Martabak has been a dish that has haunted me for decades. The first time I had the dish was in Chicago, decades ago; it has been a flavour that I have never forgotten. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to have it again very occasionally while I travelled to Asia. Most recently, while I was in Georgetown, Malaysia, I had to have this dish again. I got to enjoy it at the fabled Hameediyah Restaurant. More on this here. Martabak is an ancient dish, one that has travelle

I love a good laksa. I had my first laksa about 30 years ago, but in Singapore. I was travelling for work, and my team took me out to laksa for dinner. I have had a love affair with the dish ever since. I went back home to Chicago and bought Sri Owen’s cookbook, just for the laksa recipe. It was a dish that I loved so much that I decided to learn how to cook it. I would grind the pastes, gently fry them, and make the soup. My family, at that time, knew when laksa was being ma

This dish has travelled and adapted to local flavours. It hails from the city of Mysore in Karnataka. The dish has migrated to Singapore...