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Penang, the areca nut palm tree island no more. Unlike many south asian destinations, there are fewer betel nut vendors and chewers now on this Malacca Straits island, colonially known as the Prince of Wales Island, and a former free port of the British East India Company. There are no more coolies on the docks [...]
One must be holy – or at least fortified with strong faith – not to be tempted by the smell and taste of the fantastic buffet spread at Grand Millennium KL. But every Muslim here obeys the laws of the Muslim fast, and the announcement of the end of the fast has not yet been [...]
When I got a call, from my buddy, chef Edwin Yau to come over to his new restaurant, I had to stifle a giggle at the name of the establishment. Wondermama. wondering what’s in store.. at wondermama..? I really wondered what on earth inspired that name. Edwin is well known amongst the Malaysian diners, and [...]
Champ’s.. where everybody knows your name. Sometimes you do wanna go where everybody knows your name. Or if not everyone, at least the bartender. And if not your name, at least your drink. Well at Champ’s, I’ve known the owner and chef, Richard Nah for so long, that he definitely knows my name, and my [...]
A Banting we will go.. A banting we will go.. hey ho the merry ho, a Banting we will go… Knowing how to spell “wild boar” won’t help you find this well hidden shack of a place, tucked behind something that looks like someone’s backyard, in the sleepy town of Banting, any easier. Here sits [...]
It was during an impromptu visit, to a certain Chocolate exhibition earlier this year, that we met a some people from the Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB), named Easther and Felicity. Cumi being the curious one and always loving a little adventure wanted to find out how cocoa was planted and processed so we talked with [...]
Adventure Rob was in town on a really tight schedule, en route London. The SMS read – I’m free for dinner, what’s the plan? Since it was a Sunday and Cumi & Ciki’s routine is normally to visit the *T.T.D.I. Night Market or ‘Pasar Malam’ (after Cumi’s basketball game), we decided to drag Rob along [...]
On weekends, Cumi & Ciki love to go to the wet market. The Setapak wet market is usually a hive of activity by the time we get there. Setapak is a major suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Formerly a tin-mining and rubber-growing area, the name is derived from the Malay word ‘tapak’ which means ‘step’, [...]
Nasi Lemak is to Malaysians, what the English fry-up is to the British. But whilst the full English breakfast has streaky bacon, eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast and sausages, the Malaysian nasi lemak has hot spicy sauce (sambal), hard boiled egg, cucumber slices, small dried anchovies (ikan bilis) and [...]
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