It’s just 12 more days to the Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival and one of the prettiest mooncake boxes has to be that from the Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Six baked mini mooncakes (60g each) are… Read More
Mooncakes to love
Category: Food
A sumptuous Oriental feast going back 16 years
The Oriental Group of Restaurants is 16 years old! How time flies when I recall meeting its Group Executive Chef Justin Hor when he was a young man showing great promise at a grand sumptuous… Read More
Delectable bites at Gridiron, Bangsar
This is my second time at Gridiron Sports Cafe & Lounge in Bangsar, having been here for a drink about two years ago. I thought the menu was familiar and it was funny how I… Read More
Wowed by Patin in tempoyak curry at Ana Patin House
We had arrived early at Ana Patin House, determined to beat the lunch crowd and find parking. It’s unexpectedly busy in this part of Mutiara Damansara in Petaling Jaya, and we are surprised by the… Read More
Scrumptious feasting at Xin for Chinese New Year
Three auspicious dishes for Chinese stood out for me at Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant. One was the Bountiful Fortune Pot or Poon Choi, another the Waxed Meat Rice in Claypot and the Special Nian Gao.… Read More
Wowed by abalones and Chinese New Year feasting
I would never turn down an invite to “a simple meal” at Elegant Inn by its owner Jeannette Han. Her “simple” always means a fine meal with super-fine and sometimes rare ingredients such as abalones… Read More
7 Tasty Food Trends of 2015
here’s an interesting piece on food trends 2015 from the Ecowatch website: 1. The death of dairy. With more non-dairy options entering the market at a fast clip, dairy consumption was down in 2015. Through the first… Read More
Bread and Butter Pudding to love
You have offered to bring a dessert to a friend’s dinner but there’s not much time to do it. Here’s a classic English Bread and Butter Pudding you can make easily, within a short time. I… Read More
Smoking hot and yummy at The Prep Room
I begin this website by posting this review of The Prep Room. It’s a new cafe that opened on Oct 29, and I liked it so much I was there twice in three days –… Read More