You might be picking fruits wrong 👀 Yeah… there’s more to it than knocking on watermelons 😭 Btw, mangoes don’t actually have male or female fruits, it’s just a common way locals describe them! 🍌 Bananas: go for shorter, stubbier stems. Mum says they’re sweeter and honestly I just trust her.

Fermented fried pork 南乳炸肉 🥩 My grandma always says this with so much pride 😂 apparently my mum will finish the entire plate every time she makes it hehe 🥣 Ingredients 500g pork belly (skin removed) 2 cubes nam yu (red fermented bean curd) 3 tsp liquid from the nam yu jar 1 tbsp sweet potat

Bubble shrimps 🫧🍤 I’ve never made a batter so light and fluffy like this! There are a few tips to make sure the prawns puff up beautifully so go through the steps before you start! 🥣 Ingredients: 30 medium-sized shrimps White pepper, sugar, salt (to taste) 🧂Batter 65g potato starch 30g c

Mint Leaf Soup 薄荷汤 🌿 When I was younger, my mum used to make this because it was quick and easy. She’d always ask if it tasted okay, almost like she felt bad it didn’t take much effort. But honestly, I loved it every time! 🥣 Ingredients 100g mint leaves (small leaf ones if you can find them!)

Indonesian Ayam Penyet 🍗 Ok I probably had too much fun smashing the chicken 😅 but it actually helps the sambal soak into every bite! 🥣 Ingredients 4 chicken legs 1 cucumber (sliced) 7 cherry tomatoes Sambal 🧂 Marination 2 onions 7 cloves garlic 3 pieces turmeric 1 tbsp corian

Hokkien Fried Meatballs 福建炸肉丸 🧆 This is something my grandma used to make for me all the time when I was growing up. It wasn’t until I learned how to make it myself that I realised this dish is truly a labour of love! 🥣 Ingredients 300g minced pork (grandma hand-minced it, but you can use stor

You might be choosing vegetables wrong 👀 Here are some tips from my mum on how to buy veggies! 🥬 Cabbage: I always pick the heavier one. Mum says it is sweeter and less dry 🌿 Water spinach / kangkung: go for skinny, firm stems. The thick ones are usually hollow and more chewy 🍆 Eggplant / ter

Sambal tokok 🥵🌶️ This is a traditional Malay sambal where everything is pounded instead of blended so the texture is a bit more chunky! 🥣 Ingredients ½ cup dried anchovies (ikan bilis) 1 onion 5 large red chilies 5 large green chilies 3 small red chilies (adjust to your spice toleranc

Spicy Potato Noodles 🥵🥔 If you like chewy noodles with a spicy kick, you’re gonna love this! 🥣Ingredients: 🍜For the Potato Noodles 500g Russet potatoes 3 cups potato starch ½ cup warm water 1/2 tsp salt 🍶For the Sauce 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 stalk green onion, sliced 2 tbsp regula

CNY always reminds me that the time I spend with family is never as long as I think… On the first day back home, I am usually still on my phone working, thinking there will be more time later. Then suddenly it is already time to head back to the city. Before I left, my grandma asked me when I

Some things only make sense when you grow older… and maybe popo was right after all! This bowl smells like home, tastes like slow-simmered chicken soup with @MAGGI Malaysia Chicken Stock Cube… but honestly it only takes minutes (don’t tell popo 🤭). 🥣 Ingredients 1 piece yee mee 3 cloves gar

🧧Ep25: Abalone with Broccoli 🥦 Abalone is a rare ingredient on our table unless it’s CNY so I reallyyy look forward to this dish every year! My grandma always uses braised (hong shao 红烧) abalone for this. It's an easy shortcut for a richer, super umami flavour. 🥣 Ingredients 10 dried shiita

Crunchy cornflakes cups 😮‍💨 Is it even CNY without this snack? Sooo crunchy, so addictive and even better with @Nestlé Malaysia’s Gold Cornflakes! 🥣 Ingredients 1 box Nestle GOLD Cornflakes 3 tbsp butter 🧈 3 tbsp honey 🍯 (Optional: pinch of salt / sprinkles / red chilies for me) 📝 Steps

🧧Ep23A: Buddha’s Delight 罗汉斋 🥬 My mum always makes this on the first day of Chinese New Year! In Chinese culture, eating vegetarian on the first day is a tradition meant to practice kindness 🫶🏻 🥣 Ingredients 3 cubes Red fermented bean curd 1 thumb-sized piece Ginger (sliced) 1 bundle Vermicel

I tried all three BBQ burgers and now I understand the problem… you don’t stop at one 🤭 Come celebrate abundance this CNY with Single.Double.Triple BBQ burger with @burgerking_malaysia #BurgerKingMY #SingleDoubleTripleBBQ #ChooseYourLevel

🧧Ep23: Lorbak / Penang Five Spice Meat Rolls 🥩 Don’t fight me, I think my grandma makes THE BEST lor bak!! 😌 I remember someone asking if I sell them the last time I posted this on my stories, so now you can make them at home! 🙈 🥣 Ingredients 150g of minced pork 350g of pork belly, cut into th

🧧EP22: Chef Wan and I made yee sang together 🥢 You can get this gado-gado yee sang at @De.Wan 1958 by Chef Wan (P.S. @chefwan not included 😌)

🧧Ep21: CNY in Penang isn’t complete without these 😭 It's impossible to stop at just one! @inshaneats 🥣 Ingredients Fillings 4 cloves garlic 200 g carrot 700 g yam bean / sengkuang Dried shrimp (about 2 tbsp, chopped) 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce ½ tsp pepper powder

🧧Ep20: Kam Heong Chicken 🍗 did we cook? 😎🔥 🥣 Ingredients 2 chicken chops (cut into chunks) 4–5 shallots (sliced) 3 cloves garlic (chopped) 1 red chili (deseeded and thinly sliced) 2 kaffir lime leaves (spine removed and thinly sliced) 2 sprigs curry leaves 1 tbsp dried shrimp (rehydrated

🧧Ep19: Steamed Cod Fish 🐟🌿 Fish or 鱼 (yú) sounds like 余, so eating fish is wishing for more than enough in the new year 😏 @danieldineskl 🥣 Ingredients 250 g Frozen Codfish Steak Cut 2-inch piece Ginger, sliced 3 Green Onions (white parts sliced, green parts julienned) Red Capsicum, julienne