Feb 02 2010
After my arrival in Hobart, I soon found out that there had been many gatherings all these years in an old and small cottage along Margaret Street in Sandy Bay. It was a few days into my visit there, when my son Edmund asked if I could help cook a dish for a pot-bless party. [...]
Feb 02 2010
I love garlic. It is not only a good food enhancer for the dishes that I cook but also good for the body’s well-being. The first thing I asked Edmund to get in the supermarket was a kilo of garlic. Instead he got me three garlic bulbs only. I didn’t understand why. I thought it [...]
Dec 03 2009
After taking photographs together with my brother Haris and sister-in-law Zun at the Pavilion KL, they invited Phillip and me to join them and some friends for dinner. They said they have acquired a liking for Middle Eastern food and would us to try it out at a Lebanese restaurant, which was new to them. [...]
Nov 26 2009
Still on the subject of cooking and food, when we were having our lunch in Genting Resort about 2 weeks ago, I managed to talk to two chefs working in the Chinese Food section. I was very impressed by the way the lady chef making ‘la men’ or the chinese mee with her hands. She [...]
Nov 25 2009
The night before 17 November, my dear niece Joanne called to remind me about the cooking class ‘Festive Baking’ with Chef Benoit in the Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. She was so gracious to pay for my lessons as well as hers at the cost of RM160 nett per person after registration. So on that [...]