Written by: Christie Wong Featuring: Teng Sin Hui This one will be a real familiar face in the crowd if you still remember the days of TikTok food trends and our initial transition to Zoom classes, when the new normal was actually still new. Tada! It’s Dalgona Coffee! This will be Sin Hui’s third time…
Category: Monash Cook-Off
Monash Cook-Off #12: Caramel Coffee
Written by: Cheah Wei Shang Featuring: Wan Poh Yee Honestly, at first glance, I have no clue what this is. The green coloured sunset seas of the Mediterranean anyone? But, and I must say, “damn”, does it not look pretty? Wan Poh Yee has done it again, winning her second of this semester’s Cook-Offs. This…
Monash Cook-Off Special: Southern Fried Chicken & Salad
Written by: Xenia Cordelia Lee Featuring: Quah Chen Ying Ah yes, Southern fried chicken, also known simply as fried chicken. With its crispy breading exterior keeping the meat tender. It’s a classic go to comfort food, especially when eaten with hands. The food tastes better that way; change my mind. Congrats on winning this weeks’…
Monash Cook-Off Special: Nyonya Kuih
Written by: Chua Jia Ying Featuring: Li Ting If you were born in Malacca, Penang, Singapore or Medan, chances are, you have heard of Peranakan cuisine otherwise known as Nyonya cuisine! The terms Peranakan and Nyonya Baba are used interchangeably to describe descendants of Hoklo settlers who first came to Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago…
Monash Cook-Off #11: Butterbeer
Written by: Xenia Cordelia Lee Featuring: Teng Sin Hui As we are half-way through another semester, fellow students and harry potter fans alike, remember to take care of yourselves, mentally and physically. “Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: Believing in Yourself” – Harry Potter. This time, we bring back…
Monash Cook-Off #10: Strawberry Macarons
Written by: Zoe Yap Featuring: Teng Sin Hui You may know the macaron as one of France’s many treasured desserts- elegant, button-shaped treats that vary in color and taste. The word rolls delicately off your tongue, a prelude for what’s to come next. With a pillowy shell, it dissolves away into a rush of sweetness…
Monash Cook-Off #9: Tom Yum Goong
Written by: Cheah Wei Shang Edited by: Chua Jia Ying Starring: Wesley Chung Sheng Zhi And that’s one recipe, see you next week! (Found a loophole) Ready to salivate? Tom yam has its roots in Thailand, and there’s no exaggeration when saying that it’s one of the most iconic and even legendary flavours of Southeast…
Monash Cook-Off #8: Shakshuka
Written by: Patricia In Wan Ting Featuring: Wan Poh Yee Is it tomato soup? Some egg dish? What is it? I must have it in my mouth. Shakshuka – pronounced like it’s spelt This dish is called Shakshuka. Shakshuka literally means ‘a mixture’, and traditional versions of this dish use tomatoes, onions and spices as…
Monash Cook-Off #7: Butter Croissants
Written by: Christie Wong Featuring: Mobina Ghadyani Ever heard of the saying ‘Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper’? Mobina’s butter croissants For Mobina, she is not the type of person who sits down to eat a 5-dish breakfast like the ones you see in movies. She usually breezes through her breakfast,…
Monash Cook-Off #6: Classic Mocha Cake
Written by: Christie Kitlam Wong Featuring: Kok Xue Lin Baking comes easily for some but while for others, not so. Well, based on the picture below we all know which category Xue Lin falls into. One surprising fact is that while she has magic hands when it comes to sweets, she doesn’t consume as much…
Monash Cook-Off #5: Brownie Ice Cream Cake
Written by: Christie Kitlam Wong Featuring: Mariam Zaidi Ah cakes, the one true constant in life, a food that even the lactose intolerant will risk his/her bowels for. Fun fact: the brownie was named for its colour. I know! Anyway, brownies are bars of chocolate-y cake-but-not-a-cake that you see in those American shows. Honestly, this…
Monash Cook-Off #4: Prawn Mee
Written by: Cheah Wei Shang and Patricia In Wan Ting Featuring: Lim Tian Fu It’s easy to eat food in Malaysia, given the amount and variety of dishes in every corner of the country. But to remake the dishes… apparently it’s easy as well, according to Lim Tian Fu. He calls his dish, even…
Monash Cook-Off #3: Sambal Matah Fried Chicken
Written by: Patricia In Wan Ting Featuring: Tantya Putri Milenia This mouth-watering dish has a name: ‘Sambal Matah Fried Chicken’. It goes without saying that self-isolation has had some surprising spillover effects, notably people exploring their culinary sides. Tantya, who has been pushed to the kitchen during the lockdown, is no exception. Originally from Bali,…
Monash Cook-Off #2: Good Ol’ Doughnuts
Written and edited by: Chua Jia Ying & Cheah Wei Shang Featuring: Pui Yee Source Ah, doughnuts. Most of us are familiar with these round confectionaries, always glazed to perfection and will never seem to fail to satisfy our sweet tooth. Pui Yee’s usual remedy for her particular malady is Krispy Kreme. Yet our current…
Monash Cook-Off #1: Salmon Rice Bowl
Written and edited by: Chua Jia Ying & Cheah Wei Shang Featuring: Kai Loon With one extension after another, it’s no doubt that the Movement Control Order that has been in place since the 18th of March has got us feeling out of touch with reality. “Boring, very boring,” as Kai Loon would describe it….
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