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Food Republic Pavilion KL Shares Secrets of Oriental Delights at Its 1st Public Culinary Workshop

Food Republic Pavilion KL Shares Secrets of Oriental Delights at Its 1st Public Culinary Workshop ? Food Republic Pavilion KL, the first themed food atrium in Malaysia is on a mission to get more Malaysians to preserve and use traditional recipes on a regular basis.? ? The people from the food nation shared this delicious news during the launch of the first in a series of public culinary workshops that are aimed at keeping interest and knowledge of heritage recipes and cooking techniques alive.? A similar series of public workshops have proven to be a big hit at the brand’s Singaporean outlets since being introduced three years ago.? ? More than 50 foodies, food aficionados and those who simply wanted to learn how to dish out some tasty local delights proved an eager audience at Food Republic’s flagship outlet at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, here, today.??? ? The first public culinary workshop in the series, themed Oriental Delights featured well-loved favourites from two of Food Republic’s tenants – Sergeant Chicken Rice, from Singapore and Hong Kong La Mien, a member of the Palace Group of restaurant. ? Sergeant Chicken Rice, was founded by Kiang Joon Toh, one of the original Mandarin Hotel Chatterbox chef who made chicken rice a household name in Singapore decades ago.?? The Hainanese chicken rice with steamed chicken is just as fragrant and buttery with succulent steamed chicken made to exacting traditional standards.? ? Chef Paul from Sergeant Chicken Rice demonstrated the three components that go into making old fashioned Hainanese chicken rice, namely chicken seasoned and steamed to savoury tenderness and a simple dipping sauce that complements the seasoning used on the chicken.? He took extra time to demonstrate the making of the chicken rice explaining that it was essential to have well-coated, lightly seasoned and slightly firm rice for the Hainanese style of this dish.? He recommended a light hand with the seasoning of the rice to avoid it overpowering the delicate flavor of the chicken.? ? Hong Kong La Mien takes the making of traditional hand-pulled la mien noodles seriously as demonstrated by Chef Chen who showed participants how to make these ‘longevity’ noodles from scratch, and shared the technique of hand-pulling noodles which proved harder than it looked Continue reading

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A day at Singapore Zoo

When: 29th Aug 2009 Where: Singapore Zoo How: Take bus 138 from Ang Mo Kio bus interchange Admission Rates: Adult – $18, Child (3 to 12 years old) – $9 My first visit to Singapore Zoo was about 7-8 years ago when my brother was working there. I remembered that time I was still using a film camera, it Continue reading

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Toh Yuen Chinese Restaurant Dining Experience @ Hilton PJ

Two weeks ago, Hilton Petaling Jaya and theQGuides.com organized a dinner at the various restaurants within the hotel for food bloggers. I was lucky enough to be one of the invited bloggers to attend such an event. Besides being treated to good food, the bloggers were also introduced to ZestPJ, the blog for Hilton PJ’s restaurants Continue reading

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Penang Food | Nibong Tebal Seafood Porridge

Fei Fei and Tam Ciak always have the impression that  Nibong Tebal is like a sleepy town located at the southern part of Seberang Perai, probably because of the less activities on going unlike Georgetown , Bayan Lepas or Seberang Jaya . Huat Koay has always been trying to prove us wrong or at least shed our believe that this “sleepy” town is not sleepy after all Continue reading

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Penang Dessert | Penang’s Coconut Jelly

The weather has been quite hot lately with the temperature soaring high and one can easily feel thirsty  for being exposed to the sun under such weather condition. Normally, we will be looking for cold drinks or something cooling like herbal tea or coconut drinks. Most of us know that to get the fresh coconut water, we will normally head to ANBA Fresh Coconut at Abu Siti Lane to get a quick cooling solution for re-hydration. Continue reading

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Dessert | Mat Toh Yau Dessert & Food’s Milky MTY

It is as if a revisit towards the past as we walk back the memory lane for this place. Continue reading

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Penang Food – Roti Bakar at Campbell Street

Toh Soon is a small side street cafe situated in the folds of Campbell street. This cafe which is run by Mr and Mrs Ooi has always been a hit with the locals all this while, especially their varieties served for breakfast and tea time. Continue reading

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