When it comes to food in Penang, locals like myself will still ask, "what do we want to eat" and "where" among friends and families. It's because we've too many choices. It's like which char koay teow, koay teow teng,…
Category: Food
Restaurant review – Pigeon Hole
Our weekend trip in Hobart ended at a tiny cafe located in West Hobart called “Pigeon Hole”. A must-eat destination for anyone who is interested in farm’s fresh local produce to plate experience. The cafe’s natural rustic look of timber…
Restaurant review – Still Thai
An interesting and catchy name for this Thai place. It was previously called the "Ivory Cafe". After a full renovation, it was reopened a few months ago as "Still Thai", which made sense as it is "still" a Thai place.…
Penang market
Have you ever wonder how the most famous Penang street noodle "char koay teow" tastes so good with a charred, fragrant oily flavour and without that particular ingredient, it wouldn't taste the same? That unassuming tiny lightly browned, crispy ingredient…
Sweet lemongrass chicken
Sweetly caramelised with sharp, zesty and tangy lemony flavours from the sugar reductions of onion, lemongrass, brown sugar, coconut water and thickness of the Chinese caramelise dark soy. I love using lemongrass in my cooking. It is easy to grow…
Pork and tofu in clay pot
Two of the most precious Chinese cooking appliances has to be my 15-years old well-seasoned carbon steel wok and a 10-years old clay pot. Lately, I have been using my clay pot more than usual due to the cold winter…
Clay pot cooking
I still remember the time when I've renovated an entire kitchen of a 1880s weatherboard house in Tasmania and installed an induction cooktop. My decision was swayed by a friend who vowed for the induction over gas, based on experience and style…
Steamed tofu with pork mushrooms and eggs
"Tofu" is commonly known as bean curd in western countries. Widely loved by Chinese people, but loathed by most non-Chinese, especially the westerners, for its bland taste, unexciting and uninteresting to a person's palate. This product has been produced for…
