Author Event & Cookbook Demonstration

Simply Malaysian Everyday Dishes To Cook At Home

Mandy Yin

We are really pleased to welcome Mandy Yin to Cookbookbake to demonstrate recipes from her latest cookbook, Simply Malaysian

Thursday 18 September 5pm – 7 ish

Award-winning food writer, Mandy is passionate about Malaysian food and making it accessible. She takes inspiration from its mind-boggling array of snacks, sharing dishes, slow-cooked curries and stews, strong spices and deep flavours, famous spicy laksa noodle soup and the nation’s beloved sambal chilli sauce.

Advance tickets £5 from Cookbookbake & Eventbrite, £5 ticket price is fully redeemable against the price of Simply Malaysian on the night. There will be tasters & fizz!

Mandy Yin is Malaysian-born Chinese of Peranakan Nyonya heritage. She moved from Kuala Lumpur to London at 11. Mandy owns and runs cult restaurant Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar in Highbury, North London, which won Ching He Huang’s Best Innovation Award at the Golden Chopsticks Awards. She writes for the Guardian, Observer, Food Monthly and Waitrose Food.

The first print of her debut cookbook, Sambal Shiok: The Malaysian Cookbook, sold out in less than two months of release in 2021 and was nominated for several food writing awards.

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