Quay Po Cooks: top 9

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Friday, November 19, 2010

One of TOP 9 at FOODBUZZ - 19 Nov 2010

Another of my dish made it to TOP 9 at FOODBUZZ today! Yay!! Thank you to all for your support and love!

Crispy cod with mango and sweet chilli sauce - Crispy Cod Fish with Mango & Sweet Chilli sauce
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Thursday, November 4, 2010

TOP 9 at FOODBUZZ

I am SOOO happy that four of my posts made it to the TOP 9 at FOODBUZZ. I am able to achieve this because of the support of my family and friends here in Malaysia and in USA and also all my foodie friends, readers and followers who take the time to visit my blog and leave encouraging comments. Thanks a million!

STUFFED ZUCHINNI - TOP 9 ON 4 OCTOBER 2010

GRILLED COD WITH ORANGE SAUCE - TOP 9 ON 3 NOV 2010

KUIH KODOK - TOP 9 ON 4 NOVEMBER 2010

FRITTATA FROM MY DEAR HUBBY - TOP 9 ON 4 NOVEMBER 2010

A LITTLE ABOUT THIS QUAY PO

Before I was married to my "Quay Lo" (Guaylo) husband, I did not know how to bake or cook. Subsequently I learned some baking and cooking Western cuisine from him, and providing his food for him launched an interest in cooking in general. Many of my Chinese friends and family told me that "Quay" is the wrong spelling for devil in Cantonese. The right spelling should be "Kwai" or "Guay". Well, somehow I like the spelling "Quay" better although I have to agree that it does not sound very Cantonese. Try asking a Westerner to pronounce "Kwai" and you will probably hear "Quay" haha. Whether is "Quay" or "Kwai" or "Guay, just know the devil woman is me when you see Quay Po Cooks. My hubby said if people pronounce "Quay" as "Key" is even better because I am the key to his heart. LOL!

Only now, have I started to learn the traditional Cantonese cuisine of my Mum. She cooks fabulously and all her specialties are divine. These two interests, my husband's Western food, and my mother's traditional food, prompted me to document them so they will not be lost.

Here, I wish to share my cooking and baking experience with my readers. I also hope to inspire those who do not know how to cook or bake to do so because, trust me, if I can, you can too.

Something I'd like to mention is that I find that many people are rather unwilling to share their recipes. However, for me, I think differently. I think good recipes should be shared thus allowing as many people to enjoy it as possible. Unless those recipes are for doing business, I don't see why we want to keep them all to ourselves. So if you are generous in sharing your recipes, you are welcome to share on my blog. Send the recipes to me and better still with pictures of the final products and I will be very happy to post them them with credits to you of course.

Our cuisine is a deeply embedded part of our culture. When two cultures come together under the same roof the results in the kitchen can sometimes be comedic, sometimes confrontational, but more often it is a journey full of surprises and discovery. There is joy in our food. If we think upon this, it is intuitively obvious. This blog is a journey of joy and sharing, reflecting what the French like to call "joie de vivre" (joy of living). No one could be more different from one another then my husband and my mother. Yet one thing they share in common is knowing intuitively that food, cooking, and sharing can be avenues of joy in life itself. So herein, help yourself, to a little joy and , if you like it, share it with your own family and friends. Joy is something that should be shared.