Wai Yee Hong’s Chinese New Year Celebrations 25 January 2020
We had a brilliant day cooking char koay teow at Wai Yee Hong’s CNY party – it was our first time, and we loved the buzz. Loads of happy customers who waited patiently for their freshly cooked noodles and treats.
Bristol MasFest 2019, 12 Oct 2019
The second Bristol MasFest, organised by the Bristol University Malay Students’ Association was another huge success. We served up char koay teow and yong tau foo, plus a selection of Malaysian kuih which all went down a treat. Lots of fun with the other vendors, customers and the fun activities & performances.
Grey Dogs Jazz and BBQ, On the Brook 14 Sep 2019
Taking advantage of the last of the summer sunshine, a glorious impromptu BBQ with the lovely jazz strains of the Grey Dogs
Packhorse Fair, Bruton 27 May 2019
Our first time at Bruton’s Packhorse Fair, and what a fabulous day it was. We had lovely sunny but cool weather, happy crowds, and sold out within hours. The atmosphere was fabulous – looking forward to next year’s already!
Tastes of Asia Supperclub 22 March 2019
We had ourTastes of Asia guest kitchen on Friday 22 March at On the Brook. We always look forward to popping up with a full evening’s four course dinner, that lets us showcase some of our favourite dishes from Asia and we had a great time talking to our guests about the food and sharing the special ingredients we use.
Dumpling Demonstration & Workshop with Prosperity Toss Feb 2019
We’re thrilled that our Chinese dumpling & prosperity toss workshop at On the Brook was a huge success! We had such fun meeting new people and everyone pitched in enthusiastically. Looking forward to holding more workshops soon.
Malaysian Fusion Supperclub December 2018
Our last supperclub for the year was a Christmas themed supper with dishes specially created using seasonal local ingredients, in a lovely fusion of flavours. We were very happy to see the dishes going down well and loved meeting our guests to chat about the food.
Bruton Christmas Market December 2018
We had great fun partnering up with On the Brook for our first market in Bruton. We served up Malaysian mee Siam – spicy fried rice noodles, our signature chicken satay, lemongrass tofu vegetable skewers and spicy peanut sauce, and our spicy mince pies which have been selling a treat. It was a really fun evening with street artists and music – a lovely family event.
MasFest October 2018
We took part in Bristol’s first Malaysian Food and Cultural Festival at St Michael’s Parish Hall. What a tremendous success it was! Organised by the Malaysian Cultural Society (MCS) of Bristol University, and local supperclub, Malaysian Kitchen UK – there were stalls serving food from all over Malaysia, as well as cultural activities throughout the day. All tickets were sold out in advance. It was great to see dances and traditional dress from all the different ethnicities, as well as games, community batik painting and much more. Here’s hoping that this is the start of a regular annual event, that will grow bigger and better over the years.
Flavours of China, On the Brook September 2018
In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival), we held a lovely Flavours of China supperclub at On the Brook with regional dishes from Sichuan, Yunnan, Xian, Guangdong and Xinjiang. Our handmade potsticker dumplings and spicy lamb skewers were especially popular and the meal went down a treat. Thank you to all our lovely guests for supporting us.
Frome Birthday Party, Silk Mill, August 2018
A grill of ayam percik, otak otak and lemongrass tofu & vegetable skewers with salads for this fab joint 50th birthday party.
Hanham Court Wedding, August 2018
We were delighted to cater this really fun wedding at Hanham Court Gardens. A British Chinese affair – there was lion dancing, some beautiful handmade flowers and decorations and it was a very joyful occasion. The food was incredibly well received and the mother of the bride is still getting compliments from the guests on the buffet, two months later!
Malaysian DIY Laksa night, On the Brook July 2018
There was a lovely buzz to the evening and our guests gave us lovely feedback about the food and the experience. It was great to meet so many new people and very happy our first event in Bruton was a success. Our hosts Sophie and Pat were wonderful to work with, and many thanks to the lovely Lucy and Robert from Either graphic design, who designed and printed up great menus and flyers for the table and to promote the event.
We welcomed guests with a summery drink on the terrace and nibbles. Then guests sat down to sharing plates of our popular grilled Kajang chicken satay with spicy peanut sauce, otak otak – spicy fish paté parcels, grilled in banana leaves; and a light Nyonya kerabu bean noodle salad.
Then guests designed their own assam laksa or vegetarian curry laksa – a table was set-up laden with noodles, vegetables, sauces, tofu, seaweed and mackerel to pick and choose from, over which their choice of hot spicy broth was poured.
Dessert was our signature Spiced Pineapple Mess, our Asian take on an Eton mess, served with spiced pineapple, toasted coconut, whipped double cream, pandan meringues and mint. Finally we served kopi – Malaysian coffee sweetened with condensed milk and ondé ondé – a little petit four of a glutinous rice and sweet potato ball, filled with melted palm sugar and coated in freshly grated coconut.
Private Corporate Summer Party, June 2018
1Asia Charity Malaysian Fair, June 2018
Last weekend we were invited to take part in the 1Asia fundraising event in Claygate, Surrey. There were several Malaysian food vendors from all over the country – Sabah, Sarawak, Penang, Selangor, Terengganu, Johor and others. We all spent a few days preparing large quantities of food for the hungry hordes who fortunately turned up and made the event very happy and successful. Funds were being raised for a Malaysian orphanage to buy clothing, food, textbooks and other essentials for the children. It was brilliant to be part of this very worthy fundraising event and lovely to meet other fellow Malaysian foodies – both punters and vendors.
As a special bonus, we were thrilled to win “Best Dressed Stall” on the day – thanks to the creative flair of our lovely friend Unku from Perisa@Homestead Pantry who was teaming up with us for the day. Looking forward very much to next year’s event.
Malaysian Street Food Feast supperclub, May 2018
We had a great time hosting our latest supperclub hosted at our home in Bristol with our friend Unku from Perisa. We served up a menu of street food favourites – otak otak, satay, yong tau foo, chicken rice, assam laksa, cendol & teh tarik. Our guests were lovely and friendly, and were so enthusiastic about the food – one even saying it brought back memories of his childhood in Malaysia which was high praise indeed!
Caring in Bristol and Bath charity, Christmas 2017
We raised funds and made some of our Malaysian Nyonya chicken curry, sayur lodeh and rice for 150 homeless guests of Caring in Bristol on 29 December 2017. We had a really good time working with all the fantastic volunteers and staff of Caring in Bristol, and so pleased to see our food go down a treat.
We were also asked to make some traditional Malaysian kuih (cakes) for a charity event in Bath, and were very happy to make some of our favourites – pulut tai tai, kuih bingka and seri muka.
Wedding at Euridge Manor, Sep 2017
Last summer we catered a lovely wedding at fantastic Wiltshire venue, The Lost Orangery at Euridge Manor with our fabulous friends from Wild Serai and Perisa. What a gem of a setting! The setting was idyllic and we were lucky enough to have beautiful weather. The wedding was beautiful. We catered for close to 100 guests, serving a kenduri style Malaysian buffet for the wedding breakfast, followed up by roast suckling pig and kolo mee for supper.
All Cannings Supperclub, July 2017
We held a lovely supperclub with our friends at Perisa@HomesteadPantry, who are based in All Cannings. The menu was inspired by the Flavours of Eid, traditional Malaysian dishes served to celebrate the end of Ramadan. We made our signature satay with peanut sauce which was met with oohs and aahs, and pleas to vacuum pack the chicken skewers and bottle up the sauce to sell from shops!
Perisa served up a stunning Johor laksa, rarely found in the UK, from the home state of owner, Unku. Then we made our festive pulut kunyit, glutinous turmeric rice steamed with coconut milk, served with Perisa’s Minang beef rendang and acar (pickled vegetables). Finally, for dessert there was a light and refreshing lychee coconut flan with lychee jelly and compote, and coconut crisps. We had so much positive feedback from our guests and we are planning to do another supperclub soon.
OVO Annual Summer Party, July 2017
We were very kindly recommended to the organisers of the OVO summer party to set-up a market stall serving up grills and baos to all the guests. It was a lovely day – the sun shone, there was live music, a fairground and lots of happy smiling faces. What more could you ask?
Finzels Reach, June 2017
Friday 9 June, we made our debut at Finzels Reach Market, Bristol – invited as a guest trader amongst established Bristol favourites. Our menu of Malaysian nasi lemak and satay, and Thai moo wan with a mango kerabu salad sold out and it was great to see happy people chowing down on our grub. Hope to be back soon.
Manor Court Farm, April 2017
We had a lovely time popping up at the first Vintage, Craft, Food and Flea Market at Portishead’s stunning Court House Farm. The farm and grounds are beautiful – a medieval farmstead being lovingly restored by its new owners. The market was busy with curious locals wanting to take a look as the farm hadn’t been opened to the public for over ten years. The weather held out just long enough for the market to be a success with the heavens opening just 15 minutes after closing!
We had many great comments about our food and loved chatting to all the visitors and other stallholders that day.
BAMSA and Wedding Tasting, April 2017
Recently, we cooked up some delicious desserts for a client’s wedding tasting and popped up at the Bath Malaysian, Singaporean and Bruneian Arts cultural night.
Pop-up at Printworks, Clerkenwell, December 2016
We had a busy Christmas pop-up at Printworks serving up some of our old favourites – nasi lemak, curry puffs and Nyonya kuih, as well as some new delights like Siam laksa, Asian spiced mince pies. It was lovely to see guests old and new. We helped our partners, Wild Serai, at their packed Christmas supperclub and hosted a Christmas dinner for a local business, serving up some special Christmas themed dishes – turkey rendang and Brussels sprouts sayur lodeh; as well as old favourites – Wild Serai’s signature chilli crab, butter prawns and Nyonya kerabu salad. The food and company went down a treat, washed down with teh tarik and spiced mulled wine.
Pop-up at Unwined in Tooting, August 2016
A fun, busy pop-up with Wild Serai and Aunty Mary as resident chefs at the hip wine bar, Unwined in Tooting. We served up Hainanese chicken rice, satay, our signature belly pork, cendol, ikan bakar and other treats to hungry hordes all month. Then we lay down for a long time with our feet in ice buckets…
(Photo courtesy of London Pop-ups)
Malaysian Street Food Pop-up 11-12 July 2015
We had a busy, fun weekend serving up cendol, ais kacang, onde onde, teh tarik, kopi, air bandung and keropok udang with our friends from Wild Serai. They dished up delicious satay, Sarawak laksa, nasi lemak and nasi campur to the hungry hordes who exclaimed how it felt just like sitting in a kopi tiam back home in Malaysia. Mission accomplished!
5 Foot Way’s South East Asian Pop-up Street Food Market on 5 October 2013
Video of our first market (and the first SE Asian street food market in the UK) – fabulous street stalls from Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. A day full of food and drink, families, couples, friends, colleagues, new faces and dogs having a great time.
5 Foot Way 