TryMasak is Malaysia’s first online cooking and food video channel. Our tagline is ‘Where anyone can masak; that represents our philosophy to make cooking fun and easy where anyone can always ‘masak’ various dishes by watching our cooking videos. We also provide sections for you to read food-related tips and guides, as well as checking out our food glossaries database.

To upload your recipe, go to My TryMasak page and click on Share Recipes. Fill in the details and description of recipe, and submit. TryMasak will review your recipe, and you will be notified when your recipe is uploaded.

Yes. Just select the option for uploading image.

TryMasak user's video are directly uploaded to Youtube thru the use of Youtube API, hence the limitations are limited by Youtube and not TryMasak. Currently the limitation for videos uploaded to youtube thru the API are 1GB in size and 10 minutes in length. However, please take note that on some occassions, you may fail to upload video with size less than 1GB, most probably due to your traffic bandwidth limitation.

TryMasak user's images are uploaded to imageshack thru the use of ImageShack API, hence the limitations are limited by ImageShack and not TryMasak. Currently the limitation for images uploaded to imageshack thru the API are 10MB in size. However, please take note that on some occassions, you may fail to upload image(s) with size less than 10MB, most probably due to your traffic bandwidth limitation. If this occurs, please try to resize the image using any free online image resizer such as Resize2Mail or Shrink Pictures, and upload the resized image.

It’s okay. You may upload the written description of the recipe.

To upload your tips, go to My TryMasak page and click on Share Tips & Guides. Fill in the details and description of tips, and submit. TryMasak will review your tips, and you will be notified when your tips is uploaded.

Yes. Ignore option for uploading video.

To upload your glossary, go to My TryMasak page and click on Share Glossary. Fill in the details and description of glossary and submit. TryMasak will review your glossary, and you will be notified when your glossary is uploaded.

Images for glossary are uploaded to imageshack thru the use of ImageShack API, hence the limitations are limited by ImageShack and not TryMasak. Currently the limitation for images uploaded to imageshack thru the API are 10MB in size. However, please take note that on some occassions, you may fail to upload image(s) with size less than 10MB, most probably due to your traffic bandwidth limitation. If this occurs, please try to resize the image using any free online image resizer such as Resize2Mail or Shrink Pictures, and upload the resized image.

It’s okay. You may upload the written description of the glossary.

To join as My TryMasak member, click the ‘Join Now’ button at Home page or My TryMasak page. Fill in your particular details and you may also upload your picture/avatar.

No, you are allowed log in right after registration.

You are encouraged to be a member of TryMasak to fully enjoy the features of our website. By being a member you can:
• Rate the recipes or articles that you like.
• Voice out your opinion by commenting on our video recipes, tips and guides, and food glossaries.
• Show off your cooking talent by uploading your own cooking video(s).
• Share your passion and knowledge in food by writing to us related tips and guides or contribute to our food glossaries database.
• Receive updates on new recipes in TryMasak.
• Contact other TryMasak members.
Many more benefits coming up in the future as we continue to improve and adding up new features in TryMasak!

Yes. When viewing the recipe, select option ‘Favourite This’. Your list of favourite recipes will be on your My TryMasak profile.

Chef points are used as a measure to indicate how active you are in TryMasak. The more active you are, the more points you will get.

These are how chef points are calculated:
• 1 comment posted (for all contents in TryMasak): 1 chef point
• 1 tips and guides posted : 10 chef points
• 1 glossary posted : 10 chef points
• 1 video recipe uploaded : 20 chef points
• 1 text recipe uploaded : 10 chef points
• 1 blog posted : 10 chef points
• 1 forum started: 5 chef points

TryMasak’s chefs consist of professional and amateur chefs that are willing to share their passion of cooking with TryMasak. Among others, they include housewives, hotel & restaurant chefs, and culinary art student.

Yes. Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

TryMasak’s Chefs are given a dedicated profile page each as appreciation. This profile page serves as a great exposure since TryMasak is a platform for online food & beverage portal.

Facebook connect is a single sign-on service that enables Facebook user login to affiliated sites (such as TryMasak portal) using their Facebook account and share information from such sites with their Facebook friends. More information about Facebook connect can be found here:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_connect#Facebook_Connect
[2] http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php
As for now, you can use your Facebook account to post a comment in TryMasak video recipes, tips and guides, and glossaries (Currently under maintenance). You have an option to publish this comment to your Facebook profile news feed. We are adding more functions so you can do more with your Facebook account in TryMasak. Watch out this space for more updates.

Yes. When viewing the recipe, select option ‘Share This’. The recipe will appear on your selected social network website.

Yes, TryMasak is on Twitter, so do subscribe us. Go to http://twitter.com/trymasak.

To fully appreciate and enjoy all of features available on the TryMasak web site, we have optimized our site for the Modern Web Standards based browsers such as Firefox, Goofle Chrome, Safari 3 or higher, and Internet Explorer 7 or higher. While the web site also works with other browsers such as Opera and Internet Explorer 6, users may not enjoy the most enhanced experience.

We support video for Adobe Flash Player 8 and higher. If you do not currently have Flash downloaded on your computer, you may download it for free at the Adobe website.

Try browse other video websites (i.e. YouTube or Metacafe) and check whether do you have difficulties in viewing the them.

If it is so, then the problem is due to your broadband connection speed. Please contact your respective broadband service provider.

However, if you do not have any problem viewing other video websites, then most probably it is due to our busy server traffic. In this case, please be patient and try to check TryMasak later. Report to us your problem in accessing TryMasak by giving the time of access, location (house, office, others) and broadband service provider (Streamyx, Maxis, Celcom, WiMax, Wifi, etc.)

We will always improve our service based on your valuable feedback.