A while back there was a discussion amongst West Footscray locals about the etymology of the suburb’s abbreviation “wefo”, a discussion started by its commodification by this $65 cushion from design gallery Post Industrial Design. I’d first seen the suburb referred to as WeFo in an email from November 2008 so the abbreviation’s history predates… Continue reading #WEFO T-Shirt
Author: Phil Lees
Food Idea Generator
Are you a chef who has hit a creative wall? A home cook who has prepared everything that a Nathan Myhrvold-led team can throw at you? Now that Ferran Adria is out of business, surely a machine can take his place as an inspiration for cooks too lazy to go foraging or grow their own… Continue reading Food Idea Generator
Eggs, Penang
The logistics of food is endlessly interesting when you step outside the reach of the robotic hands of supermarket distribution. Along with the produce, transport is what adds a degree of regional variation to most markets. One of my most enduring memories of one market in Cambodia is seeing a Toyota Camry, whose backseat had… Continue reading Eggs, Penang
Entrance of Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi, Penang
Established in 1810, Cheah Kongsi is the oldest clan temple in Penang.
Note to PR folk: I am not Phil Lee
I can categorically state that I am not Phil Lee, author of the Rough Guide to Norway. You’re looking for this guy. I receive a lot of spam from PR companies, processed goods manufacturers and publishers of which I read none, but over the last few weeks, it has started arriving from Oslo. Maybe I’m… Continue reading Note to PR folk: I am not Phil Lee
Anglia Shandy
“Brewer”:Guinness Anchor Berhad (Diageo/Asia Pacific Breweries-Heineken). One of my dreams was to become Asia’s leading reviewer of canned shandy, the worst thing to happen to beer since the discovery of shandy. Today that dream is horribly realised. GAB Says: “The real shandy. Malaysia’s pioneer shandy, since 1978, recently took on a new and refreshing image… Continue reading Anglia Shandy
Satay
Chicken satay from Gurney Drive, Penang
Tek Sen, Penang
This is deep-fried pieces of boneless chicken coated in a crispy shell of batter, covered in mayonnaise straight from the jar. It’s a dish that the world’s food writers conveniently overlook when they heap well-deserved praise on restaurant Tek Sen in Penang because it doesn’t fit the clean narrative of tradition or authenticity that drives… Continue reading Tek Sen, Penang