I am reinstating the semi-regular not-really-travel-culture-related life updates here on the blog. Also, I am (once again) changing the series name; it’s now called Not A Newsletter. One more thing ━ I genuinely am unsure whether this is interesting to anyone else but me, but hey, I like to entertain myself, so here goes…
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“The ladle should not face the door when you are pouring the milk“, Lkhama advised us before continuing with “giving away good luck” as the reason why. Lkhama was in the middle of teaching us how to make Mongolian tea, the traditional kind that has been a part of nomadic Mongolian culture for centuries.…
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Besides my Amma's cooking, Nasi Padang is the Indonesian cuisine I have missed the most for the best part of these two years.…
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I had my fortune read by a Mongolian tour guide using sheep knucklebones, a common divination practice in Mongolian culture.…
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After a few more plates (more than hundreds, if I am being honest), nasi lemak, along with Chicken Rice, turned into my comfort food.…
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The plan for Project Rice is simple: I will write about different types of rice from different cultures in different corners of the world.…
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Even though Nasi Jinggo is an iconic Balinese dish, it was first sold by a Javanese family as supper on the roadside in Denpasar, Bali.…
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It has been two months since we moved to WeFo, and I feel like I am finally home in Melbourne. I love walking on Barkley St, passing the Indian grocery store, and catching Indian songs blasting through the outside speakers. It brings me joy whenever I step on the manhole bearing the Olympic Donuts…
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"Omakase is more expensive because we put the shoyu and wasabi for you" joked the chef in Kisume.…
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During Hungry Ghost Months, humans do the age-old tradition of ancestor worshipping and hungry ghost appeasing as it’s believed that the spirit-world gate opens, and the ghosts return to the living world for a whole month.…
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