For me, one the surprises about living in the Bay Area is the number of Singaporeans who are here. We are lucky to have made a few good fri...

When I left Singapore, I left behind a gaggle of girlfriends. Oh, how I miss them. Long conversations, gossip over food, steady shoulders ...

This is a quick post. S and I are about to go out to spend an afternoon in the city. We are going to hear Karen Armstrong speak as part of...

I am one of those hosts who worries that there isn't enough food whenever I have friends over for a meal. I might have 5 steaks for 4 gu...

This is fried fish and sambal. Such a humble dish. If you know me, you'll know that this is the dish that still ties me to my mum'...

My mother swears that the second word to have come out of my mouth was 'lombok' which means 'chilies' in Javanese. Even thou...

Kangkong is one of those vegetables which I've always known by its Malay name. I think in school we learned that its anglicized name is...

See that container with the masking tape wrapped around its cover? It's chockfull of sambal belacan my mum made from one kilo of fresh r...

I can't say if marriage is what I expected it to be. I think for both of us, it took time getting used to living with someone. I'm...

I had a timid youth when it came to late night partying. The idea of going to a club always turned out to be more fun than the actual exper...