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Archive for Fiery Food
More Malaysia: Nonya Chicken Curry and Three Pepper Pork
As I’ve mentioned previously, Penang (Pulau Pinang) is one of my favorite places in Malaysia. It’s a bustling little island, with lots of high-tech income and scenic charm. In the next few years there will be modernized trains and a much-enlarged airport. The world-class hotels and resorts (mostly on the north shore) attract lots of [...] Read more »
The Nonyas of Malaysia
The Nonyas of Malaysia are an interesting story. Originally, the Chinese dominated trade in the Strait of Malacca and on down the southwest coast of present-day Malaysa. Of course, these traders and explorers brought their culture and cooking with them. Because only men were permitted to leave China for trade, they set up businesses and [...] Read more »
More Malaysian: Fish Curry and Mee Goreng
Malaysia has an advantageous geographic position, as far as food influences go. For the last many centuries, travelers going north and south have used the peninsula to travel from China and Indochina to Indonesia and beyond. Those traders and travelers going east-west have had to deal with this long reach of land in their road. [...] Read more »
A Blast of Vindaloo
I love Indian food. India is the spice-patch of the world, producing 86% of the spices consumed globally! That’s over 1.6 million metric tons of tasty goodness.
Indian food has a reputation here for heat. Hot curries, dishes containing dried and fresh chiles, and other zesty tongue-tinglers. It doesn’t have to be that way, of course, [...] Read more »
Malaysian Cuisine I: Two Interesting Sauces
Modern Malaysia is a land of many contrasts. There are places of crushing poverty, and areas of rampant wealth and excess. Often these are separated by as little as a street or a fence. There are signs of the British occupation and rule, and many places where it appears the British never showed up. Christan [...] Read more »
A Thai Dinner Party at Home, Part II: Appetizers
I know, I promised last installment that we’d talk about soups and stuff. I got ahead of myself! Before you have the diners move to the main courses, consider having some appetizers first. Besides encouraging the group to chat and relax, serving appetizers give you time to put the finishing touches on your dishes.
Satay is [...] Read more »
A Thai Dinner Party at Home, Part I
I found a stash of recipes I’ve worked on before and then somehow forgotten. Someday I gotta get organized! In the meantime, I’d like to share this collection of Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian dishes. I’ll be adding them to Dad’s Chile Cookbook, and of course I’ll upload the majority of them to the Recipes du [...] Read more »
Friday Follies X: The Food X-Files
So the weekend’s upon us, and you want to get out of the house. After all, the honey-do list is overwhelming, the kids are hanging around now that school’s out, and there’s a whole wonderful world waiting for you out there. Of course, with gas prices like they are, you can’t go far, but maybe [...] Read more »
