Sherra Yeong

is an aspiring author with a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and a passion for good food and wine.

7 posts

The Dubious Development of International Trade: The Case of Tea

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TEA AND TITTLE-TATTLE is a match akin to popcorn and movies. To be sure, the former accompaniment presents much more added value by heightening attention and im...

by Sherra Yeong

Chinese Tea Becoming Popular in Penang Again

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TO ENJOY A good cup of Chinese tea, much depends on how the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant is processed; through withering, oxidation, fixing or “kill gr...

by Sherra Yeong

Learning the Intricacies of Chinese Tea Ceremonies

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STRETCHING AS FAR back as the Tang dynasty in China, tea-drinking is both a pleasurable and communal custom. In Chinese weddings especially, tea-drinking assume...

by Sherra Yeong

Introducing Intuitive Eating

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WE ARE BORN intuitive eaters; as babies, we cry out for milk when we are hungry only to push away the bottle after we are filled. But as we grow up, rather than...

by Sherra Yeong

Making Movie-watching Mobile – and Safe

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IT WAS ONE of the first to close and among the last few to reopen. Such was the fate that befell Malaysia’s cinema industry during the many MCO phases over the...

by Sherra Yeong

Drive-thru for Yummy Snacks at Cintra

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A CAR ROLLS to a stop in front of a push cart along Lebuh Cintra. The driver places his order, “Two ham chim peng and two pak tong kou, please.” It’s teatime and nothing quite hits the spot like a traditional street snack, straight out of the wok.

by Sherra Yeong

When Covid-19 Infects a Family...

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"WE WERE ONE of the lucky ones," recalls Nadine of her family's harrowing brush with Covid-19. A case had been detected at the nursery of a centre where her sev...

by Sherra Yeong