Never Forsake A Great Sake
RICE HAS been a staple food in Asian households for several millennia.
For Asian farmers, rice has long been a cornerstone of their lives. It provides sustenance in energy and...
Sambal Prawns With Petai — Whip It UP!
Sambal Prawns With Petai
For uninitiated palates, petai or stink beans may be offensive, yet for countless Southeast Asians the pungent legume cooked in a lip-smacking sambal is a savoury...
Steamed Honeycomb Cake – Whip It UP!
Steamed Honeycomb Cake
By May MK Ng
Honeycomb cake is unlike any other cake in that the crumb is light, airy and bouncy and has tunnels. It gets its name from...
It Tastes Like Rojak!
THE Singapore Sling was conceived in 1915. It provided a reason for ships to dock and bags to be unloaded at the Raffles Hotel.
More than a century after its...
Dining On Delicious Black And White
EVEN in basic black and white, Executive Chef Fernando Arévalo is able to conjur powerful reactions with his dishes.
The Chef and "Author" of Preludio, located on the third floor...
Stirfried Seafood Mee Sua – Whip It UP!
Stirfried Seafood Mee Sua
MEE SUA or wheat vermicelli is an ideal one-dish meal that can be quickly tossed up when time strapped. Originating in Fujian, China, it resembles bee...
Bringing The Competitive Spirit To Asia
IT WAS not a big surprise that Singapore was selected to be home to the new Asian chapter of The San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC).
It was however a...
Sambal Udang (Prawns in Spicy Paste) – Whip It UP!
Sambal Udang (Prawns in Spicy Paste)
Cooking Malay dishes need not be labourious. A homemade sambal and fresh prawns are what’s needed to whip up a tasty meal on busy working...
Mooncakes To Sweeten The Mid-Autumn Festival
WITH THE Mooncake festival fast waxing, we will soon be hunting down those sweet treats.
It's become complicated of late, with a slew of flavours that defies logic at times but...