A table for two

“Hello! Hello!” I think I’ve been hiding in the MasterChef ‘closet’ far too long, but I AM BACK!!!! How I’ve missed you all! But first of all, I would like to apologise to all my friends and family for turning into a big fat liar for the last six months. I’m sorry! I tried to [...]

On a bright sunny Saturday afternoon, could this be: A) illegal boat people entering Australian waters, swelling the detention centre at Christmas Island, B) the police raided Pussy Galore, an underground club in Parramatta overnight, C) secret eyes-wide-shut party at a secret garden, D) selling pirated DVDs, LVs, GUCCIs counterfeits at a secret location,

Decision, decision-lah! Uncle uncle, cannot decide what to eat ah? Then, why not eat a little bit of everything? It is all-you-can-eat buffet after all, so eat all you like and then come back for more lah! That’s exactly what me and Ah Shez did at Flavours of Malaysia buffet at the Grace Brasserie in [...]

Just realised I haven’t done a recipe post for ages! It is not that I don’t cook at home often enough, in fact I actually spend even more time in kitchen these days than ever before! It’s just that I am super busy lately and hardly go out for dinner, whatever I cook these days [...]

[donotprint] Usher in The Year of Tiger! Seven more sleeps till the Lunar New Year, as you probably would have noticed that there is no slacking off in the ATFT’s kitchen and I’ve been churning up lots of my favourite festive cookies. A fellow Malaysian lady found my pineapple tarts post and she decided to [...]

There are some home cookings from Malaysia that I really miss. But I am also having troubles locating a few essential ingredients even if I bother to cook that authentic dish myself. Pandan leaves for instance, it is hard to come by in the area where I live. But in Sydney, heaps of them! I [...]

“Honey, I’m home!” Hello everyone, it’s good to be back! Needless to say I had such great time eating my way around Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos for four weeks. I can see why Anthony Bourdain fell in love with these countries and the local food. There are simply an endless array of amazing exotic [...]

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 [...]

Congratulations Julie! Over 3.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the cook off battle between Julie Goodwin and Poh Ling Yeow on last night’s Masterchef Australia finale. I am all the way for Poh (still am!) but unfortunately she is defeated and Julie from Cenral Coast crowned the title of first Masterchef Australia. In all [...]

The aromatic chicken curry is cooked to perfection, tender chicken pieces with soft golden potato nuggets in a thick curry sauce. The thin layer of chili oil on top is already a promising sign that I am going to love this dish without even having to taste it. “How did you make your Curry Chicken, [...]

Whenever I am in Sydney, I always try to make the most of my day… and night with good food if possible. On this occasion, my initial plan was to drop by at Alice’s in Thornleigh for some Malaysian Chinese food on my way home with Big D. After being informed by our friends who [...]

A food guest writer? Who would have thought? When Rasa Malaysia asked me to be a guest writer on her blog to feature a signature dish from my hometown, the answer is loud and clear – the most famous dish from Ipoh has to be Beansprout Chicken (芽菜雞) with Sar Hor Fun (rice noodle). Now, [...]

Okay. I lied. I lied. I lied to my friends that I actually liked the food at The Malaya when I don’t. I told them it is okay, when I obviously trying not to be too contradictory. I feel ashamed of myself. What has happened to me?! The problem is not me, the problem is [...]

*~drool…~* I feel like having another bowl of Penang Har Mee (福建虾面) just by looking at this image again! The intense prawn flavoured spicy soup, the crunchy kangkung (chinese watercress) and bean sprouts, the tender juicy prawn and pork slices, and the fiery hot chilli paste for the final climax, it is seriously a bowl [...]