Boston Flora

Tag: Malaysia

  • Sunday, June 21 – Sunday, June 28, 2026 – Milk Street Culinary Tour to Penang, Malaysia

    Slice herbs into gossamer threads and mix heirloom curry blends in hands-on cooking classes dedicated to Nyonya Peranakan culture; sample sun-fermented soy sauces; visit a nutmeg and durian farm; taste seafood that’s just been caught; slurp bowls of aromatic noodle soup at a daily market; dine at high-end restaurants and street vendor hawker stalls; tour UNESCO World Heritage sites. This Milk Street trip to Penang, Malaysia is scheduled for June 21 – 28, 2026, with an alternate option of July 2 – 9, 2026. You will travel with Captain Hoo Peng Poh and Linda Tay Esposito. You will enjoy the iconic noodle soup of Malaysia, laksa; hyper-local tropical fruits; chicken curries; intricate rice pilafs layered with ginger, herbs and blue pea flowers; multiple versions of roti; fresh coconut water you extract yourself; buttery love letter cookies; enormous, lacy flatbreads called roti; robust Malaysian coffee served with toast, jam and eggs. Per person cost is $6,750, with a single room supplement of $1,000. For complete information visit www.177milkstreet.com

  • Now through December – Salvaging Eden

    Salvaging Eden is a series of photographs by Shawn Saumell utilizing items discarded by nature.  These dreamscapes are a discourse on conservation and preservation with a dark Utopian air.  Mr. Saumell’s work is collected nationally and internationally.  Photographs are included in such prestigious permanent collections as the Center for Fine Arts Photography, the Brooklyn Art Library, and the Shah Alam Gallery in Malaysia.  See this exhibit at the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library, 41 Geneva Avenue in Dorchester.  For hours, visit www.bpl.org/branches/grove.htm.