Day. Taste

★A delicious feast for everyday life in Southeast Asia
Some dishes, some stories,
Some little lessons learned from food

★Malaysia's best-selling daily life sketches
Traditional Chinese version

No matter happy or sad, just go to the kitchen and put on an apron.
Prepare a hearty meal for your emotions.
Life will become happy.
——Xie Xiaowei


Aesthetics, Museum Worker | Dreamer No. 7, Doudarong County | Kamo
Former cafe owner and artist | Queen
——Warm recommendation


Xie Xiaowei, from Alor Setar, a small town in northern Malaysia,
I like traveling and cooking.
She encountered delicious food in exotic alleys and experienced cooking based on her growing up memories.
When she's not traveling, the kitchen is her world.
She uses cooking to spice up her ordinary days, and uses a simple and warm meal to express her longing for travel.
She said that life is the same every day and different every day.

Every dish in our daily life contains philosophy, moving power and magic to heal wounds.
What she shares is not luxurious food, nor cooking secrets, but the indelible essence hidden in every dish.
The taste in your and my memories.

Xie Xiaowei

I hate commuting, so I just work and don’t go to work.

I like traveling, walking, photography, reading, writing, painting, handcrafting, designing, cooking and everything closely related to life.

I advocate balance and nature, and believe that only by maintaining a balanced life can one gain true freedom.

Currently has a husband, a daughter, and a cat.

006 Foreword | Searching for the Taste of Happiness
007 Foreword | Natural Happiness
008 Foreword | Eating Alone
009 Traditional Chinese Preface | Reaching Further

CHAPTER 1
Delicious food encountered on the road

018 Go with the Flow | Scallion Pancake
026 Traveling at Home | Roasted Tomatoes with Pesto
030 Slowly | Fish Maw Soup
036 Walking | Grilled Shrimp
040 The Meaning of Travel | Chive Cake
048 A Dream Come True | Fried Eggs
056 Lost | Shredded Chicken Wings

CHAPTER 2
A gift from the ocean

064 Five-Star Cuisine | Steamed Cuttlefish
070 Original Taste | Pan-Fried Black Pomfret
074 Fisherman's Cuisine | Braised Shrimp
080 The Joy of Cooking | Hot and Sour Fish Soup
086 Home for Dinner | Chili Prawns
090 Second Life | Minced Fish
096 Symphony | Teochew Steamed Fish
100 Aesthetic Cuisine | Fish Roll
106 Dining Companion | Pomfret Congee
110 Always there | Salted Fish
116 Love from the Sea | Raw and Marinated Seafood

CHAPTER 3
The best dish for a good afternoon

124 Cold Recipe | Plum and Orange
128 Soul-Satisfying Food | Fried Shrimp
134 The Taste of Happiness | Fried Fresh Mushrooms
140 The Philosophy of Ingredients | Sweet Tofu
144 Homemade Flavor | Kaya Jam
148 Happy Life | Sambal Shrimp Bread
152 The Life Lesson of Cooking | Sandy Taro
158 Bread and Breakfast | Bread and Egg
162 Family Recipe | Pickled Limes
168 The Magic of Time | Pickled Fruit

CHAPTER 4
The taste hidden in memory

176th Anniversary Dish | Braised Duck
182 The Last Move | Braised Pork
188 Kitchenware | Sweet Egg
192 Travels | Pig Brain Soup
198 Energy Cuisine | ABC Soup
202 Cuisine Without Borders | Tom Yum Pork Knuckle
206 Your Own Recipe | Five-Spice Meat Roll
210 The Taste of Growing Together | Rice Dumplings
218 Just the Right Life | Pancake
224 Heritage Recipe | Taro Cake
228 The Taste of Missing You | Fish with Bean Paste and Stir-fried Cabbage and Red Onions
234 Ordinary Touching Moments | Preserved Radish Egg

239 Postscript | The Meaning of Life