A paw full of spice makes everything nice
The Holiday Hangover Happy New Year everyone! For many people in the Western world, the holiday season is over and thank God for that. Yes participating in all the festivities was fun, imbibing in all those specialty cocktails was treat and gorging on that decadent food was a sumptuous pleasure. I bet right now, you…
A curry here, another curry there… Compare a local mamak (eatery) here in Malaysia with an Indian restaurant back home and you will be puzzled. Granted, a mamak serves a wide range of different Malaysian foods from three (or more) different ethnic groups, not just food from the subcontinent, but if you fancy a curry…
No two curries are the same… It can be a little odd talking about food in Malaysia – and Malaysians do love to talk about food. Dishes that are popular in China, such as Lazijiding (dry fried chicken with chili peppers) simply don’t exist here. The little bottles of black vinegar that are ubiquitous in…
I like Kung Pao Chicken and I like chicken wings but I absolutely love these Kung Pao Chicken Wings. Why? Well, for one thing they are delicious. Tender on the inside and coated in a mouthwatering salty, sweet and spicy sauce. They don’t take much prep or an extensive amount of time to throw…
Story goes that when Chinese immigrants settled in Malaysia, they married locals who learned to cook Chinese recipes but put their own twist on them by using local ingredients. Hence, Peranakan cuisine (aka Nyonna cuisine) was born and still remains a delicious staple in Malaysia today. One of the more…
Salty Spanish Chorizo in a light garlic and tomato sauce with a bit of added heat. Serve over pasta for a delicious and easy meal.
When it comes to food, my weakness will always be fried chicken and I have been lucky enough to travel the world sampling each culture’s tasty version of the fried bird. So you can imagine my delight when I visited a local Thai and Vietnamese restaurant here in Malaysia and came across this concoction….
I like my wings like I like my men: a little sweet, a little salty, tender on the inside but hot and spicy throughout. What a tragedy it is to be in a bar, pub or on a dinner date and find that their wings (or your…
Maybe it’s my American nature or just the gluttonous aspects of my character that lead me to take things a bit too far. I can’t help it but to love folded cheese in pizza crusts, bacon encrusted foods and chocolate covered delicacies. I’m the type of person to ask for more…
The devil is in the details. No where does this idiom ring truer than in the cooking of seafood and pasta. Although cooking seafood and pasta seems fairly simple and quick, one must really do their homework to excel with a tasty dish. For example, boiling…
Enchiladas…gooey, cheesey, spicy and warm enchiladas. The thought of it makes your mouth water and puts a little spring in your step. You might even say to yourself, ‘Tonight, I’m making a big ol’ plate of enchiladas for dinner. Let’s get some beer to go with it, why not? Diet starts tomorrow!‘….
According to a recent study, millennials suck at cooking. They have difficulty identifying butter knives and are dumbfounded when it comes to roasting a chicken. In a way, I understand where they are coming from. Cooking an omelette that hasn’t been torn to pieces, braising…
For a long time I didn’t know what Mulligatawny was. What was this soup that my husband kept asking me to make? So, I did a little research and found that this dish is yet another British hybrid of an Indian recipe only this time made with added beef, thickeners…
Did you know that a rib bone is a great teething toy for a toddler? We discovered this primitive tusk sharpening tool one day whilst having Sunday lunch with my in-laws. My baby who was around 10 months at the time and was sitting on my lap when she…
Sweet, salty and spicy ginger and garlic fried chicken will make you reconsider the healing properties of fried chicken
Before I met my husband and before I moved to Malaysia, I was completely unaware of what “Nando’s” chicken was. He explained to me that it was a spicy Portugese chicken joint popular in the UK. Chicken? Spicy? YES, PLEASE! As much as I like Nando’s and their spicy chicken, I have to…
Whenever sitting down to eat in any restaurant in China, the wait staff would usually turn the menu pages to the Kung Pao Chicken picture knowing that I, an American expat living in Beijing, would insist on ordering the dish. It’s true. I will ALWAYS order Kung Pao Chicken. I can’t resist one of my…
America is a land of polarization. East Coast versus West Coast. The North versus South. Right wing politics versus left wing politics. The list goes on and on about what Americans fight with each other over. Dare I say, one of the more sillier hot topic debates people go crazy over is chili. …
One of my favorite dishes in one of my favorite restaurants in Kuala Lumpur is Masala Cheese Balls at the Gem Restaurant in Little India. I just can’t get enough of them and having to share a serving of these delicious morsels with my dining partners is just devastating to me. So, you…
In this time of year, when most of my family and friends are getting ready for the chill of ‘sweater weather’ in the Northern Hemisphere, I find myself increasing more and more confined indoors thanks to the Malaysian rainy season. The weather in this tropical country might not be getting colder but the inclination…