Food

Know Your Local: 7th Mile Kitchen

For a small, rather restrained neighbourhood like Kelana Jaya, there isn’t much to boast about. The…

Know Your Local: Puchong Mess

As much as one would want to keep this place secret, it’s also the kind…

SS15’s Rojak Lunch Crowd

At 1pm in the afternoon, the sun was scorching and the heat, sweltering. I was parked at what appeared to be the…

Please Enjoy!

In the winter of 2010, I was working in Silicon Valley. My Singaporean friends and I were craving kopi siew dai and roti prata, but we didn’t know of any place that served those signature Singapore dishes. The closest thing we found was a Chinese-Hawaiian restaurant with an overwhelming menu that was 50…

The Bittersweet Story of Restoran Ruby

It was a wet Wednesday evening when I drove into the narrow, dingy streets of old Pudu to…

The (Sri Petaling) Breakfast Club

Sri Petaling. If you spoke of this area in the 1980s, you would most likely get a scrunched-up face…

Meat Your True Love

At the heart of celebrations, be it birthdays, Christmas or Hari Raya, is food. Amidst the twinkling, multi-coloured lights…

I Find Comfort Here

The assistance, assurance, safety and pleasure food can provide is a wondrous thing. It’s like zipping up your hoodie on a windy day, jamming your hands in your pockets when you’re not sure what to do with them, plugging in and blasting music in your ears on a long bus ride — it calms you and…

The Kiam Siap Diner’s Guide

‘Kiam siap’ is a popular phrase of the Hokkien dialect spoken widely here in Malaysia. It basically translates…