Food Explorer & Home Chef
Good Peranakan food is not easy to come by. Happy to report that I found a perut ikan (fish stomach) dish that checked all the boxes. Sour enough to make you squint, pieces of fish that you can still make out (instead of mushy indistinguishable …
When I saw others posting about bonito hummus meshed with kotsubu natto, I knew I had to try this unlikely combo for myself. French-trained chef Joel Kirk (formerly from Coley) has teamed up with Leen’s and SAJ’s Syrian chef Ameer Azalek, with input from chef …
Double Zero Pizza arrives in the heart of Ampang with a different kind of promise: simplicity on the surface, depth at its core. A new kind of neighbourhood pizza parlour, it fuses Scandinavian minimalism with sourdough, creating a flavourful dining experience. The name, Double Zero, …
Hidden behind an orange lit small door, the stairs lead to P & V in Bangsar, KL, a secret diner helmed by Dutch chef Joeri Timmermans. Beginning his career at 14 in the Netherlands, Joeri worked at several Michelin starred restaurants, before moving to Australia …
Meraki started off by crafting in-house sauces, snacks and corporate gifting in 2020, then ventured into private dining. It has since curated exclusive menus for private and corporate events, including weddings. Now it has a physical restaurant in Section 17, PJ. The neighbourhood restaurant serves …
The Australian Food and Wine Collaboration Group came together to showcase “Taste the Wonders of Australia” in Kuala Lumpur recently. The Group, comprising Hort Innovation Australia, Dairy Australia, Meat & Livestock Australia, Seafood Industry Australia and Wine Australia, initiated a strategic, concerted effort to advance …
One of those days, I was craving bbq meat so we paid Uncle Botak BBQ a visit. A popular station for smoky barbecued meat, it comes with a host of homemade sauces too. The Muslim-owned resto claims to be THE place for wood-fired chicken, beef …
Ayam Brand is giving baked beans a bold new image in Malaysian kitchens, and rediscovering how local flavours and creativity can transform a humble pantry staple into a brand new dish. Long associated with Western cuisine, baked beans are now being reinterpreted with distinctly local …
Permanently closed A welcome addition to Lucky Garden in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Ibu Ruby’s offers Malay/Indonesian street food, dishes that owner Muhammad Imran Abdullah (one of the co-founders of the Muslim-friendly Italian restaurant Positano Risto) grew up eating. Sitting right at the corner lot of …
Had intended to go somewhere else but since SS2 was jammed packed that day, no thanks to the durian season, we ended up at Oh Yeah Kopitiam on the perimeter of the SS2 square. Every table had a plate or two, so it made sense …