Food

Flavourful delights at Italian bistro

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — There’s nothing like a good risotto or pasta that tells you the Italian bistro you have just been to is worth going again. We liked the Prawn and Scallop Risotto at Uno! in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur and the fact the Pasta Verde was al dente scored with us.

The plump grains of arborio rice were cooked just right. ... Read More

Little chefs all ears and attention cooking for Mother’s Day at Shangri-La hotel in Kuala Lumpur, May 12, 2013. — Picture by Eu Hooi Khaw

Little chefs all ears and attention cooking for Mother’s Day at Shangri-La hotel in Kuala Lumpur, May 12, 2013. — Picture by Eu Hooi Khaw Read More

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Little chefs meet big chef

By Eu Hooi Khaw

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — They learnt to make butter and pasta, clarify a consommé, shape semolina dumplings, and ice a strawberry mille-feuille. All 17 of them.The children — little chefs — were bewitched ... Read More

Green tea panna cotta: Where East meets West

By Elaine Ho

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — This definitely has to be one of my favourite desserts. Panna Cotta, a popular Italian dessert with an Asian twist — green tea!In its simplest form, panna cotta is made by simmering ... Read More

Steamed dumpling restaurant in Taipei named best in Asia

TAIPEI, May 16 — A restaurant chain in Taipei best known for its masterfully executed, soup-filled dumplings has been named the best restaurant in Asia.Influential food blog The Daily Meal has released ... Read More

UN, Slow Food agree to boost local recipes

ROME, May 16 — The UN food agency and the gastronomic and ecological movement Slow Food signed an agreement yesterday for joint work on promoting small farmers and local recipes around the world that they ... Read More

Ready for some Eurasian specialties?

By Helen Ong

GEORGE TOWN, May 14 — Despite the fact that Eurasians have been in Penang since the late 1700s when Europeans who came to trade married locals and settled down, very little of the cuisine can actually be ... Read More

Eating at Subway nearly as calorific as McDonald’s, says study

LOS ANGELES, May 13 — Think Subway is the lesser of fast food evils? Think again. A new US study has found that teens consumed nearly as many calories at the sandwich shop chain as they did when they ate ... Read More

One chef, one ingredient: the morel by Nicolas Beaumann

PARIS, May 12 — If you are what you eat, then it could be said that chefs are what they cook. In an exclusive series from Relaxnews, some of the top chefs from around the world share their favourite food ... Read More

Make your own chicken chop

By Elaine Ho

MAY 12 — When I think about chicken chop, memories of eating out at the hawker store with my parents when I was much younger living in Kuching come flooding back.It was like a little treat for me when I ... Read More

Brazil hopes US approval will boost cachaca sales

SAO PAULO , April 12 — Cachaca, a national treasure in Brazil and the world’s fourth most-produced distilled spirit, is little known abroad, except as an ingredient in popular cocktails like ... Read More

Bon Appetito at icook Italian Gastronomia

By Eu Hooi Khaw

PETALING JAYA, May 11 — We had fresh squid ink tagliatelle drenched in a tomato seafood sauce. Eat it quickly, said my friend Ivy, before it goes cold and clumps together.She didn’t have to encourage us ... Read More