GOASIAPLUS October 2018
Our October issue is out with fashion foodie Sara Khong gracing the covers. On the inside, explore the Maldives of Indonesia through Francis' eyes, the millenial's take on travelling abroad for concerts and Bukit Jalil's transformation into Kuala Lumpur.
Our October issue is out with fashion foodie Sara Khong gracing the covers. On the inside, explore the Maldives of Indonesia through Francis' eyes, the millenial's take on travelling abroad for concerts and Bukit Jalil's transformation into Kuala Lumpur.
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INSIGHT<br />
“Cooking is a<br />
lifestyle skill that is<br />
unappreciated.”<br />
I didn’t think of taking a partner.” When the going got<br />
tough, Sara was also missing homecooked food–her<br />
staple of three dishes and one soup!<br />
Soon, out of necessity a passion was born. Sara<br />
became popular for her life hacks that she posted on<br />
her social media. Her website Jewelpie on personal<br />
lifestyle had everything she wanted to do with her life.<br />
A FOOD STYLIST IN THE MAKING<br />
“Basically it was all about what makes me happy and<br />
how to do things easily, like cooking a meal for others<br />
in my situation. It was also during this time that my<br />
fashion business became a chore and I was not enjoying<br />
it anymore.”<br />
Her content got picked up by Buzzfeed especially<br />
about her chance to dine at the prestigious Jiro<br />
restaurant in Japan.<br />
She progressed to being a food stylist and became a<br />
food blogger by starting www.newmalaysiankitchen.com<br />
with all her recipes she developed and collected from<br />
family and friends.<br />
Being an avid reader and a curious one, it helped<br />
her to create and curate content for her website www.<br />
Jewelpie.com. “I am the kind of person who believes that<br />
there must be a different way of doing things. I would<br />
read and research to find a way to solve the problem.<br />
“When I first moved out I didn’t know how to<br />
clean a house so I bought a manual on how to keep<br />
house. I also read about the science of cooking.<br />
Cooking is a lifestyle skill that is unappreciated.”<br />
Her post on how to peel an orange with ease<br />
earned her great following in her blog. MPH<br />
publisher found Sara through the Jewelpie site and<br />
asked her to write a book on how to cook from<br />
home targeting the younger generation.<br />
ADVOCATOR OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING<br />
Looking for different ways to carry out a task seems<br />
to be Sara’s inherent trait. As she ventured further<br />
into the food industry, Sara realised she needed to<br />
be formally trained. She packed her bags and set off<br />
to Beijing, China for a two-year culinary course.<br />
Her first cookbook is Malaysian Meals in<br />
30 minutes and subsequent two were One Pot<br />
Wonders and 3-Ingredient Recipes.<br />
She has since moved back to stay at her family<br />
home where there is a large compound where<br />
Sara has cultivated her organic vegetable garden.<br />
In some of her freelance work she is required to<br />
develop recipes and do cooking demonstrations for<br />
her clients.<br />
Sara is also an artist and she approaches her<br />
recipes and cooking with much creativity and she<br />
keeps a journal of her work.<br />
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