Rocking with sweet and savoury notes

SOME cooks say if you slice off the leafy top of a pineapple and stand the cut end upside down for half an hour, you will end up with a sweeter fruit.

Mouth-watering festive season treats at coffee chain

THE Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s (CB&TL) new Jaffa Orange Chocolate Ice Blended drink makes a perfect treat when spending quality time with family and friends this Chinese New Year.

10 local chefs’ culinary creations compiled in recipe book featuring reunion dishes

AS Chinese New Year approaches, families look forward to reuniting over a special selection of dishes that represent a culture dating back thousands of years.

Poon choy joins list of classic favourites on this year’s CNY menu

ADAPTABILITY is key to survival. This was the idea adopted by chef Yap Poh Weng and his team when the second movement control order kicked in a month before Chinese New Year.

Curious Cook: Food as medicine, finally

It took a pandemic to get more people to make the effort to eat healthily to boost their immune system.

Handmade fresh for that quality bite

IT HAS become a rarity to find good handmade kao yu (king mackerel) fish paste noodles in the Klang Valley, as more and more stalls have forgone the traditional, time-consuming method of making the fish paste by hand.

Curious Cook: We need to do more about plastic waste before it poisons our food

Plastic waste can contaminate our food chain and affect our wellbeing, so do your part by reducing and reusing plastic.

Steakhouse opens signature restaurant in KL

HAVING carved its way as a popular steakhouse, Maria’s SteakCafe has opened its fifth restaurant at Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.

Celebrate year-end festivities in style

Curious Cook: Food trends after Christmas

Next year, the pandemic will continue to delay the return to restaurant dining and encourage more healthy homecooking but it’s unlikely insect eating will take off.