About Me

I am Mrs. HBT (Lee Ping), married to Mr. HBT for 15 years. I have 3 children (ages 9, 7 and 2). Currently, resides in the United States.

I am always trying out new recipes, food from all over the world. My favorite food is Malaysian, Taiwanese, Gourmet Chinese, and French Cuisine. My favorite celebrity cook is Alton Brown because he combines science with cooking.

I was born, raised in Klang, Malaysia and came to the US at the age of 17. At about the same time, parents, 3 younger sisters and a younger brother migrated to New Zealand, and later to Australia. With financial assistance from Mom and Dad, and working in school as a teaching assistant, I obtained an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and masters in Management Information Systems. However, my real passion is home economics (and now, blogging).

This is my daily journal with God, family and friends. It is also a scrapbook for my kids as well as a centralized location for all my favorite foods. Recently, I found the secret to success in life, God’s words.

I teamed up with my father to write a few articles. One article was about my Grandpas, both famous chefs in Malaysia. Grandpa Lee opened the first Bah Kut Teh shop in Klang. Grandpa Chong was the chef and caretaker in Mallaig Bungalow in Fraser’s Hill. Another article was about my Grandmas.

Here are a few blogs that inspired me to blog: Little Corner of Mine, Lydia Teh, Kenny Mah. I would like to also introduce Auntie Lily’s blog to you because her blog has an intensive collection of home tested Malaysian recipes, complete with food photos.

I used to drive 5 hours to get a delicious authentic Malaysian food, Taiwanese food, or Chinese food. These days, I rather spend 5 hours preparing the food myself. I started this blog to share with you that it is not hard to cook delicious authentic food. Just be prepared to throw out some food a few times…before you are successful.

In the past, I have tried baking cakes from scratch but have always failed. One day, I prayed, “God, I am bringing this cake to the church for a woman’s fellowship. Please help me.” Guess what? God answered my prayers.

I love to share delicious food and recipes. I started blogging after I had great success with Pandan Chiffon Cake and homemade Pork Jerky (Bah Kua /Ro Kan).

Our latest family photo take during Christmas 2007.

My husband
He is better known as Dr. HBT (Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors), is older than me but he is always young at heart. His biggest accomplishment after marrying me, other than having 3 beautiful daughters, is he has written three very technical books.