Category: Malaysia

Lo bak go

Lo bak go

Lo bak go (蘿蔔糕) is one of the popular Chinese dim sum dishes in Asia made of shredded chinese white radish and plain rice flour. You may see it in the name of “Turnip cake” too but that’s a rare name that we hardly see […]

Tea leaf egg

Tea leaf egg

Tea leaf egg (茶葉蛋) is a typical Chinese savoury food commonly eat as snack, in which boiled eggs are cracked slightly and then boiled again in the tea, sauce and spices. It is also know as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell create […]

Lo mai gai

Lo mai gai

Lo mai gai (糯米雞) is a classic dim sum dish served during yum cha (tea time) in Chinese society of Malaysia. Literal English translations can be “steamed sticky rice with chicken”. If you search thru Internet, you will find different versions of it due to […]

Bah kut teh

Bah kut teh

Bak kut teh (肉骨茶) is a Chinese pork rib dish cooked in broth popularly served in Malaysia. The dish consists of pork ribs stewed with a mixture of fragrant herbs and spices such as garlic, star anise, dang gui and Tong sum. The name literally […]