Birthdays are relatively simple affairs for us. No grandiose parties, no invitation cards and certainly no candles. We’re not against any of these. We attend birthday parties when we’re invited and enjoy celebrating these special events. Oh, but the candles, yes, we’re against them. Why? Because we think it’s unhygienic to eat cake laced [...]

Kuih Harum Manis is a variation of steamed cakes known as “apam”. Like many other traditional Malay savory desserts, this kuih has a name that sounds great in Malay but try translating that to English and it sounds weird. Just to make my point, let me translate Harum Manis into English. Harum means sweet smelling [...]

Winter. I wish I was a bear. I wish I could hibernate and sleep in peace until the sun gets his youth and vitality back to say hello to my face again. But I think if I were a bear, I’d be complaining too. The beehive is too high - I cannot reach. The fish [...]

With both kids off to school, I decided to pamper myself with some black fried carrot cake. Nothing like a hot plate of black fried carrot cake and a cup of teh-si kosong to perk me up. In case you’re wondering what teh-si kosong is, that’s tea with evaporated milk and no sugar. Rewind to [...]

Before I even begin this post for real, I must take the time to thank everyone who voted for my blog. Thanks a zillion. It was an interesting but short-lived competition but frankly I am satisfied with just having entered the competition. Because of the competition, I have made many more food blogger friends, learned [...]