A Celebrity Masterchef and the Seremban-Paris connection

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It's been two years since he won Celebrity Masterchef Malaysia but Datuk Fazley Yaakob is hotter than ever. The singer-turned-chef, whose Masterchef victory have inspired him to train with Le Cordon Bleu in Paris last year, is now the owner of the recently opened French-themed bistro, SukaSucre.

With an enigmatic tagline – “From Rembau to Paris” – and an interesting repertoire of dishes that merits its own subgenre (think ratatouille pasta and pasta daging salai lemak cili padi), SukaSucre offers an interesting mash-up of flavours borrowed from Fazley’s hometown in Seremban and the French capital.