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Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Chicken Mandy with Rice and Arabic Salsa
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I’ve been quite good about making something for buka puasa almost every day now, usually appetizers and snacks on weekdays, and a full meal on weekends. I had a giant whole chicken in the freezer waiting for me to do something with, so I decided to try out Chef Ammar’s chicken mandy with rice. I…
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Ramadan Cooking: Shorbat el Ads (Middle Eastern Lentil Soup)
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Ramadan mubarak, everyone! Because of the fasting month, we get to leave work an hour early, and this has given me the opportunity to be home early enough to make something for buka puasa. When Mummy went for her umrah earlier this year, the place she was staying at served a nice lentil soup that she…
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Travel Time: Niseko March 2017
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Amongst the sea of cooking posts, comes a single travel/videography post. 😀 This was our 3rd time in Annupuri, Niseko. The first two times, weather wasn’t great, despite being closer to the peak periods. This time, I’d say the weather was perfect. 🙂 We hit our usual makan spots, and tried some…
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Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Mac and Cheese
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One day Khairil sent me a link on Facebook messenger to this really yummy looking recipe by Spicy Southern Kitchen. It looked simple enough, and I just received a bag of shredded Cheddar from Merv, so I thought it’d be nice to make this over the weekend and invite Adik over for brunch. So…
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Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Biscuits
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For the Breakfast Mac and Cheese I needed a quick and simple breakfast biscuit recipe, because I just wasn’t willing to fork out 20-plus ringgit to buy the frozen ones from some upmarket grocer. There are probably other better recipes out there, but this one gets the job done. I find rolling out the…
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Weekend Cooking: Gambas al Ajillo
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During one of our trips to Bali, one of the restaurants at the place we stayed in served very nice tapas. That was the first time we tried Gambas al Ajillo, large succulent shrimp cooked with oil, garlic, and chili flakes. The oil was so well infused with flavor that we soaked it all up…
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Weekend Cooking: Grilled Citrus and Herb Shrimp
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Recently Rudy got more giant shrimp from Daphne, and I wanted to prepare it in a way that will do justice to this rare (and rather pricey) ingredient. I took this lovely recipe by Emeril and modified it using herbs from Mummy’s garden. Try it out yourself with your own mix of herbs, but this…
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Weekend Cooking: Mak Long’s Baked Macaroni (Makaroni Bakar)
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I usually make my casseroles truly “Western-style” – full of ground meats, dried herbs like oregano, thyme and parsley, and a lot of cheese. A while back Kak’mbang asked me to try making baked macaroni casserole “Malay-style,” which uses common local spices and eggs as the primary binding agent. Every now and then I’d surf…
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Weekend Cooking: Shrimp Scampi Pasta
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Many of my favorite pasta dishes are oil-based, one of them being the Shrimp Scampi pasta at Tony Roma’s. I used to order it very often whenever I’m there, but during my last few trips I felt rather disappointed by the dish. Theoretically the dish doesn’t seem too difficult to make, so I decided to…
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Weekend Cooking: Garlic & Olive Oil Pizza
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I usually make my own pizza dough, but I happened to have quite a lot of store-bought pizza crust in the fridge, so I decided to throw together something simple using stuff I had on hand. Despite minimal ingredients, this pizza made a pretty decent snack, and Rudy surprisingly loved them. A great alternative to…