Malaysian Food

Oct 13, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Restoran Siti Fatimah, Langkawi

Self portrait with nasi campur at Restoran Siti Fatimah, Langkawi

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Oct 10, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

How to introduce your two year old to Malaysian street food.

1. Buy a street food. 2. Hand over the chopsticks. So, I had a kid and thought that I should mention it for when she’s old enough to ask about why she’s not in any of the blog posts, which will be soon now that she can negotiate devices with

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Aug 14, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Eggs, Penang

The logistics of food is endlessly interesting when you step outside the reach of the robotic hands of supermarket distribution. Along with the produce, transport is what adds a degree of regional variation to most markets. One of my most enduring memories of one market in Cambodia is seeing a

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Jul 26, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Anglia Shandy

“Brewer”:Guinness Anchor Berhad (Diageo/Asia Pacific Breweries-Heineken). One of my dreams was to become Asia’s leading reviewer of canned shandy, the worst thing to happen to beer since the discovery of shandy. Today that dream is horribly realised. GAB Says: “The real shandy. Malaysia’s pioneer shandy, since 1978, recently took on

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Jul 21, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Satay

Chicken satay from Gurney Drive, Penang

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Jul 21, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Tek Sen, Penang

This is deep-fried pieces of boneless chicken coated in a crispy shell of batter, covered in mayonnaise straight from the jar. It’s a dish that the world’s food writers conveniently overlook when they heap well-deserved praise on restaurant Tek Sen in Penang because it doesn’t fit the clean narrative of

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Jan 26, 2010 | Post by: Phil Lees 8 Comments

“It’s a minefield even for Asians”

I had dinner on Saturday at Poon’s Chinese Restaurant in Barkly Street, Footscray. It was the worst Cantonese meal that I’ve eaten in Melbourne. The service was gracious and friendly considering that they were packed and it was dirt cheap. The meal was a mistake but not an expensive one

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Apr 16, 2009 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Parachute Foodblogging 2: Restoran Nasi Kandar KL

Kuala Lumpur is the perfect town for stopover eating: parachuting into town for the few hours between flights. I’ve done it once before but this time was a bit more of a nostalgia trip. For me, breakfast in KL is synonymous with nasi kandar; Malaysian Tamil Muslim food from a

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