Southeast Asian Recipes

  • Duck Asado Pandesal

    Duck Asado Pandesal

    I had some duck breast meat that has been sitting in my freezer for ages. I initially wanted to use them for making duck andouille sausages, but let’s just say, it has been quite a while since I made that plan. Since I was certain I won’t be putting in time and effort to…

  • Pandan Coconut Pau

    Pandan Coconut Pau

    This has been on my back burner for a while now. Perhaps I’ve been a little apprehensive about making the coconut filling, because I was worried about not getting the right sugar-to-coconut ratio. Regardless, recently I finally got off my butt and made these pandan coconut steamed buns, or pandan coconut pau (bao).

  • Maggi Goreng

    Maggi Goreng

    I had some leftover fried chicken tenders the other day. I figured it would be great to chop them up and toss them into some sort of wok dish, such as fried rice or fried noodles. It so happened that I also had a craving for Maggi goreng, so I decided to make just…

  • Fried Bee Hoon: Canteen Aunty Version

    Fried Bee Hoon: Canteen Aunty Version

    There was a time when my mom had a fried bee hoon (rice vermicelli noodles) craze. Every morning for months, she would have it for breakfast. After Kak’mbang retired I had to learn to make it myself and, thanks to this wonderful video by Che Nom, I learned the proper technique to do it.

  • Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

    Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken Soup)

    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…

  • Simple Omelet: Plain, Dumb but Yummy

    Simple Omelet: Plain, Dumb but Yummy

    Sometimes you just need something quick and simple to go with your rice. Perhaps it’s the end of the week, and the only thing left in the fridge are a few eggs. A la Thai Malay dishes also tend to be excellent when paired with an egg dish. For these times, we can make…

  • Three-flavored Barramundi

    Three-flavored Barramundi

    As I’ve mentioned before, I am a fan of a la Thai Malay cooking. However, I never imagined I would able to make all these wonderful dishes myself, until I discovered Che Nom’s YouTube channel. Today, so many of Che Nom’s recipes feature regularly on my daily menu, one of them being this tri-flavored…

  • Thai-style Steamed Fish

    Thai-style Steamed Fish

    When going out for dinner with family and friends, steamed fish is a typical dish we’d order at Chinese Muslim or a la Thai Malay restaurants. The problem is, fish and seafood prices keep going up, and a plate of steamed fish like sea bass can easily set you back MYR75 a pop. Ouch.…

  • Chicken Asado Pandesal

    Chicken Asado Pandesal

    When I posted the Chicken Adobo I made the other day, I used the hashtag #filipinofood. Subsequently, I was followed by @sarapnow, an Instagram account featuring various Filipino dishes. I figured this is the best way to build my exposure to Filipino cuisine, so I started following the account as well. One day, I…

  • Filipino Chicken Adobo

    Filipino Chicken Adobo

    Wanted to contribute a dish to the dinner table one night, something to eat with rice like we usually do. I can’t really remember now what triggered my curiosity to look for Filipino dishes for ideas, but finally I settled on this yummy-looking chicken adobo recipe from Rasa Malaysia. The blog took the recipe…