How I went from 'I hate cooking' to cooking all my meals

We're spoiled by the availability of cheap food in Malaysia. There's food served at every street corner, so it's really easy for the busy, overworked urbanite to abandon the home kitchen and eat at the local economy rice restaurant instead.

I was that person. I visited the economy rice store ("chap fun" in Cantonese) across the street. For RM5-6, I'd get a plate of white rice, vegetables and protein. Healthy, I thought. (Nope, not always.) On a more indulgent day I would visit the numerous re...