Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen When you have your own private Polo ground as a backyard, and the most extensive chain of laboratories and diagnostic clinics in the country, you may be excused for wanting your own private kitchen…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen I am aware that some of my readers out there occasionally mutter about my writing about the same type of food over and over again especially when it comes to dishes from the typical…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen I have always lived by the motto that I will go anywhere for special food. And when my foodie friend Ginla Chew mentioned Larut Matang Seafood, my first thought was…“now that’s going to be…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen One of the characteristics of a Foodie is an insatiable curiosity linked to a palate that constantly craves new tastes, new excitement in culinary adventures and new eating places to explore. I am unabashedly…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen Chatting with Chef Alex Chiam, a Penangite who has lived in Australia for 18 years and who is the proprietor and visionary behind Oz, recently, a provocative question popped up which had us discussing…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen I love steamboat. I love everything about it, the steam opening all your pores and ruining your makeup; the decision as to what to put in the pot first; the trawling for cooked bits…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen One doesn’t have to go very far to find a good Dai Chau restaurant in Ipoh but by and large, it’s difficult to have a good meal late at night as most of the…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen The long stretch of Kuala Kangsar Road is unfamiliar territory for me with its block after block of shophouses and a myriad sundry businesses. It takes a person of my foodie friend Ginla Chew’s…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen I recently explored the nuances of Punjabi cuisine where I discovered its diverse range of dishes. Within the Punjab region which is now divided into Punjab Pakistan and Punjab India, there are different preferences.…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen Ever since Deano and his wife sold Italia Mia in the Sunway area, my hankering for tastes and aromas Italian has gone largely unsatisfied. That trattoria ambiance, with Mama in the kitchen and Papa…
Musings on Food By SeeFoon Chan-Koppen The one lament I have about being introduced to ‘Tai Chau’ (literally translated to mean ‘big fry’) restaurants is that the dishes in each are, as the Americans would put it…‘same old, same old’.…
Musings on Food by SeeFoon Chan-Koppen Call it Chaozhou, Teochew, or Teochiew as in the case of the Teochiew Restaurant on Maxwell Road but I drive past it almost daily and the name has caught my eye but like most…