For the past 6 months we had been searching for yellow noodles in Austin. Both my Significant Other and I love this noodle, even just a plain stir-fried style. One fine day, we came across the similar noodles in the cooler when we passed an aisle at MT Supermarket. Without hesitant, we bought home to try and that led me to think of 'Mee Jawa' - one of Penang hawker food. Oh dear! This the downside of living in Austin now when you grow up in a place called 'Food Paradise' - the nicknamed of Penan…

I grow up eating popiah or spring rolls, be it fresh popiah or deep fried popiah, they are parts of my blood and my flesh. Yet, I was a total blundered in assuming that 'Popiah' is a Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) term until recently. According to Wikipedia, Popiah is a Fujian/Chaozhou-style fresh spring roll that is commonly served in Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. It is also referred as runbing (潤餅) or baobing (薄饼) in Mandarin. In Hokkien dialect, Popiah literally means 'thin wafer'. Oh goodnes…

Being a typical Malaysian, I somehow have the strong affinity towards Malaysian food. On one of our Malaysian friends gatherings, R&R prepared 'begedil' and chicken soto for us. Since then, I am keen to try 'begedil' in particular. For chicken soto, I obviously need more than a lesson from R&R. Begedil is a Malaysian term for a deep-fried round potato patty. The common ingredients used in the preparation includes potato, shallot, chicken, egg and cilantro. This dish may also be made for vegans b…

This dish is a total vegetarian. Absolute free from meat or poultry at all. So if you are thinking to go be herbivore once in a while, give this dish a try. At times, I have the ingredients but run out of idea for what to put into the wok. This dish is created when I started to think of how to finish up the soft tofu (bean curb) in my fridge. The tofu was still gorgeous, it was just time go based on the 'First Come First Out' rule! I always love to cook with fresh ingredients and this approach h…