I grew up in Malaysia Borneo surrounded by a veritable cornucopia of cultures and tastes. I am also extraordinarily lucky to have culinary adventurous parents who pushed us to try new foods. Sadly, I never really learnt to cook growing up and have grown up to be a bit of a sloth around the kitchen. I hide this fact well through cunning ways or hacks of creating good food and impressing family and friends while putting in minimum effort. This blog is really the confessions of a foodie cheat...
I have a sieve for a brain, and tend to remember things visually. I find cookbooks without photos a challenge, so when I cook, I take step-by-step photos to guide me.
My background is a combined interest in science/business, and I have worked in research or with researchers since university. I love what I do. I am enthused with how researchers innovate. and how these innovations drive developments into what we eat, what we use and how we live.I live in Auckland, New Zealand. When I'm not working, travelling, blogging or general merry-making with family and friends over food (what else), I try to spend some time with my beagle, Sam. He is the ultimate chilled-out, thinks-he's-a-human dog. Unfortunately he also loves food a bit too much, has a nose for trouble, and has caused havoc on several vegetable gardens. It's a mystery, but he loves fresh vegetables, especially tomatoes and corn.
Travelling is a huge passion, - if I could, I would work 6 months of the year and travel for rest. I am a perennial food shutterbug. (Pierre Herme desserts in Paris; selection of kuih in Kuching, Malaysia; pastries in Salamanca, Spain; prawns in Lisbon, Portugal; tapas in Madrid, Spain; spices in Marrakech, Morocco). My goal for 2013 is a trip to Vietnam, with a detour to Angkor Wat and a stopover in Kuching (my hometown) /Sibu (Mi's hometown) /Sarikei (Di's hometown).
Drop me a line at easyfoodhacks@gmail.com.
