What could be better than a fried egg? Nyonya sweet and sour fried eggs, that's what! A feast for the senses, full of flavour, and very easy to make. Read on to find out how!
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Ayam Masak Merah literally translates to chicken in red sauce, and is a comforting but flavourful dish, usually either cooked at home to satisfy the hungry mob, or bought as a dish with other items from Malay rice hawkers.
Soya bean milk, also known in Malaysia as tau chui, susu soya or air tauhu, is a popular drink in the hawker culture, regularly available alongside the various dishes on offer at Malaysian Chinese stalls.
A tasty, welcoming and homely dish, Tau Yew Bak has the honour of being part of the first meal I ever ate in Malaysia, mere hours after landing at Penang Airport. However I have very little recollection of it!
A snack sold at roadside hawker stalls throughout Malaysia, Cekodok at it's simplest is a traditional fritter which can be made with a variety of ingredients. It's basically the Malaysian alternative to banana bread - what you make when you have too many old bananas to use up!