Hi all, in view of the fact that it's Boxing Day and because Paul and I seem to have caught something from yesterday's Christmas gathering, I'm going to reschedule our Open Kitchen Hour 1 to Monday 7pm (Aust EDT) ie. same timeslot plus 3 days: Sydney, Australia Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 7:00 pm AEDT London, United Kingdom Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 8:00 am GMT Vancouver, Canada Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 12:00 midn PST Sorry for the short notice and see you in Open Kitchen Hour 2 coming up this Sunday/Saturday depending on where you're located. Link to join - https://bit.ly/malaysianhawkerpro

Here’s the recipe for the Christmas Fruitcake Cookies……

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you're all having a lovely and peaceful day!

Hey guys, I'm thinking that in lieu of tomorrow's Open Kitchen Hour 1 (ie. our Zoom cook-along), I'd like to do a session on how to make non-perishable Malaysian food gifts as a tie-in with the Christmas season. It'll still be run on Zoom, but you guys can just watch and ask questions rather than cook along. I also plan to livestream it so others can tune in as well (and get a taste of what we do in this group). I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

I cooked CKT last night and experimented with using some frozen rice noodles - it turned out very well. There's only 2 of us usually so I had some leftover rice noodles the last time I made Wat Tan Hor - they had been softened in the microwave already and then frozen in individual serving sizes about 2 weeks ago I think. I put them in for 2-3 mins on high in the microwave from frozen and then fried them.