Many people have very set ideas as to how certain ingredients are used. Eg. rhubarb is stewed with sugar and used in… Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, January 11, 2018

If you didn't grow up in the tropics, chances are you don't know the "proper" way of cutting a pineapple. Or even how… Posted by Alex Chan on Tuesday, February 20, 2018

  Trying out new ideas and new ingredients. Trying as much as possible not to capture the tried-and-trusted ideas already captured in previous years. Posted by Alex Chan on Monday, January 2, 2017

  I'm very lucky to live near Northcote where there is an Indonesian-owned supermarket and a mainland Chinese one. I get access to some fine stuff which people in Malaysia would have trouble finding. Posted by Alex Chan on Wednesday, June 28, 2017

  Gluten is somewhat vilified in the Western world but it is a common protein source for vegetarians in parts of Asia (mi… Posted by Alex Chan on Monday, June 19, 2017

  With travel, work and keeping fit, this year's album started small but it appears to have grown rapidly towards the end… Posted by Alex Chan on Saturday, March 12, 2016

  Bakso is an Indonesian-style meatball served in a soup, sometimes with noodles. I try making it and use it in a Malaysian-Thai-Chinese beef noodle soup. With Kimball John Gaitely and Jo Spiers. Posted by Alex Chan on Wednesday, December 14, 2016

  Malaysians don't rave about Filipino food. It isn't spicy enough for us. As a challenge (and a private joke between me… Posted by Alex Chan on Monday, December 12, 2016