WoonHeng Chia
WoonHeng Chia shares vegan Asian recipes shaped by her Malaysian upbringing, family cooking and temple kitchens, and is the author of The Vegan Asian Kitchen.
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Plant Based NewsOverview
- From
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Work
- Recipe creator, food blogger and cookbook author
- Signature
- Plant-based versions of Asian dishes
- Cookbook
- The Vegan Asian Kitchen, published June 2, 2026
Mini bio
A daughter’s request.
WoonHeng began sharing recipes on Instagram after her daughter asked her to write them down so she could cook them when living on her own. Readers later asked for a blog and YouTube channel to make the dishes easier to follow and share.
Flavors of home.
She grew up in Kuala Lumpur, where Malaysian food and the city’s mix of cultures shaped her cooking. Her publisher also credits lessons from her mothers and time volunteering in a temple kitchen. She has lived in Texas and Sichuan, China, and her current publisher biography places her back in Malaysia.
An audience around the table.
Her short cooking videos helped bring her recipes to a wider audience. A 2023 South China Morning Post profile singled out her chili oil tutorial, creamy miso ramen and vegan dumplings as viewer favorites.
From posts to a cookbook.
Published by Avery in June 2026, The Vegan Asian Kitchen brings together plant-based versions of dishes from Malaysia, China, Thailand and beyond. Family stories sit alongside recipes for nasi lemak, potstickers, mapo tofu and homemade condiments.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
- 2026The Vegan Asian KitchenAuthor, with Hannah Che
Recipes
- 2026No-Yeast Crispy Bottom Vegetable BunsRecipe author; cookbook excerpt on Plant Based News
- 2020Vegan Creamy Miso RamenRecipe creator
Quotes
Dumplings because they have such a great meaning behind them and are fun to cook together with family.WoonHeng Chia, Celestial Peach
In a November 2021 interview, she was asked which Chinese recipe everyone should learn.
Trivia
- She moved to the United States for her undergraduate degree.
- Her comfort food is chu cheong fun, flat rice noodles served with sweet bean sauce or curry.
- She enjoys shopping for fresh produce at Malaysian morning markets, known as pasar pagi.
- She first tried konnyaku at the International Buddhist Progress Society in Dallas.
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