At the heart of Taiwanese food is simplicity and use of basic rustic ingredients. Simple cooking methods also prevail, where food is usually cooked using just one method (eg steaming, frying, boiling etc) and then served. This is quite unlike other Chinese cuisines, like the Shanghainese or Cantonese dishes whereby usually a combination and permutation of various cooking methods are used to prepare a single dish. Perhaps it is this simplicity of ingredients and methods which has endeared … [Read more...]
Lou Sang Feast with a Taiwanese twist @ New Formosa Restaurant
It's been quite some time since I stepped foot into the New Formosa Restaurant in SS2 Petaling Jaya. Since the last time I was there, the place has been given a new breath of air... new furniture, more mirrors but the warm welcome from Mrs Jeanie Lee and her long-serving service crew remains just as warm as I remember - nothing has changed in that department! Jeanie remains as bubbly as ever - she's full of exuberance when explaining to me their special Chinese New Year set meals. Looking at … [Read more...]
BlackBall in Subang Jaya
HAPPY NEW YEAR! What better way to kickstart the New Year than with something sweet? The past year we Malaysians have been spoilt for choices when it comes to Taiwanese teas and desserts. There's the ever-popular Chatime, Gong Cha, Snowflake (and many other lesser-known ones) ... and now we have BlackBall! Similar to Snowflake, (it is Taiwanese desserts, after all!) BlackBall serves the typical concoction of taro balls, sweet potato balls, black pearls, grass jelly, black jelly, red … [Read more...]
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