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Chicken Char Siu (Halal Air Fryer Version)
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Many of my favorite Chinese dishes call for char siu. Yes, of course original char siu is made of pork and therefore a no-go for me. Thankfully, in Malaysia halal versions using chicken char siu are easily accessible. The nationwide lockdown caused by the COVID pandemic was a major catalyst for me to learn…
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Million Dollar Spaghetti
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It was Ramadan, and I was scrolling through Instagram for food ideas, when I happened upon this ridiculously indulgent-looking recipe for Million Dollar Spaghetti by the Instagram account, Create a Plate with Dina. While this looks a tad too much for iftar, I immediately decided to make this for Eid celebrations.
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Palestinian Chicken Soup: Batata Ala Adamha
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During one of those days in Ramadan, I came across a video by @cheffjjskitchen on Instagram. It was of a really wonderful looking Palestinian chicken soup/stew, called batata ala adamha. Chef Moosa mentioned that this was a Palestinian dish, but from the comments it seems like a dish quite popular throughout the Middle East.
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Jalapeno and Cheddar Pierogi
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My husband Faizal mentioned Costco used to sell frozen pierogi – specifically jalapeno cheddar pierogi – which he recalled being quite yummy. Took us a while to finally identify the brand, @peterandpatspierogies. They don’t seem to be sold anywhere in the States nowadays, so the next best thing was to try and make it myself.…
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Spaghetti with Hot Dogs
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It was mid-week, and we were running low on groceries in the fridge. Our grocery run wasn’t until a few more days, but I still needed to figure out the day’s lunch prep. Rummaging through my freezer dan veggie drawers, I found a small pack of beef sausages, carrots, and a couple of tomatoes…
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Chicken Curry Pau
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As we all know, bao or baozi are steamed buns originating from China. Perhaps through cultural transfer and assimilation over centuries via trade and migration, in Malaysia we have a local variant of steamed buns, called pau. Malaysian pau are quite distinctly local, with either sweet or savory fillings such as coconut jam, red…
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Kampung Fried Rice (Village-style Fried Rice)
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I used to work in an office building which had a cafeteria on the 3rd floor. Before my days of intermittent fasting, my colleagues and I would quickly stop by the 3rd floor to get our daily breakfast to go and eat together in the office pantry. One of my favorite breakfast items is…
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Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)
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It’s been quite a while since I had a good bowl of soto ayam. It’s the end of the year and the weather has been quite wet and gloomy. Having a steaming hot bowl of herbal chicken soup and all the fixings would surely hit the spot. The few I ordered recently from different…
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Chinese Fried Rice
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When I was a lot younger and was visiting my big brother in KL, he used to take us to the hawker food center in Uptown. There were plenty of stalls to choose from, but I still wasn’t so adventurous with food at the time. So, I usually ended up ordering Chinese fried rice…
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Cantonese Kway Teow
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My mom really likes Madam Kwan’s Cantonese kway teow. She tends to order Cantonese kway teow anyway whenever we eat out and if it’s on the menu, but highly likely she’ll say other places can’t compare to the one at Madam Kwan’s. I agree with her opinion.