Glossary
Yang Mei Fruit or Yamamomo or Chinese Strawberry
I was at a fruit shop yesterday and a box of this fruit caught my eye. Have you seen it before?
I hadn’t and I was very very curious so I bought a box to try it. The label said that it was a Yang Mei fruit which I’d never heard of. This Yang Mei [...]
A Taste of Seremban Siew Pau
Siew Pau or baked pork buns seems to have made itself into a Seremban specialty. I’ve eaten similar style baked buns in Hong Kong so I don’t think its a Malaysian thing per se. Maybe it is the filling is unique to Malaysian or Seremban style siew pau.
There are many bakeries selling siew pau that [...]
Bak Kwa - Dried Pork Slices
Bak Kwa or dried pork slices is very popular among the Chinese for some reason. This is especially so at Chinese New Year when people queue up outside the famous bak kwa shops to buy packets of the meat to bring home. Bak Kwa is also known as yoke kon in Cantonese.
The meat is either [...]
Uniquely Malaysia - Teh Tarik - pulled tea
Malaysians don’t drink teas the way westerners or Chinese and Japanese do. The Chinese and Japanese like their tea unsweetened and for them, tea drinking is an art form which is to be savored in the company of friends and family. In the West, especially in England, no morning is complete without breakfast tea whether [...]
