Shuck and Suck ‘em

by Honey, on Tue, July 13, 2010 - 5:42:19 AM, 0 comment
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Shuckers ready? Suckers puckered? Grab an oyster. Loosen those jaws... GO!

It's not a competition for the clumsy or those with a delicate constitution

C'mon! Get your shuck on!

We were in New York late last month to attend the NYC Food Film Festival which spanned for 5 days, each day with a theme of its own. Opening night, it was oysters! As part of the opening night festivities, 5 shuckers and 5 suckers went head to head for the first ever Continue reading »

Meeting Martha

by Adly, on Sat, June 05, 2010 - 5:28:00 PM, 3 comment
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I know, I should have blogged about meeting Martha Stewart sooner but I just felt that I should wait. I know that she was excited to be here in Malaysia so when she tweeted that she was going blog about her travels, maybe it's best to wait until she finished blogging about it first on her blog coz it kinda feels like I am stealing her punchline if I blogged first. At FriedChillies, we are such huge fans of her work and are really very excited that she is here.

Anyway, when the local papers broke news early last month that Martha Stewart will be visiting Malaysia, I got questions from everywhere asking me whether we would be taking her around for a food crawl? My answer was "I dunno" because I haven't got a clue how to meet her. I knew that she was planning a trip to Asia because weeks… Continue reading »

Embracing Embrasse

by Honey, on Wed, May 19, 2010 - 8:00:33 AM, 0 comment
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Chef Nic is a slight man with a calm demeanour, prone to sudden bursts of enthusiasm about his food. His restaurant, Embrasse tucked on Drummond Street is a little like him. An oasis of white tables, intimate and unpretentious. A place where you feel you might get to eat some great food and unwind.

I just want a restaurant that does good food.

After sitting in conversation with him you discover that he loves using local produce (a delightful trend in most of the chefs I’ve met), he tends a garden where most of the flowers and herbs for his Meli Melo comes from and that he cares a lot about his staff.

As a Chef, Nic Poelaert certainly has the credentials working at various Michelin starred restaurants, citing his… Continue reading »

Sunshine Chicken Farm

by Alexa P., on Tue, March 16, 2010 - 12:38:51 AM, 0 comment
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It was a wet and misty morning as we drove up to meet up with the other bloggers for a little road trip to a free-range chicken farm. I was excited to see what happy chickens looked like…and I also was interested to see the whole process of raising a chicken in a healthy manner.

These days we hardly know where our food comes from…meat is bought in neat little packages and we haven’t a clue how the meat is treated before landing in that Styrofoam container. Therefore going to an actual farm intrigued me.

Cock-a-doodle-doo! A happy handsome chicken indeed

We arrived in Kuala Lipis and then had to switch from our car into a 4-wheel drive just to make it safely through the slippery mud filled slopes.… Continue reading »

A Coconut Kind of Day…

by Honey, on Thu, March 11, 2010 - 5:50:45 AM, 1 comment
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Hot on a trail for Nyonya laksa, my crew and I found ourselves in Melaka last Friday. Now if KL seemed like the inside of an oven recently, Melaka was that oven cranked up to the highest setting. Whew! Was it hot, hot, hot. Our gracious host for the day was Mrs. Ee Yong Neo (yes from the same talented family as the now infamous Baba Ee). She used to run a popular coffeeshop serving nasi lemak, nyonya laksa and economy rice. Nowadays, she relaxes with her two dogs, a rather excitable terrier pup and a more laid-back Shih-Tzu. Man, I have no idea how furry creatures can survive in this sweltering heat.

The front of her house still has long tables and chairs from her coffeeshop days. She was all set with the ingredients when we got there. It appears that Melaka Nyonya laksa also has quite a number of ingredients and the only one I've seen so far that uses candlenuts… Continue reading »

Online Media a Big Factor in Obama’s Campaign Win

by Adly, on Sat, March 07, 2009 - 9:42:29 PM, 0 comment
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We were at the Obama Magic KL event in PJ Hilton earlier this month. Roger Fisk was in town for a couple of days to anchor the conference brought by ADOI's Marketing Magazine. Who is he? He's Barack Obama's (ex) National Special Events Director, hired to supervise campaign teams in about 32 states during Obama's presidential campaign. Besides giving great insights into how he managed the ground campaigns, Fisk shared his experience in gaining campaign support using New Media which he considers an important element to the success of the campaign.

Managing over 150 events across the country, he told the crowd that… Continue reading »

Vote for Jackie!

by Honey, on Fri, March 06, 2009 - 4:31:57 PM, 0 comment
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Yes... she's the only Malaysian to be short-listed for the Best Job in the World. So what is the Best Job in the World? Pretty much being the Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Yes, white sandy beaches, exploring the islands of the Great Barrier Reef- below and above water and then finding ingenious ways of promoting it via blogging, videos and photos. And if that doesn't sound like paradise you get generously paid for it!

So this is Jackie Miao, from Sabah who from thousands of video applicants for the job is in the top 50! Huzzah!

How the competition goes is that there will be 11 in the finals, 10 selected by the Queensland tourism board and 1 from the 50 based on how many on-line vote she/ he gets. Continue reading »

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