Malaysia’s Culinary Ambassador and Asia’s most notable chef Chef Wan shares 138 of his favourite Asian recipes in his latest book, The Best of Chef Wan. With a full range of recipes including curries, stir-fries, braises, soups, noodle and rice dishes as well as snacks and desserts, The Best of Chef Wan is set to be Chef Wan’s best cookbook yet.
Malaysia’s most popular food ambassador Chef Wan shares his favourite recipes for more than 180 savoury dishes. Culled from his culinary adventures both at home and abroad over the last thirty years, these exciting recipes include all-time favourites like Tod Mun Pla (Thai Fish Cakes), Wantan Soup with Japanese Bean Curd and Bubur Menado (Menado Vegetable Porridge), and adventurous dishes such as Kalio Udang Tempoyak (Prawn in Preserved Durian Gravy), Umai Ikan (Sarawak Raw Fish Salad), Vietnamese Chicken with Mint and Ohnokaukswe (Burmese Curry Noodles). Packed with personal anecdotes, cooking tips and appealing recipes, this book will be a delight not just for the novice cook but for the seasoned cook as well.
Malaysian food is incredible. Think vibrant, healthy dishes with dazzling flavours and textures. With over 100 recipes - using ingredients that you can find in any supermarket - this is the ultimate guide to cooking Malaysian food at home. Try an authentic satay, an aromatic curry, a laksa, or simply the perfect fluffy coconut rice.
Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards (2022) Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Highly Commended in ‘First Book’ category (2022) André Simon Awards shortlisted (2022) "Beautiful, inspiring, but above all authoritative. Mandy Yin holds all the secrets to exquisite Malaysian cooking... It is a rare treat that she's chosen to share them." – Grace Dent, restaurant critic for the Guardian A soulful tribute to Malaysian cuisine, from snacks, soups and salads, to rice and noodle dishes, curries and sweet things. Sambal Shiok is a brilliant collection of over 90 accessible recipes that were handed down from Mandy Yin’s mother as well as those that she has developed for her critically acclaimed, award-winning London restaurant. The recipes – such as her signature curry laksa, Penang assam laksa, Malaysian fried chicken, prawn fritters, spiral curry puffs, flaky roti canai, beef rendang, KL golden fragrant clams, sambal mapo tofu, and the perfect steamed rice – can be made for a weekday family meal, a dinner party or celebration. Malaysian food results from the unique merger over centuries of indigenous Malay ingredients with Indian spices and Chinese techniques. Every dish delicately balances sweet, sour, salty with chilli heat and a hint of bitter. With Mandy’s evocative look at Malaysian food culture, her recipes, and the basics of a Malaysian pantry (shrimp paste, lemongrass, tamarind and coconut milk), you can easily enjoy the most delicious Malaysian meals at home.
This is a collection of 86 recipes which charts Chef Wan's travel over the past two decades in Asia, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Caribbean, Europe and the United States. This book also give an account of his encounters as a student, meeting with other chefs and his adventures dining at restaurants and cafes during his travels. Chef Wan also include tips and suggestions to ensure that anyone can create delicious mails easily and successfully from his collection of recipes.
Annotation This delicious collection of home-style recipes shows how you can whip up authentic and popular Taiwanese dishes in the comfort of your home.
Chinese is the UK's favourite takeout food, and it's beloved all over the world – as with much Indian food, it's the nostalgic, comforting creations for western palates that really get people salivating. Now you can make your favourite Chinese restaurant classics at home with Kwoklyn Wan's fabulous Chinese Takeaway Cookbook. Kwoklyn is a third-generation Chinese chef: BBC (British-Born Chinese). He’s also the brother of TV celebrity Gok Wan and both boys grew up working in their family's Cantonese Restaurant in Leicester in the 1970s. He has spent years perfecting recipes for Chinese dishes that taste like the ones from your local takeaway kitchen or restaurant. The book features 70 classic dishes, everything from sweet and sour chicken to char siu, prawn toast to chop suey, egg-fried rice to crispy seaweed – and most of them can be on the table in 20 minutes or less. Cook up a storm at home with Kwoklyn's fabulous take on food from the takeaway.
Annotation Malaysia's popular food ambassador, Chef Wan, provides a compilation of over 200 dessert and pastry recipes, ranging from delectable tarts and muffins to fragrant breads and puddings.
Take a culinary voyage through the vibrant flavours of Malaysia with MasterChef UK contestant, Zaleha Kadir Olpin, as she shares her favourite family recipes in this cookbook. Malaysian-born Zaleha pays tribute to dishes she grew up with, including laksam, a rolled rice noodle dish unique to the East Coast of Malaysia; nasi lemak, one of Malaysia’s most iconic dishes; as well as chicken rendang, the controversial dish she prepared on the show. Other dishes include: • nasi goreng udang (prawn fried rice) • roti jala (lace crepes) • kari ikan mak (mum’s fish curry) • ketupat sotong (Malaysian-style stuffed squid) • ayam golek (Malaysian-style roast chicken) • kerabu daging (beef salad) • karipap pusing (spiral curry puffs) • lempeng kelapa (coconut pancakes) Mostly handed down from her mother and grandmother, Zaleha’s recipes maintain traditional methods of cooking, but are suitable for use in the modern kitchen so you can experience Malaysian cuisine in all its authenticity. Zaleha also shares lessons she learnt growing up in a culinary family, with insights into the importance of food in Malaysian culture. Written from the heart, this book will appeal to anyone looking to expand their flavour repertoire or just wanting to dip their toes into the delightful world of Malaysian cooking.
Discover the master guide to simple, healthy and delicious Chinese cooking from the creator of the hit show Gok Wan's Easy Asian For Gok, Chinese food is all about sitting down, tucking into fantastic food that is fuss-free, healthy, and packed with flavour. Now, in Gok Cooks Chinese, he gives us his personal and modern take on the Chinese food that he grew up eating. With 80 different recipes and chapters on Chinese Takeaway Classics, Dim Sum, Street Food and One Pot Wonders (to name a few), you will find recipes for all occasions and moods, whether entertaining friends or enjoying a meal at home by yourself. Filled with mouth-watering dishes including: · My Perfect Fried Rice · Spicy Sichuan Chicken · Poppa Wan's Amazing Pork Ribs · Leftover Roast Duck Noodles · Sweet and Sour Fish · My Ma-Po Tofu with Chinese Omelette Above all, Gok Wan will help you replicate your favourite takeaway dishes in your own kitchen!
