A table for two

A familiar sight of chefs in clinical white uniforms, complete with mouth masks; kneading dumplings away behind the aquarium glass tank. They called themselves the descendants of the “dragon” or phonetically – the “steamer basket”, as that’s what Dragon-i is famous for, steamy Xiao Long Bao. Like Din Tai Fung, Dragon-i is another restaurant chains [...]

Don’t blink. If you blink, another square of crispy suckling pig will be “y-oink”ed and vanished from the plate before you know it. Suckling pig, banquet dinner, family reunion and mum’s birthday – any excuse would do to get myself back to Malaysia for some gluttony action with the family. You know you have a [...]

In the modern, fast-paced (and westernised as a matter of fact) Malaysia, the first thing you will notice is food franchise outlets popping up everywhere! Majority of the chains are US franchises like Macdonald’s, KFC, Kenny Rogers, and Marry Brown (comes with seatings hang from the roof like a swing), Chilis just to name (seriously) [...]

Are you a Michael Jackson fan? Me too! But my Michael Jackson is different from your Michael Jackson, well… at least my Michael Jackson is drinkable and slurp-a-licious. This Michael Jackson drink (I actually learned about the MJ name from Almost Bourdain) also known as Black and White drink which I blogged about a while [...]

I wish you can smell my fingers as I am typing on the keyboard right now. The sweet pungent smelly socks aroma on every keystroke is driving me insane, I have to stop and put those fingers next to my nostril for a good sniff… “Ahh…..” This is the good stuff. Durian, either you love [...]

你好. Sabaidee. xin chào. Sour Sdey. 4 destinations + 3 cameras + 50 rolls of films + 1 hungry mouth + 720 hours of frenzy eating = a whirlwind gastronomic journey in S.E. Asia! I am writing this post on the train on my way to airport. As you’d have probably noticed my little countdown [...]

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted this at Harris Farm Markets over the weekend. It’s Jackfruit! Not frozen, not in can, but fresh tropical jackfruit! I believe not many people have heard of or seen jackfruit before in Australia, let alone taste it. Jackfruit is a tropical fruit native to Southeast Asia where [...]