Ta Chong Popiah

Popiah. With fried pork lard inside. Yup! And everything else in that popiah is lovely! I am a great believer in cooking my own food, but this is Popiah is one dish I will gladly pay for. There are only a few places that do good skin, and the ingredients are a...
New Cod, Old Cod

New Cod, Old Cod

What’s in a name? What is “Cod”? When I hear Cod, I think of faraway places and ancient cultures – the stormy North Atlantic, the icy shores of Newfoundland, the Vikings who carried hard planks of dried Cod in one hand and war clubs in the...

Nyonya Delight : A little Melaka Gem

Nyonya Delight – Homestyle Nyonya Food It should be possible to get around the “downtown” of Melaka by hopping from one Nyonya Restaurant to the next, or at least, they are all within throwing distance of one another. You are spoilt for choice. But...

Miso Cured Chicken Breasts

Tender, tasty chicken breast, cured in miso, and pan fried to perfection. You are gonna love this! It’s super easy to do, you just need to plan ahead. The idea is simple : get some chicken breasts, rub miso on them, wait a day, or two, or three. Pan fry them,...

Roast Lamb Basics

Sometimes, I like a little lamb. A roast lamb rack. I like it pink on the inside, with a nice, charred crust. And I like it an even and uniform pink, all the way from the edge, to the bits around the bone. And after reading quite a bit, and trying it a few times, this...