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Chicken Paprik
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It’s been over a year since Kak’mbang retired. She used to prepare all kinds of dishes to accompany our rice for every meal, and all of them were simple yet really good. Those were the good ‘ol days, and I truly miss her cooking. Now, the task of preparing our daily meals is passed…
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Cheesy Sausage Rolls
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I was craving Auntie Anne’s jumbo sausage rolls the other day, so I felt inspired to make cheesy sausage rolls. The Thought Process I wanted the bread rolls to be soft and buttery, so I used my roti paung recipe as a base. Here I purposely made them a bit more “junky”, using cheapo…
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Honey Butter Biscuits (Texas Chicken Copycat)
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At one point in 2022, I went into a biscuit-making craze. I made various biscuit recipes, revisiting my Cheesy Garlic Biscuits, as well as trying out Joshua Weissman’s take on Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits (But Better). Wondering what else I could try making, I thought about Texas Chicken’s honey butter biscuits. Why didn’t…
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Pie Susu Bali
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I was browsing through my photo gallery looking at my Bali holiday photos, when I came across a photo of the pie susu (milk pies) we got as ole-ole (souvenirs) from there. Suddenly I had a craving for pie susu, so as always, nak makan, buat sendiri. I looked at a few recipes on…
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Chicken Mandy with Rice
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It’s Ramadan and every few days or so we inevitably end up breaking fast with friends or family at one of the many wonderful iftar sessions, be it at restaurants or five-star hotels. I recently had a lovely buka puasa with my former colleagues at Dua Sentral, where they brought in some absolutely delicious nasi Arab from Restoran…
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Roti Paung Pandan Kelapa
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Some years back, Gardenia released a new fancy bread: Roti Pandan Kelapa. I’ve tried imitating this bread by modifying King Arthur Baking’s Japanese milk bread recipe, and while I was quite happy with the results, it still wasn’t as fluffy and perfect as I would have liked. Having fairly recently perfected my roti paung…
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Butterscotch Bread
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I remember when Gardenia’s Butterscotch bread first came out. People were literally waiting for the bread guy to stock the shelves (I think it was every Wednesday) before snapping them all up like piranhas, and they were gone in a flash. At that point in time I was working in Menara TM, and since…
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Sausage McMuffins (Chicken): McDonald’s Copycat
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The McDonald’s breakfast menu is one of my guilty pleasures. I particularly like their Sausage McMuffins (even better with egg). But nowadays McDonald’s breakfast ends earlier at 10:30am, and I always end up missing the window. I also noticed their sausage patties are insanely salty of late. It could just be me getting older,…
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Roti Paung Terengganu
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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…
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Festive Roast Duck with Duck Fat Roast Potatoes
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This amazing Western-style festive 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.