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What kind of wagashi can I make which involves shiratamako (no jellied stuff ,please) but doesn't need anko or white bean paste? I'm too lazy to make the pastes but I want to use my shiratamako (courtesy of torakris!)!

Would it be possible to use self-rising flour instead of cake flour? (what a travesty!) I can't find any at the local supermarket!

Wow, thanks for that website Tepee. Now I know where to get vanilla beans in Malaysia. Ugh RM95 for 1 kilo of Valrhona!

I'm pretty proud of myself because I made something from scratch for the very first time today (when I was younger I would help my mum decorate cookies but that was it). I followed Dorie Greenspan's (adapted from Pierre Herme) recipe for Korova cookies. I didn't have a beater or a weighing machine so I did everything by hand 0_0 I may have added in a little too much flour/cocoa as the dough was a little bit too crumbly so only 20 cookies looked pretty ! The rest crumbled madly when I sliced them . I had quite a lot of crumble left so I uh... well..I pretended they were hamburger patties. These turned out fudgier than the sliced versions. The cookies taste amazing! I'm definitely doing this again sometime!

Hi LindaL, I'm also Malaysian and I'm a beginner's beginner (i.e. I only made korova cookies -the first time I ever made anything from scratch-today) but I just want to say that it may be difficult to make chocolate in Malaysia. I don't mean to discourage you but the cocoa powder/chocolat etc, basically all the ingredients we can get back home are of far lower quality which really affects the taste (unles you order online) Of course if you don't mind, no problem but I just wanted you to be aware of that !

those chocolate chip cookies look amazing ,Ling! would it be possible for you to provide us with the recipe?

If you had only 20-25 euro , what would you give a foodie. He loves food, cooks simple but tasty dishes, loves Jamie Oliver (but has both his books), has quite a lot of utensils (I actually wanted to give him an SE Asian ehm pounder made from rock but I found a terracotta-or something- version in the drawer) and quite a few cookbooks. He prefers food over desserts (he nearly never makes any). BTW, I live in the Netherlands and so does he (my host dad!).

*hits head*. Pan is right, it is roast pork. I dont know how I put beef! I'm Malaysian! 0_0

it's the same thing here in the netherlands too. as if the fact that chinese restaurants here all sell babi panggang (indonesian roast beef or something) and it being the most popular 'chinese' dish here aren't bad enough, i have to eat just one dish with my rice! A simple Chinese dinner for two in Malaysia is usually 1 meat, 1 fish (or maybe just 2 meats or 1 tofu or whatever) and 1 vegetable dish. Here, I'm stuck with black bean pork & rice (and my vegetable intake consists of tauge or bits of lettuce in my black bean dish)

oh i don't mean it's like kuih lapis (though the design was probably derived from there,who knows) but when I was about 11 or so, it was really hot in Malaysia for kids to have birthday cakes exactly like those from this page (usually in colourful layers like this but say.. the top part is of tweety bird or something).

Yes agar agar is more common but kuih lapis isn't firm (Tepee ,if you read this, what do they use for kuih lapis?). We also use coconut milk instead of milk

I just wanted to say that this jello dessert has been in Malaysia for years . The different colours like the ones on this thread only came out a few years back but before this, they were usually red &white or green &yellow or something.

Chufi, The food's been quite good actually:D Of course my host family love cooking so that could be part of it. I love staampot, the braised beef, boterkoek etc. i even like (love even) patat and frikandel:D Kroket is disgusting though, I mean what is that! yuck:P Weesp is a great town. I really like it here. We live right in the centre so everything's nearby, people are surprisingly nice (except the NS ticket check-ers) and mm..the desserts.. Chocolate is surprisingly cheap. Psst.. I've actually put on 5.9 kilos since I arrived:/ I'm hoping they dissapear FAST One complain: there aren't many restaurants in Weesp *sigh* but there's this Italian restaurant by the river with not-bad Italian but very cheap prices (2 pasta dishes and 2 desserts ,beer and lemon tea for only 20 euro...)

You know what's funny... I actually live in Weesp

I 've had 3 gevulde boeterkoek in 4 days (and no, not 3 slices but 3 entire pies!). Chufi, I think I'm in love with Dutch sweets and meats and of course the potatoes... I don't like the muisjes though! Hagelslag is more my thing:D

Hi Susanne! Did you come here via expatica (I'm mei) ? Thanks so much for translating for us. I leave for Holland in exactly 2 weeks (I'll be living in a small town too) and I'm incredibly excited!!

Does anyone know anything food related to look out for in 2006? Cuisine? Eating style? Entertaining? (I'm researching Dining/Cuisine trends for 2006) I read that Foodaceuticals will be hot in 2006 but hey, eGullet is all about good food, not drugs masquerading as food;) Thanks!

I think most Singaporean food are technically Malaysian because 'famous' Singaporean dishes like "Penang Asam Laksa" and "Ampang Yong Tau Foo" or "Kajang Satay" ..I mean.. Penang, Ampang, Kajang are all in Malaysia. I rest my case:P

I made cream stew last night without a recipe. I cubed the beef and marinated it with salt. Diluted some chicken stock into the water . First I sauted the onions and then added in the potatos and carrots. Then I added the water and left it to simmer until the potatos were soft (if you add the beef before the potatos get soft, the potatoes will stay hard because of the salt). Finally it was time for the beef and then the roux and ta-da. It's stupid but I'm incredibly proud (for someone who's never actually cooked anything except instant noodles before...) and it tasted great :-D

Wasn't there a thread on Japanese curry day somewhere? Or the one with cream stew made from roux? I finally bought a box of curry and cream roux and I want a simple no-fuss recipe which doesn't taste crap (I'm lazy but have high standards unfortunately). As an exchange student, I got to taste 6 different families' curry. Only one was really good (most tasted good at first but you get sick of it halfway through).

I'm so unhealthy. Had dessert for breakfast 3 days in a row. Strawberry yoghurt cake today and a can of Nescafe. I really have to go grocery shopping....

I had a... cake (bottom layer ganache and top layer mousse)? from Chef Jerome from breakfast. The menu calls it "Royal, crunchy hazelnuts,almonds and divine dark chocolate'. It's very good and also has 2 ..wafer layers in between. That and boring 'ol Nescafe...

hoi Chufi! Will you also please do a demo of pepernoten? After all, it's Sinterklaas soon! I've never tried pepernoten before but when I was an exchange student in Japan, the Dutch exchange students used to call me pepernootje and though they often donated me stroopwafels , no one has ever given me a taste of my 'namesake' yet groetjes!

I had the Tarte Citron from Chef Jerome (tagline : Specialised in French Luxury Pastry. Chef Jerome is an established true blue traditional French Pastry Shop. Our French Chef Jerome creates popular classic French cakes and delicious desserts. Our pastries contain no alcohol,additives or preservatives). The filling is very tangy (mostly lemon with a hint of maybe orange and lime as well). I love lemon meringue pie and I like my fruit pastries strong so this is excellent. The crust is thin but doesn't fade into the background. It compliment the strong citrusy taste very well so you dont feel sick after a while. p/s: Sorry about the ugly plating and yes I put it on a chair (in the pic) cause well.. I ate it by the computer!

I've always wondered that! Here (Malaysia), there aren't many people who're allergic to anything (or so it seems). I don't know a single person who's allergic to anything( well ,except for an intern who rented a room for 2 months at my place. she's allergic to seafood but she's German). Toddlers are fed peanut butter all the time and fish porridge is common( a lot of chinese families here feed their babies mashed fish porridge or something instead of baby food). i don't know anything about allergies or science but i'm just wondering if exposing kids to all kinds of food sorts of builds a resistance? i don't know!