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11 Dec 2022

Roti Paung Terengganu

By Faizah

When I was younger, afternoon tea was pretty much a daily routine.  Mummy would drive out (practically every place in Kuala Terengganu was only a 5 minutes’ drive away) and buy cakes or snacks for our afternoon tea, such as banana fritters, traditional Malay kuih, and occasionally, freshly baked roti paung.  A favorite place for us to buy roti paung was a stall at a specific Shell station on the road towards Chendering from Batu Burok.  I can’t remember the exact address now.

Nowadays I very rarely return to my hometown, and sadly, I never see roti paung anywhere here.  So, I decided to try making my own.  I’ve experimented with several recipes, and finally came up with my own version here.   Soft and fluffy, I finally get to savor a taste of home.  Enjoy!

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11 Dec 2022

Christmas Roast Duck

By Faizah

This amazing Western-style roast duck by Jamie Oliver has been my go-to recipe whenever I feel like having duck at home. I recently made this for our usual end of year get-together in place of turkey, due to a complete shortage of turkey in the market this year. I’ve updated the recipe with some improvements on the method to reduce handling time and utensils used.

Duck fat roast potatoes: to die for. Reserve the carcass to make lovely duck stock.

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04 Dec 2022

Chocolate Swirl Bread

By Faizah

When I was a kid, there was a local bakery which sold a two-colored white and chocolate bread loaf, a ‘chocolate swirl bread’, so to speak. We called it ‘roti kahwin’ (literally translates to ‘married bread’) at home, for some reason. This was a misnomer, as roti kahwin usually refers to two pieces of bread filled with butter and kaya.

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