Letters from the Equator

I have been to this restaurant twice, and the food is good by Malaysian standards. However, on my second visit (which was tonight) – I found out that you need to spend a minimum of £6 per person to eat in. They must be paying a bomb for rental. Plus, the first time I went [...]

Char Siu revisited To date, I have put my hands to claypot dishes, braises, sautés, grills… I’ve recently revisited char-siu again, and it seems to be okay. I’m still not sure which cut of pork is best. I tried tenderloin the last time, and that got burnt into a fish shape, and this time I [...]

I learnt today that chicken should not be put back into the freezer after it has thawed, and that the meat contains moisture so that if you put it into broths or soups, the water content increases. It’s indirectly related to the tau eu kay I made today, which is very Nonya, like my background [...]

Ok I had a craving for CKT and I went out and bought the hor fun and I was hunting for belacan but I couldn’t find it. I also assumed I couldn’t find sambal, so I settled for “chili oil” which happens to have prawns inside – so ok… let’s see how that goes. I [...]

It’s starting to get a little lonely at Cardwell Terrace. It feels nice and cosy inside, but the lack of giant mirrors makes me wonder if the world has left me behind in the day. This has largely avoided me resulting from my preoccupation with assignments due in a week and a few days. At [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Babi Guling Spesial, originally uploaded by jaremfan. This is my photo tribute to Ibu Oka, the famous babi guling stall in Ubud, Bali. Good visuals help to prepare the meal, and [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Potatoes, Carrots, Oxtail!, originally uploaded by jaremfan. Big car fans, a big portion of the Malaysian population, indulge in a relatively passive sport I call “car-gazing”. It’s kind of like shoe-gazing, [...]

Tomyam and kangkung belacan Originally uploaded by jaremfan. I found a really good Thai restaurant in PJ in Section 5, near PJ Old Town and Jalan Gasing. It’s right behind the park (that hosts a bird event every weekend) that’s adjacent to the Templer roundabout . There weren’t many reviews on it, so I decided [...]

DSC05817 Originally uploaded by Ian Fuller. I’m quite a fan of Bangkok, Thailand. I must make mention one of its derivatives – Black Canyon Coffee, which has recently appeared in some Klang Valley spots. I just got back from the one at Summit, USJ, with LL. She reported the pad thai isn’t as good as [...]

Bialetti Mukka Express: Cappuccino Originally uploaded by Martin Bravenboer. For some odd reason, emotion got the better half of me, and I decided to go buy the Bialetti Mukka Express Cappucino maker. I blogged about my initial discovery a few months ago, when I had dinner at Neroteca with LL. It operates in the same [...]