noodles

Noodles are commonly served at Chinese New Year dinner, after all, Chinese live on rice and noodles. If not steamed rice, there is always a noodle dish to go with all the fabulous dishes prepared for Chinese New Year. In Malaysia, whenever my family celebrates Chinese festivities, we would always make a big serving of noodle dish—either egg noodles or…

KL Hokkien Mee

KL Hokkien Mee

Remember I told you that there are many talented Malaysian food bloggers? Today, I would like to introduce you to Citrus and Candy—a fantastic and gorgeous food blog by the very talented Karen Low, who is based in Sydney. Citrus and Candy is choked full of beautiful food photography and her dessert recipes are to-die-for. Anyway, for this guest post,…

Pancit Bihon Recipe (Filipino Fried Rice Noodles)

Pancit Bihon Recipe (Filipino Fried Rice Noodles)

I have been so busy as of late. My sister and nephew are in town since before Christmas and every day has been fun since they got here—eating out, shopping, sightseeing, and showing them around. I haven’t had much time to get online and cook, other than cooking and shooting for my cookbook (details to follow soon!). Anyway, today, I…

Pad See Ew

Pad See Ew

If you are a fan of Thai food, it’s very likely that you love Pad See Ew, or Thai-style fried flat rice noodles. Many readers have asked for the recipe, so today, I have a Thai native Jam as a guest writer. Based in Austin, Jam is a Thai cooking instructor and the brainchild behind Thai-fresh (a Thai cooking school…

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…

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