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Local cocoa shines at Malaysia's first single-origin chocolate drinks bar (opens the original)
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Cocoa has been through a litany of turning points in Malaysia – documenting a dramatic rise and fall and now – a comeback story of sorts. Cocoa was introduced to Malaysia in the 18th century, with the first known cocoa plantation thought to have been started in Melaka in 1778. Cocoa plantations started gaining traction in the country in the 1950s and by the 1980s and early 1990s, Malaysia had become the fourth largest producer of cocoa in the world.
This Malaysian engineer collected and grew over 1,000 local herbs over 20 years (opens the original)
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Over 18 years ago, Syed Elyas began collecting and planting an assortment of local herbs. An engineer by profession, Syed Elyas grew up in a family with a strong accumulated knowledge of the medicinal value and consumption benefits of homegrown herbs. This passed-down wisdom formed the basis of his interest in local medicinal and edible plants. As an adult, he started volunteering at a herb park in Perak which is when he realised that there were fewer young Malaysians who understood the health a
Why Malaysian chefs do collaboration dinners with chefs from other countries (opens the original)
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At a recent collaboration dinner held at Penang’s famed Michelin Selected restaurant Gen, Malaysian chef Johnson Wong of Gen and Hong Kong chef Siu Hin-Chi of Hong Kong restaurant Jee worked seamlessly together for two nights straight. From diners’ vantage point during dinner, the two seemed like brothers-in-arms – there was gentle laughter and shared camaraderie and, above it all, a bond cemented by passion and a desire to learn from each other and discover new ideas.
How celebrated chef Prateek Sadhu turned Naar into India's coolest restaurant (opens the original)
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There is destination dining and then there is Naar. Nestled in a tiny place called Kasauli on the Himalayan foothills in India’s Himachal Pradesh region, the restaurant is a good three-hour drive away from Chandigarh, the city that is closest to it. To get there, you’ll have to drive through sloping mountain roads, encountering steep hairpin bends and increasingly wild, rugged terrain once you pass the two-hour mark.
Malaysian entrepreneur works with Orang Asli communities to harvest wild honey (opens the original)
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Sometimes seemingly ordinary incidences are actually serendipitous opportunities in disguise – the kind that can literally change the course of your life – if you choose to act upon them. This “destiny calling” moment happened to Tengku Ariputra a few years ago at his paddy farm in Kedah. Ari – as he is better known – is a former business development maven and fundraiser who has done some work with non-governmental organisations like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and UNICEF, opportunities that h
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