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Famous brand strategist Bernard Kelvin Clive once said, “Strong brands are not built through shortcuts and copycats.” While this might sound encouraging for those who have original ideas, there are popular brands out there that are widely known for being copycats and making money out of it (unfortunately). Here are eight popular brands that you […]
Sometimes when you eat a certain food, you are eating a piece of history. Take banh mi, for instance. It is a type of Vietnamese sandwich made up of an airy baguette with a cirspy, thin crust filled with various ingredients like cilantro, pork sausage, pickled carrots along with chilli and mayonnaise. While the Southern […]
If you love baked goods, one of the most important ingredients to have in your fridge is frozen puff pastry. Unless you are a culinary expert and you know how to make your own puff pastry, then you might not need this ingredient. Also known as pate feuilletee, it is a flaky light pastry made […]
Some people call salak fruit ‘snake fruit’ because of its reddish brown scaly skin which reminds one of snakeskin. However, the salak tree belong to the palm tree family and is native to Malaysia and Indonesia. The fruit can be peeled by first pinching the pointed tip of the fruit, and then peeling the skin […]
During this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is safer to stay at home at all cost, especially when you are able to. But what happens when you have a strong craving for a specialised coffee? We are not talking about instant coffee powder or 3-in-1 coffee, we are referring to the aromatic taste of […]
Behind every traditional food, there is always a story. It should not be surprising that traditional Chinese food such as mantou, Dragon’s beard candy, Wife Cake, doufufa and even guilinggao will have it’s own lore and background story. Here are the legends behind these five famous Chinese desserts: 1.Guilinggao You have seen this jelly-like Chinese […]
Just because international travelling is impossible right now, you can always have a taste of another country through food. How about ‘travel’ to Italy and try their deep-fried pastries by making them yourself? Unlike French pastries which require a lot of time and work, Italian deep-fried pastries are comparatively easy to make. Here are five […]
Cannoli is an Italian pastry which has recently made its way to Malaysia. It is a tube-shaped shell made of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling. Yum. In Italian, cannoli is plural and its corresponding singular is cannolo. However in English, cannoli is usually used as a singular. The shells are made […]
For coffee lovers out there, one cannot imagine starting your day without coffee. However, do you know that coffee was once banned by the Catholic Church as well as the Ottoman Empire? Pope Clement VIII and his first cup of ‘Satan’s drink’ It is believed that coffee arrived in Italy in the second half of […]
Greenscapes, spaciousness and life quality are a rare combination to find in a housing development in Kuching, but Precinct Grande by Hock Seng Lee paves the way for the future of urban housing developments with its carefully crafted architectural designs. Nestled in La Promenade, a 200-acre mixed development along the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway, Precinct Grande is […]
