Comments on: Introduction to Nyonya Food

By: 7 years later, 7 months later « Elephant woman

7 years later, 7 months later « Elephant woman — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:27:09 +0000

[...] the whole of Malaysia seems to be undergoing. One genuine point of interest for me about Malacca is Nyonya food, particularly at Amy Heritage Nyonya Cuisine where the food was superb. (We had some of the same [...]

By: jeannee

jeannee — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:10:10 +0000

So true. I live in NY and I don’t go to Penang restaurants here because the tasted has been watered down to cater the Canto-HK-Fujianese that cannot eat spicy food.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:32:40 +0000

Glad you started this. I spent a year traveling throughout Southeast Asia and some of the best food I ate on that trip was the Nonya food in Melaka. On that trip I also made efforts to seek out the Chinese population wherever possible in hopes to learn about their life in their new home. In Melaka the most interesting place was the “chinese” cemetary. Instead of the Gregorian calender system we use now, the headstones had dates that denote the “dynasty” (and then lunar calender) from which the deceased lived (and died).

I had high hopes for Penang and timed my visit for Chinese New year. But that was a mistake as most all ethnically Chinese owned business closed for the week.

Thanks for sparking some great memories.

Nate

By: gto

gto — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:53:56 +0000

hey, i was wondering if anyone knows where to get nyonya dumplings in the US, in particular ard NYC or Chicago

By: Nyonya Food

Nyonya Food — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:53:05 +0000

Chia – LOL thanks for subscribing to my feeds!

By: Chia

Chia — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:58:15 +0000

I’ve subscribed to your RSS feed! Quite dangerous though, coz it’ll only make me hungry and homesick! I never realized that all my mum’s dishes were Nyonya dishes, I always just assumed they were common Malaysian Chinese dishes… I miss otak otak and good sambal belacan!

By: Nyonya Food

Nyonya Food — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:30:02 +0000

I have never tried ayam buah keluak because it’s more a Melaka Nyonya dish. It’s not common in Penang Nyonya food.

By: Sharon Loh

Sharon Loh — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:27:25 +0000

I’ve eaten the Ayam Buah Keluak and have always wanted to cook the Ayam Buah Keluak dish but not sure where to get this Buah Keluak ingredients. Getting this ingredient is not easy here in Selangor.

By: Nyonya Food

Nyonya Food — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:17 +0000

Irene – I agree. When you go back to Penang and get the real taste, then you realize how bad the Malaysian food in the US is.

By: Irene Swanberg

Irene Swanberg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:09:03 +0000

Glad to have stumbled upon your website! I am a fellow Penangite living in Seattle, Wa. I heard about the Penang restaurant in NYC and stopped by for dinner last year while I was there. Pretty good. When I lived NYC, the only great Penang restaurant was out in Flushing Meadows, Queens! We have a good Malaysian Restaurant here in the Seattle area too. Sometimes when you have been away from “home” for so long (almost 30 years), any closely related Malaysian restaurant taste “good”. It’s only when you return to Penang and start eating the real Penang food that you realized how much different it tastes! Thanks for this great website and great memories the website is stoking!