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Wok on fire!

9 May 2025

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In my many years of cooking, it has never happened before. Today, while cooking a simple dinner, the entire wok caught fire! I wonder how this could happen as I am using an induction stove. The flames were rather large and lucky I had a wok cover nearby which I quick grab hold and covered [...]

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Always look before doing something

16 January 2025

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I was making tong sui (means dessert in Cantonese but if it’s translated directly, it means ‘sugar water’) two days ago. I keep my sugar and salt in the fridge and they are next to each other. Somehow I think I was dreaming and I accidentally put salt instead of sugar into the dessert! I [...]

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Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen

1 September 2024

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I was at Celcom in Taman Tun Dr Ismail to cancel my Celcom Broadband and saw Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen was just opposite where I parked my car. Popeye is another fast food franchise that recently opened in Malaysia. They have chicken as well as seafood. I ordered a 3 piece combo meal (comes with a [...]

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Pak Hailam Kopitiam

10 July 2025

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Pak Hailam Kopitiam is one of the new food outlets that recently open at the Concourse level of Sungei Wang Plaza. The area was formerly the Parkson Men’s Department. My colleague and I went for a try and here’s a short review. We ordered 4 pau, 1 lo mai kai, 1 kampung fried noodle, 1 [...]

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Yut Kee, Jalan Dang Wangi

11 April 2025

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Yut Kee the famous Hainanese kopitiam located along Jalan Dang Wangi (Campbell Road) is literally packed with people at all times. It has been drawing crowds since it opend in the 1920′s. The old restaurant has been passed down from generation to generation. This kopitiam is famous for it’s Hainanese Chicken Chop. It comes served [...]

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