Rice

A friend told me to try this roast meat stall at Sky Restaurant (at the base of Sky Hotel) on the corner of Lebuh Chulia and Jalan Masjid. Its actually a coffee shop and the roast meats here is apparently its so good that customers start queuing to place orders the minute the stall opens [...]

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Bak Chang Festival!

by Paris B on June 16, 2010

in Chinese, Non-Halal, Rice, Steamed

Today is the 5th day of the 5th Lunar month which means its Bak Chang day! Traditionally, these rice dumplings are made at home. I remember my late grandma packing these. Hers were delicious! Giant pyramid packages of glutinous rice and lumps of tender meat mushrooms and chestnuts to be savoured. I never quite tired [...]

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While in Japan, I ate a lot at these “vending machine” restaurants. No, your food does not come out from the vending machine. What you do is select your food from the vending machine, pay and then collect the ticket that comes out. Take it into the restaurant and pass it to the waiter, find [...]

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