Spaghetti and Meatballs Malaysian Style

I love Mee. No, it’s not a typo, and no, I’m not being narcissistic.
Mee is what noodles are called in some parts of Asia. Mee Kari (Curry Mee), Mee Jawa, Mee Bandung, Mee Hailam, Mee Udang, Mee Goreng (Fried Noodles), Mee Rebus. I can spew out an exhaustive list of noodle dishes  in Malaysia and [...]

Rotten Apples

Eeek! The Ten Mistakes on HOLT Uncensored made me wince and blush in silent embarassment. I found myself in there, not in all ten, thankfully, but in more than two. That was enough to make me squirm in my seat.
‘Crutch’ words. I recently noticed one in Monsoon Diary, such that it prompted me to look [...]

Stuck in a Rut

Being stuck in a rut is one of the goals. To begin with, I need a rut, big enough to cause agony. Then,  I need a solution, a way to get out of that rut. However, in my case, that rut seems to be more than I can handle. I seem to be stuck in [...]

The Pyramids of Koci

It had been a long day, a truly long one, as I bustled about the kitchen, hopping from one task to another in the flurried attempt to make more than one dessert and main dish just so I could use up as much as I could of the contents in my pantry. I had wilted [...]

Monsoon Diary

Memoirs with Asian flavors seem to appeal to me the most, and understandably so, since I am a full bred Asian, and will be forever Asian at heart. I recently finished my reading of Monsoon Diary, by Shoba Narayan. Let me just say that I can see how she is a recipient of the M.F.K. [...]

When Stiff Fingers Fail to Crimp

When I was flipping through pages of various cookbooks in my hey days of recipe hunting, I came across a dish called Pasty; a snack item of Cornwall, United Kingdom, which has a rich history of its own, related to fishermen and miners. Upon first reading of the ingredients and method, I remember thinking,
This sounds [...]

Exploring the Delectables of the Subcontinent

Curry: a Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham imparts a lot of delectable information about the cuisine of India. I am only up to chapter 2, ‘Biryani’, and I’m already basking in the new found knowledge that the former foreign secretary of Great Britain, Robin Cooke, declared Chicken Tikka as Great Britain’s national [...]

Will Write For Food

I finally finished hop reading the book, and I have to say, it gave me a plateful of food for thought! (Pun intended). Jacob stated in the introduction that she would be a friendly guide throughout the book, and that she has been. The book begins with a chapter titled ‘What Exactly is Food Writing?’, [...]

Much Attention Over Food Blogging

Dianne Jacob’s article titled The New Wave of Food Blogs got me thinking as to why I went about participating in Joy Luck Kitchen. It started out in the comments section of one of my Facebook photo between myself and a couple of other sisters. I have been obsessed with taking pictures of my food [...]

May I have the recipe, please?

In my quest of food writing, I managed to wrangle ‘Will Write for Food‘ by Dianne Jacob (who also has an interesting article on food blogging titled The New Wave of Food Blogs on her website), from the local library. I say wrangle because I had to reserve it, wait for days, and go pick [...]