This is a story of James White. He was a true adventurer in his time. When I heard he had passed on, I felt that we had all lost something precious. He was in his 70s but he was such a good-natured grump – I used to tease him mercilessly about how handsome he was …
Read MoreThe In-Betweeners 6
We’ve been here for a few days already and the cold is getting to me. Immensely! I don’t know how the local Hongkongers do it (is Hongkie a bad word to use to describe them? Someone please tell me). They are wrapped up in thick sweaters but they go about their life as if the …
Read MoreThird Steam Right 3
Today I made savoury glutinous rice (Hokkiens call it “chu bee p’hng”) for lunch. It’s one easy dish because it’s a one-pot dish and very filling too. I forgot to take some photos though so you’ll just have to put on your imagination cap for this one. Will update this post with photos when I …
Read MoreThe King of All Herbs 4
I have this strange satisfaction in eating the food that I grow. When I was 10, I was already growing my own vegetable – no doubt it was a tiny patch right in front of our terrace house. It was a vegetable which to this day I call “slimy vegetable” because my mom used my …
Read MoreHow to Make Yogurt, The Pictorial Guide 11
Last week I made yogurt after a long time! I made it because Lee Choo, a journalist from Guang Ming Daily contacted me and was curious about my homemade yogurt recipe and process. She said that many people needed to use a special yogurt maker and yogurt starter to get the yogurt made. When she …
Read MoreHomemade Nutmeg Syrup 2
I love market days. This morning, I was at the market and my vegetable lady had some fresh nutmeg for sale. Penang is famous for nutmeg juice and nutmeg slices and all sorts of nutmeg balms and oils because nutmeg is grown quite a fair bit on the rural side – in Balik Pulau. I …
Read MoreHistory Belongs To Me 4
I try not to let politics taint my blog – after all, we have good doses of them in our daily life, news, twitter and facebook. But I also am starting to get really mad because this country is starting to go crazy and crack in the wrong places. Malaysia is never famous for the …
Read MoreKitty Crack in the Garden 26
UPDATE: I’ve had a lot of requests for catnip seeds. If you want to get the seeds from me, just send a self addressed stamped envelope to my office address and I will post the seeds to you. (My office address is Redbox Studio, Suite 220, Eureka Complex, USM, 11800 Penang. Please attention it to …
Read MoreThe Food of My Memories 2
I truly enjoyed and appreciated this Chinese New Year – without the mad rush to get air tickets to Kuching, we took things a little bit easy and had a more laidback celebration with ourselves, with my parents and sisters, and with my grandma, aunts and uncles. This year, no one was going to slave …
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