My Cooking Hut, is the place where you will discover recipes sharing, thoughts about food & travel, and also reviews of restaurants.

As the writer of this blog, needless to say, Leemei is passionate about food, not only eating but making them too. She comes from Malaysia, the country where culinary diversity is found through its multi-ethnic population of Malay, Indian, Eurasian, Chinese, Nyonya and the Indigenous people of Borneo.

She spent a lot of her time since young in the kitchen watching her mother and aunties cooking. She loved to invite her friends to share the dishes that she learnt and made. Her attentions to details and great determination have naturally led her to be well equipped with essential cooking knowledge and skills.

Her upbringing in a multicultural society has great influence in her cooking. Just like any kids, she was pretty quick in picking up new things. It was very important to learn basic spices and raw ingredients in an Asian kitchen. Besides, it is almost compulsory to know how to do proper stir-frying and steaming. Also, to master different cutting and chopping styles, which determines the overall look, feel and taste of the dishes.

She is neither a trained chef nor a home economist. Her style of cooking has always been fresh, practical, simple, healthy and delicious. Her travel experiences have also greatly inspired her in creating new recipes too. She cooks Asian, Modern French and Franco-Asian dishes.

She is a freelance recipe contributor, food stylist and photographer. She has excellent skills and knowledge in food photography and styling; providing food photography services to individuals and organisations in the industry. Her portfolio can be found on Leemei Tan Photography.

In April 2010, she has become a contributor for Flavours Magazine, a food magazine distributed in South East Asia. She creates recipes as well as styles and shoots photos for the dishes that she makes.

My Cooking Hut is the archive of her recipes and photographs, make it yours too! Feel free to leave me comments!

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