Hi guys, since some of you have indicated you can't make this week's first Open Kitchen Hour (ie. our Zoom 1 session which takes place at 7pm Friday Aust EST), I've decided instead of our usual cook-along, to do a Live broadcast to demo how I cooked a meal consisting of Nasi Lemak plus Onde-Onde for a lunch party at my place, with only about 60-70 mins of hands-on cooking (using some shortcuts including products from my handcrafted range). You can still join via the usual Zoom link - bit.ly/malaysianhawkerpro - and engage with me with your questions/comments, but it'll be livestreamed at the same time onto YouTube.com/jackiem / Facebook.com/jackiemfood (or the session will be recorded and then uploaded to those channels). Zoom 2 ie. the one that takes place on my Saturday morning (2pm Friday in Jenny's neck of the woods/10pm in the UK) will run in our usual format.

I made Yong Tau Foo (2 x 1kg defrosted frozen basa fillets); also made tim cheong (sweet sauce) & chilli dip for it. Ended up serving it with fresh rice noodles in chicken broth (from stock made using poached whole chickens for Hainanese chicken rice). Also fried a frozen whole tilapia (head off) and served it with sauce made using leftover curry pastes from my own range (Shop.JackieM.com.au) tweaked with extra sugar and tamarind (to give it a sweet-sour note) along with pineapple pieces, tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, and carrots.

This morning’s Cookalong I’ve caught Jackie’s fever — full multitasking mode! 💪 🔥 We are heading off I did a bit of multinational cooking: • Sausage Casserole (British) • Quiche Lorraine (French) • Over 2 dozens Rock Cakes (British) • Chilli Con Carne (Mexican) Jackie will be pleased — I even added a little chicken powder to the Sausage Casserole.😉 We are heading off to meet John’s nephew, and and we are taking all this food to share with him.

I'm going to cook whole tilapia and more yong tau foo (stuffed vegetables) in our two upcoming sessions (7pm Friday/7am Saturday Aust EST). Don't forget, to join the sessions, just type in bit.ly/malaysianhawkerpro (case-sensitive) in your browser and it will redirect to Zoom. See you then!