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“I have been struggling to find words to best describe this book. It is a time in the life of a student when they are at a crossroads; the want to pursue studies in a different country in hopes that it would kickstart their future, but the long wait for the results of their application, and the life that goes on in between.
I am jealous that Erica has managed to do so with this novel. Fried Rice encapsulates uncertainties of growing up that were in all of us at one point in time, and assures us that we are not alone.”
CHEEMING BOEY, author of the When I was a Kid series.
“Fresh and un-clichéd.”
REIMENA YEE, Eisner, and McDuffie nominated author of The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, Séance Tea Party, My Aunt is a Monster, The World in Deeper Inspection and Alexander, the Servant and the Water of Life.
“Charming.”
MALAY MAIL, (Article) “Malaysian life in comics: Webcomic by female Batu Pahat illustrator nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award” by Melanie Chalil.
“Eng’s work...(accurately portrays) the character and mood of a scene. Her drawings evoke a sense of familiarity, whether it is eating a packet of nasi lemak for breakfast or attaching a stamp to your mail at the nearby post office. It draws on mundane life and depicts activities you would normally do on a languid weekend morning or conversations you would have with your best friend. These simple scenes make you wonder if they were extracted from your own memory.”
OPTIONS, THE EDGE, (Article) “Erica Eng relates a Malaysian teenager’s struggles in her Eisner-nominated slice-of-life webcomic 'Fried Rice'” by Emily Yap.
