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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
its snowing in paris
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| pére lachaise cemetery. wishing you were somehow here again. |
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| best buy! chic designers. coming soon. |
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| best food! 3 michelin stars. coming to rws soon. |
Saturday, August 07, 2010
stella
dining at 282m
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| moroccan lamb |
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| creme brulee with hazel nuts, flourless chocolate cake & sticky date cake with caramel |
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| marina bay sands - who cares about dining at the jailbird's restaurant |
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| padang - ndp rehearsals |
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| great view from the top |
going there again in 2 weeks' time
Monday, July 13, 2009
mosquito
i went looking for mojito (pronunced as mo-he-toe) and this middle aged promoter offered to help
auntie: what are you looking for sir?
me: im looking for mojito liqueur.
auntie: what? mosquito?
me: ... (for that moment i thought i heard a mosquito flew past us)
anywhere i can get mojito liqueur?
auntie: what are you looking for sir?
me: im looking for mojito liqueur.
auntie: what? mosquito?
me: ... (for that moment i thought i heard a mosquito flew past us)
anywhere i can get mojito liqueur?
Saturday, March 28, 2009
清明时节雨纷纷
i went home on saturday morning to pick my parents up for our annual trip to the cemetery and as i was walking towards the lift, i saw miss kok kok shoes waiting for the bus:
definitely not going to the lim chu kang cemetery i thought. giggles :)
the traffic was ok and the navigator surprisingly made me take a earlier turn and we ended up having to cut across 2 plots of graves on foot before reaching my grandma's.
this year's affair seemed a hasty one. not sure if its the scorching sun and ironically, my mum had such a good time at the new annex at jurong point. we had our lunch at 鼎泰丰 which she was very pleased with their 拉面 and of course the famous 小笼包.
we toured the entire jurong point after lunch and headed for a hk style dessert shop call 记得吃 (gei dak sek). again my mom raved about the desserts and she simply adored the 炖蛋撞姜, something which we missed when we were in macau last year.
essentially, food prevailed the entire afternoon.
definitely not going to the lim chu kang cemetery i thought. giggles :)the traffic was ok and the navigator surprisingly made me take a earlier turn and we ended up having to cut across 2 plots of graves on foot before reaching my grandma's.
this year's affair seemed a hasty one. not sure if its the scorching sun and ironically, my mum had such a good time at the new annex at jurong point. we had our lunch at 鼎泰丰 which she was very pleased with their 拉面 and of course the famous 小笼包.
we toured the entire jurong point after lunch and headed for a hk style dessert shop call 记得吃 (gei dak sek). again my mom raved about the desserts and she simply adored the 炖蛋撞姜, something which we missed when we were in macau last year.
essentially, food prevailed the entire afternoon.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
mega memory
i took my mum and aunt to kuishin bo (great world city) for buffet lunch today. it was quite a spread of goodies and we could hardly move after that. eventually we had to in order to take advantage of the lunch express special.
the highlight was really to get my mum a new watch as those i have previously bought are now too small for her deteriorating eyesight. we found one eventually and headed towards orchard to shop shop after that.
about 1.5 hours later as we were heading back to the car, we passed by a shoe shop at wisma atria and my mum said this:
"the last time i came here (wisma atria) was when you bought a pair of shoes from this shop."
i was thinking silently: "oh no... which pair ah?" and was quickly scanning through my shoes collection and suddenly that pair appeared.
"oh that pair ah" i said. i wore it to hong kong in 2001.
that instant made me realise 8 years was how long my mum havent been to wisma artia.
gosh, i really should take her out more often.
the highlight was really to get my mum a new watch as those i have previously bought are now too small for her deteriorating eyesight. we found one eventually and headed towards orchard to shop shop after that.
about 1.5 hours later as we were heading back to the car, we passed by a shoe shop at wisma atria and my mum said this:
"the last time i came here (wisma atria) was when you bought a pair of shoes from this shop."
i was thinking silently: "oh no... which pair ah?" and was quickly scanning through my shoes collection and suddenly that pair appeared.
"oh that pair ah" i said. i wore it to hong kong in 2001.
that instant made me realise 8 years was how long my mum havent been to wisma artia.
gosh, i really should take her out more often.
Friday, February 06, 2009
something caught my eye
how not to stop by and get 1/2 a dozen?.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
an sms from a uni-mate that reads:
"Hi friend, you're invited to XXX's place for games + dinner on
"Friendship Day"
"Friendship Day"
Sat 14 Feb 2pm onwards.
No worries if you can't make it the whole day.
quality time is more important!"
i am so dumbfolded
Sunday, October 05, 2008
little nonya
this is again a long story which began from a supposedly dinner appointment with my aunt yesterday. she smsed me on thursday night to cancel it because she had a last minute engagement. since i was on leave i thought i might as well still have dinner with my parents and i shall cook up a full peranakan dinner.
so i flipped through my cookbooks and selected the dinner menu:
1. sayor lodeh
2. ngo hiang
3. itek sio
4. papaya titek
5. pulut hitam
i went a few places for grocery shopping after lunch with my darlin and started seasoning the minced pork for the ngo hiang the moment i got home. next, i had to cut up the the itek (duck), which was as fat as i am and marinated it with chopped shallots, asam juice and corriander powder. the pulut hitam had to be soaked overnight. all these had to be done 1 day before cooking.
on saturday after returning from breakfast, i took out the pork and started to roll the ngo hiang one by one. cooking the itek was next and followed by the pulut hitam. then i cut the sayor into strips. then i had to peel all onions, garlic and shallots. followed by grinding them into rempah (paste) together with lemon grass, buah keras and blachan in order to cook the sayor lodeh. as for the papaya titek, i had to cut the papaya, grind the salted fish, hae bi and blachan. after all the grinding is done, i cooked the sayor lodeh and the papaya titek. by the time i was done with the soup, it was already 5pm and i decided i do not have sufficient time to fry the ngo hiang. before that, i sent the the meat loaf for my babies into the oven and packed the dishes. i washed up all the unused pots and utencils before i showerd.
it was indeed tiring and time consuming affair but the results are satisfying. so i went home for dinner with my parents and they loved it. i chatted with them about this and that and i returned home at about 10pm to have the pulut hitam. things were okay until after i finished the dessert, i heard this: "i dont know what you want to do with the food so i left them there." and when i turned on the kitchen lights, the pots of itek sio and sayor lodeh are still there, the pot for the pulut hitam is soaked with water in the sink. so the little nonya had to do the finishing touch and clear everything. i went striaght to bed after shower.
silent treatment.
a few days ago i watched singapore dreaming. its about this typical singaporen, hdb-staying chinese family who are trying very hard to live a better life, fighting to achieve the 5Cs. i felt tremendously for the mother character when she said this:
"i got 1st in a singing competition before i married him (her husband). and eversince marrying him, i find myself waking up early everyday to sweep the floor, mop the floor, wash clothes, go to the market, cook and make herbal tea. i've never sing a song anymore, its as if i cant sing at all."
deep down i saw wat my own mother had done for us. and im doing exactly the same things she has been doing. moo moo often say i should spend more time for myself. i did what he said for the past 2 days. i did no cleaning up, no cooking, i even went out for lunch with darlin (which really made me very happy). and i thought, eversince that day i had to clean up the house even though i was so sick, only to be reciprocated with someone feeding the babies with apples on the floor the very next day, i have decided to stop all these.
this is already the 3rd week since i last cleaned the house and it havent been cleaned since then. last night was probably one of the last time im cooking. its a shame that cant be the last because the ngo hiang are still steaming to be frozen and deep fried another time. darn!
so i flipped through my cookbooks and selected the dinner menu:
1. sayor lodeh
2. ngo hiang
3. itek sio
4. papaya titek
5. pulut hitam
i went a few places for grocery shopping after lunch with my darlin and started seasoning the minced pork for the ngo hiang the moment i got home. next, i had to cut up the the itek (duck), which was as fat as i am and marinated it with chopped shallots, asam juice and corriander powder. the pulut hitam had to be soaked overnight. all these had to be done 1 day before cooking.
on saturday after returning from breakfast, i took out the pork and started to roll the ngo hiang one by one. cooking the itek was next and followed by the pulut hitam. then i cut the sayor into strips. then i had to peel all onions, garlic and shallots. followed by grinding them into rempah (paste) together with lemon grass, buah keras and blachan in order to cook the sayor lodeh. as for the papaya titek, i had to cut the papaya, grind the salted fish, hae bi and blachan. after all the grinding is done, i cooked the sayor lodeh and the papaya titek. by the time i was done with the soup, it was already 5pm and i decided i do not have sufficient time to fry the ngo hiang. before that, i sent the the meat loaf for my babies into the oven and packed the dishes. i washed up all the unused pots and utencils before i showerd.
it was indeed tiring and time consuming affair but the results are satisfying. so i went home for dinner with my parents and they loved it. i chatted with them about this and that and i returned home at about 10pm to have the pulut hitam. things were okay until after i finished the dessert, i heard this: "i dont know what you want to do with the food so i left them there." and when i turned on the kitchen lights, the pots of itek sio and sayor lodeh are still there, the pot for the pulut hitam is soaked with water in the sink. so the little nonya had to do the finishing touch and clear everything. i went striaght to bed after shower.
silent treatment.
a few days ago i watched singapore dreaming. its about this typical singaporen, hdb-staying chinese family who are trying very hard to live a better life, fighting to achieve the 5Cs. i felt tremendously for the mother character when she said this:
"i got 1st in a singing competition before i married him (her husband). and eversince marrying him, i find myself waking up early everyday to sweep the floor, mop the floor, wash clothes, go to the market, cook and make herbal tea. i've never sing a song anymore, its as if i cant sing at all."
deep down i saw wat my own mother had done for us. and im doing exactly the same things she has been doing. moo moo often say i should spend more time for myself. i did what he said for the past 2 days. i did no cleaning up, no cooking, i even went out for lunch with darlin (which really made me very happy). and i thought, eversince that day i had to clean up the house even though i was so sick, only to be reciprocated with someone feeding the babies with apples on the floor the very next day, i have decided to stop all these.
this is already the 3rd week since i last cleaned the house and it havent been cleaned since then. last night was probably one of the last time im cooking. its a shame that cant be the last because the ngo hiang are still steaming to be frozen and deep fried another time. darn!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
peach on vanilla panna cotta
1.5 cups (12fl oz) water
0.5 cup sugar
3 peaches, halved and stoned
1 tbsp powdered gelatine
panna cotta
2 tbsp powdered gelatine
1/3 cup (2.5 fl oz) water
3.75 cups (30 fl oz) cream
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
place the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. add the peaches and allow to simmer for 3 - 5 minutes or until soft. remove the peaches (reserving the poaching liquid), slip off the skins and set the fruit aside.
place 1/4 cup of the peach liquid in a bowl, sprinkle over the gelatine and set aside for 5 minutes. add the gelatine mixture to the remaining liquid in the saucepan, stir through and simmer for 2 minutes or until dissolved.
place the peach halves, cut-side up, in a well greased 26cm x 8cm x 7.5cm (10 in x 3.75 in x 3 in) loaf tin and pour over the liquid. refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm.
to make the panna cotta, sprinkle the gelatine over the water and set aside for 5 minutes. place the cream, sugar and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat and stir. add the gelatine mixture and simmer over low heat for 4 minutes or until dissolved. allow to cool to room temperature then pour the mixture over the set jelly and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight. serves 6 - 8
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