Sauces and Pastes

A little known fact about my local tastebud inclinations is that I have always loved me a good Kam Heong dish. Like Malaysian Butter Sauce, Kam Heong is also a sauce unique to Malaysia, an explosive amalgamation of ingredients from Indian, Malay and Chinese culinary…

For years I’ve been making pesto sauce, and it’s been a winner every time with friends and family. My personal go-to recipe included broccoli, oregano and soft tofu in the list of ingredients. Pesto was a joy to make. Pesto was my thing. Until… I…

If you follow my personal social media channels, you may have come across my toe fracture incident in early September. It was the first time I had broken a bone in my life and with me not exactly being a young person, I was anxious…

One of the best sauces I’ve ever had with meat has been Marmite sauce. The only bone I have to pick with that is that it’s not made of Vegemite. They are both salty bitter pastes made from the yeasty by-product of the beer-making process.…

This article originally appeared on Tongue In Chic last year. Quite recently, I watched a vegan cooking video on Youtube. The chef was making a burger. Just as she began to prepare the condiments to go with the patty, she confidently said, “One of a…

I have to admit, I’ve done some pretty crazy things in my life. I’ve scaled the wall of a building, Flown halfway across the world to meet a guy I met online, Worked for the military in Myamnar, Quit my job to learn kungfu, Danced…

There’s nothing quite as comforting as a bowl of spaghetti bolognese. And there aren’t many things that can come quite as close to recreating a meaty sauce with than with Textured Soy Protein (TVP). As a by-product of soy oil extraction, TVP is a processed…