asian food: Gourmet Foods In Malaysia: The Heart of The Eastern Gourmet Gourmet Foods In Malaysia: The Heart of The Eastern Gourmet For years Malaysia have been the hot spot for tourists all over the world who crave the hot and spicy cooking it is also the ultimate food destination worldwide and steps had been ta ... by Rohana Ismail Gourmet Foods In Malaysia: The Heart of The Eastern Gourmet For years Malaysia have been the hot spot for tourists all over the world who crave the hot and spicy cooking it is also the ultimate food destination worldwide and steps had been taken by the government to make it a global HALAL hub. People who long for gourmet foods in Malaysia need not grumble they can easily find it everywhere as long as they've the urged to do so. The famous source for inspired Malaysian cooking is non-other than Chef Wan our own Malaysian food ambassador. For years now he had been making Malaysian proud with his creative cooking tours and promotions abroad. Today Chef Wan is one of the committee members of The Flavour of Life World Media Festival which is the premier cookery groups on the planet. He single handedly transformed the traditional Malaysian cooking into international icons recognized by foreigners through the many accolades includes the Gourmand Media World Award. Now people all over the world can access chef Wan and other Malaysian chef celebrities in numerous Malaysian award winning recipe books like ‘Chef Wan Mengelilingi Dunia' (Chef Wan Around the World) and Betty Saw's ‘Semuanya Tauhu! Lebih Dari 100 Resipi Kreatif' (All Beancurds, More Than 100 Creative Recipes) available at leading bookstores and the internet. The internet revolution had also revolutionized Malaysian cooking. Now people just need a click to download Malaysian cooking on the web. Apart from that people can also watch the Malaysian chef and Malaysian cooking in action on the TV through the many Malaysian cooking programmes available abroad and locally, with the newly formed Asian Food Channel (AFC) where Malaysian Chef Wan at the helm people can expect the ultimate resource in Malaysian food. Even the famous Martha Stewart had decided to promote Malaysian cooking on her show on February 2006 which goes to show the appeal of Malaysian foods. Nowadays many hotels abroad had opted to adopt Malaysian recipes in their menus such as the Shangri-La and JWW Marriott which goes to show the global impact of Malaysian cooking at the global scale. Even the Malaysian embassies often organize foods events to promote Malaysian foods abroad in support of the Malaysia food fest which is gaining popularity with the foreigners. The embassies also held ‘Open House' during Eid and other Malaysian festivals to celebrate their foreign dignitaries with great Malaysian cooking thus introducing Malaysian foods to the guests indirectly. The introduction of Malaysian food can also be traced in Malaysian weddings held occasionally in the various Malaysian embassies which attracted a fair number of foreigners who enjoyed great foods when they see it. The Malaysian culture centre worldwide through the Malaysian Tourism Board frequently organized tea parties and dinner functions in an effort to promote extensively Malaysian cooking overseas. The gathering always gathers exceptional responses from the public as they learn of the good foods on offering. Nowadays Malaysian restaurants are mushrooming including the ones which serve local mushrooms like in New York, Melbourne and London particularly the ‘Satay Kajang' franchise, popularly a household brand in Malaysia the ‘Satay Kajang' which serve ‘satay', grilled meat in a skewer as the main course had opened up several branches overseas mainly in Australia and England over the years. It has become a one stop main centre for Malaysian foods in these countries especially the Malaysian traditional cuisines rivaling those of Chinese, Indian and Thai foods traditionally the foreigner's favourite. Generally it's not hard to find gourmet foods in Malaysia. Local and international people only need the right resource to find the right stuffing. Copyright Rohana Ismail - http://www.malaysianfoodtasty.com