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Blast from the Past - Chef Tommes' Kitchen 101

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Someone who is a successful master of his trades wouldn’t likely to keep his talent to himself. He would share it with the world, and make known to everyone interested that it only takes practice and dedication to become good at something one is passionate about. Chef Tommes, popular AFC television Chef (Chalk & Cheese) and owner of Penang’s That Little Wine Bar (TLWB) and Irrawaddy Fine Foods (IFF), is the man known for having diverse culinary skills which include but not limited to cooking great meals, baking cakes and pastries, knifing, poultry preparation as well as wine tasting. With the will to share his joy of cooking, Tommes conducted his popular Kitchen 101 series that were held at his restaurants. Tommes’ profound culinary skills combined with his quirky personality and talent in teaching made the series, which were usually held on the weekends, a popular teaching kitchen especially among the expats and professionals from Penang as well as from outside. Partici...

Blast from the past - Launching KL’s First Halal Duck-Dedicated Restaurant

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It was all about duck at Hartamas Shopping Centre in 2012 with restaurant Duck’n’Such. Duck n’Such was quality, Halal restaurant that served intercontinental cuisine with a local twist, with a huge focus on duck. Be it Duck Ku Teh, Peking Duck, Duck Satay, or anything else duck, Duck’n’Such had it on their menu – and all Halal too! Orchan was involved right from the beginning – involved with conceptualizing the business ethos, branding the restaurant, then launching and furthering the publicity for the restaurant via reviews and other activities. The launch was attended by more than 100 distinguished guest and family friends, who were treated to the restaurant’s signature dishes. Guest were also entertained by a jazz band performance by Indonesian singer Hardy Abi. This event was also officiated by Tunku Puteri Intan Shafinaz Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah. Co-founder, Sharifah Nur Diyana Syed Zulkifee: ‘’I always loved duck dishes when I was in United Kingdom and I woul...

Scholarship Awards Ceremony - My Proudest Day

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An event which is held annually, every fourth day of the Chinese lunar calendar, marked a significant day for the Chia Clansmen Association in Crab Island (Pulau Ketam). 11 February 2016 was the day that students ranging from primary, secondary to tertiary had been looking forward to attending; the Scholarship Awards Ceremony. At the event, I was one of the five scholarship recipients who went on stage to receive RM 1,000 as a token of encouragement for our excellent study achievement (YAY…. J ). Not forgetting, I also participated as the English emcee along with my partner, who ran her duty as the Mandarin emcee. Standing on the stage presenting our emcee speech to a large crowd which had the event hall packed full gave me a sense of pride to be able to contribute to the association; while having my parents to witness my success at the event made me feel proud and grateful to be one of them. All my life, when my parents passed me the application form for the scholarship award...

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Humans of Orchan | Chia Yi Jing

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Well, I was completely nervous at first when I saw the word, “Humans of Orchans Blogpost” in the mailbox. Having the next day being told by Christina that this is the culture that has been practiced for all the Orchan-ites, I accepted the writing challenge as part of my internship programme with Orchan. After all, as the saying goes, “Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.” So here I am, introducing myself as one of the interns for Orchan early in the year of 2016 – 22-year-old lady, eldest in the family, born in Klang. Being a Public Relations student, I only came to a realisation of how the real PR industry looks like when I started my internship a week ago. I couldn’t be more grateful to how the funky style and designs of Orchan website which have caught my attention to drop them a call to send in my curriculum vitae. Thankful enough, I received a reply right away for the interview. To recall of how Craig, Farrell and Christina interviewed me, that was the ...

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