SeeFoon Lusts after Laksa and Lobak
I love Laksa and I lust after Lobak. I have finally found a lobak that satisfies my ultra critical palate without having to go all the way to Penang. For me, Lobak must be infused with five spice powder, speckled…
Category Chinese
Small Bites and Big Delights with SeeFoon: Red Bike Food Stand
SeeFoon gets seduced. I have never been a fan of desserts or kuih or anything remotely sweet. However, when coconut comes into the equation, I can be easily seduced, especially when the sugar level is minimal. I was certainly seduced…
Musings on Food: Sun Heng
SeeFoon Gets Fired Up Málà comes from two Chinese characters meaning, respectively, ‘numbing’ 麻 and ‘spicy (hot)’ 辣, describing the sensation in the mouth that the dish creates. Málà is almost as addicting as a drug. It is said that…
Musings on Food: Hong Feng Restaurant
Hong Feng Restaurant Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon Steps Out Very Carefully Nothing warms my heart more than to see restaurants still innovating and flourishing after a year of being battered by the pandemic coping with lockdowns and subsequent limited…
Small Bites and Big Delights with SeeFoon: Sambal Udang
I love dried prawns and I cannot live without chillies. Put these two ingredients together, add some magic and voila! You have Sambal Udang (shrimp sambal). Now I used to make my own sambal udang from my mother’s recipe, spending…
Small Bites and Big Delights with SeeFoon: William’s Goodies
We’re in MCO! No more restaurant dine-in meals, no more trawling Facebook to check out new openings, no more gathering the Echo troops for food tasting forays. Hopefully not for long. So I’m rolling up my sleeves and getting into…
Help the Small Businesses: EatUp Dining
Eatup Dining Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon discovers Halal Chinese hawker fare in Meru Raya A few of my Muslim friends have often asked me where to go for Halal Chinese hawker food. Yes we are seeing a proliferation of…
Help the Small Businesses: Uncle Long
Uncle Long Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon treats herself to charred and sticky sweet perfection. Char Siew literally means “fork roasted” (siu being burn/roast and cha being fork), named after the traditional cooking method for the dish where long strips…
Help the Small Businesses: Chow Yang Vegetarian Restaurant
Chow Yang Vegetarian Restaurant Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon goes Vegetarian. Again. I did mention in an earlier article that my inclination towards vegetarianism is getting stronger by the month especially with this lingering pandemic. Not that I believe that…
Help the Small Businesses: Hainan Kia (HBR Cafe)
Hainan Kia (HBR Cafe) Pictures by Gisele Soo SeeFoon Enjoys an Oxymoron and other specialties Fried Porridge struck me as an oxymoron (a self-contradicting word or group of words) and an interesting one which immediately piqued my curiosity. This happened…